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A jam submission

Handful Of LockpicksView game page

A Lockpicking Puzzle Deckbuilder for WHEELJAM 2
Submitted by starshinePerigee — 11 hours, 57 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
DOES IT LOCKPICK#93.7003.700
Overall#322.3332.333
DOES IT MOVE YOUR BODY OR MAKE YOU FEEL THINGS#352.3002.300
DOES IT WHEEL#381.0001.000

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

This game has a ton of potential, ngl its closer to what I wanted to do in my head at the start of the jam. It sick but it is quite difficult.

Submitted

I think I get it, but it’s HARD.

Jam HostSubmitted

It took a few hands to understand what was happening, but I get it. It's just hard to follow. Animations would absolutely help with the clarity, and it's a really interesting take on the lockpick system.

Having a card be locked in place was tough too; though maybe that could be solved by me understanding the game better from the outset. As it is, it's hard to play without the clarity that polish would afford, but I'm fascinated by it.

Submitted

It is hard to understand for me, even though the tutorial spills all the information to you.

An interactive tutorial could make the experience much better. Show the player each mechanic one by one. I think it would make it much easier to understand than throwing all the info at them and then dropping them in the game.

Cool idea, I like the route you took with lockpicking.

Submitted

I actually love the concept, but I can't actually get a feel for how the cards move and affect the locks.
I know it's a tall order, but small animations would make this game so much more understandable.
Still, great game!

Submitted

NGL, it took me until level 3 to really understand how the mechanics work; the first two levels were kind of solved by chance...

I like the idea of the cards affecting multiple tumblers, but maybe that could be tutorialized sooner

Submitted

I love the art!

the system mechanics are really cool!

it feels a little awkward to not be able to interact with cards in the keyway, especially since they can get placed in there on reset requiring you to mulligan a bunch of times if a jam card starts in there. It incentivizes thinking ahead at the cost of you kind of screwing yourself before you actually end up screwed.

Submitted

much like many card games, made me scratch my brain... pretty nice stuff tho lol!!