Super cool idea! Took some time for me to wrap my head around it but is pretty fun and clever. Wish I had some audio but I could see this expanding into some more fun cryptography ideas! Nice work!
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CIPHERCLOCK's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #740 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Enjoyment | #3320 | 3.194 | 3.194 |
| Artwork | #5432 | 2.861 | 2.861 |
| Narrative | #6262 | 2.139 | 2.139 |
| Audio | #7784 | 2.056 | 2.056 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The Core of the game is determining which symbols represent which numbers from a countdown clock
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i think you're the only code cipher game around this jam! using a clock to decode the cipher was a novel application of the theme but sadly i could not hear any game audio even after refreshing to check it wasn't my end. still a very worthy submission, see you at brackeys!
Ok I need to lock in, can't complete it yet. It's haaaard.
Also when placing sigils on the clock it does a bit of a lag jump that confuses my logic a little.
a very unique puzzle game that stands out between the otehrs, the ticjking sound is a bit too annoying
very unique puzzle! the tutorial text was a little hard to read against the background for me, but that's my only complaint.
The cipher is really nice, tho it gets easy once you figure out the logic behind it
This is very cool and very fun with the cipher idea, and made me really feel under pressure. But I'm not sure whether or not the clock is supposed to sync with the timer, and if it is then it might've just desynced in the browser. I will say that placing the symbols can be quite strict and weird at times, but besides that this is really cool.
That was very cool and unique,
Short and fun, I almost did run out of time, but chilling and not panicking helps decoding it lol

Cool idea, very unique. Slight criticism, it's a bit fiddly placing the symbols sometimes and it would be cool if the sequence randomised each time you retry but overall a good entry.
Yes, I agree it also annoys me when it is strict about where to place it forgot to fix that before submitting. Actually, the sequence is supposed to be random every time I'm not sure when that bug happened thank you for letting me know though might be something with the web browser version. Thanks for playing all the same!!
I like the game idea, it was pretty cool . But in the end, my decode ended up being exactly the icon order, which is crazy!
Nice game, I enjoyed games like this.
really liked the game idea and had fun playing keep up the good work !
Conceptually cool but the numbers are in numeric order on the right, so that defeats the entire purpose of the game. I think having a timer be the code makes the game too easy, since as soon as the time ticks over, you know everything. If there was a way to make each number a puzzle in itself, that could add a lot to the game!
Yeah, if I decide to polish the game, I'm definitely going to try to increase the challenge while still keeping the same kind of feel. I really appreciate the feedback!! I'm a little confused what you mean that they were in numeric order cause the symbols don't change places but the numbers each symbol represents is random every time. You might've got really lucky and they happened to be in numeric order.
Pretty nice. The symbols are the same every time but im sure it was meant to be a one time game anyway and in that way its nice. It was hard to grab the symbols sometimes and also place them but other than that good game.
Yeah, I wish I had added more symbols and might in the future but honestly it was one of the hardest parts of making the game to come up with unique and style consistent symbols that didn't already mean something lol. Also yes, I wish I had made symbol grabbing a placement more forgiving. Thank you for playing and the notes!!
This game idea really surprised me! Definitely not something I would've come up with, and it was fun watching the clock to double-check my cipher and crack the code






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