Interesting idea, but some gamplay features has no explanation, how about:
Why are falling (that in many of situations mean lose) can win situation, how on the 4 or 11 level.
(It’s hard to figure out on your own that it works this way)
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On the Digits's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #34 | 4.586 | 4.586 |
| Enjoyment | #395 | 4.034 | 4.034 |
| Audio | #1428 | 3.448 | 3.448 |
| Artwork | #1927 | 3.724 | 3.724 |
| Narrative | #3117 | 2.759 | 2.759 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Each level is a collection of seven segment digital digits. Every move counts down the digit you are standing on by one. You can only move across lit segments. If no lit segments are touching you, you fall.
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Thank you for the feedback! A few people noticed the same issue, so the feedback is totally fair. Level 2 was meant to introduce falling, but you’re right, it fails to do that clearly. Being able to catch sparks mid fall and win that way deserves its own level, with clear explanations. I’ll improve it in a post jam update. Thanks for pointing this out!
88 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the game and makes me really happy you played all 60 levels!
I think both nitpicks are valid.
- For the advancement I think I should pick a strategy and stick to it, just unsure which one is more intuitive or better. I gave the game to playtest to a few close people and got conflicting opinions here, and decided to add both suggestions, which I can see now hurt the experience :D
- I tried to make every mechanic as intuitive as possible, and actually hoped the game would teach them in a clear way, but I can see how this mechanic can be hard to understand. I think maybe having a simple level with one number off bellow and another on above could teach this mechanic, so that it’s in the back of mind for more difficult levels.
Thank you again for the nice words!
90 days ago(+1)
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.
To help with level generation I wrote a BFS solver to find possible interesting maps, and then hand optimised/cut/mixed maps that were too similar, too short or too out there. Even with that, it was still quite hard, barely made it in time :D
92 days ago(+1)
Thank you! The idea got inspired by Futurama S2E4, where fry falls off the clock tower :D
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