Comments on: TurnStyle (Spawn of Cryptid Puzzle Challenge) Released http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/02/28/turnstyle-spawn-of-cryptid-puzzle-challenge-released/ A tri-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: increpare http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/02/28/turnstyle-spawn-of-cryptid-puzzle-challenge-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5209 increpare Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:29:17 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=4540#comment-5209 yeah; introducing a narrative through the images was a great idea. yeah; introducing a narrative through the images was a great idea.

]]> By: HybridMind http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/02/28/turnstyle-spawn-of-cryptid-puzzle-challenge-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5205 HybridMind Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:54:35 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=4540#comment-5205 Thanks for trying it out and the feedback increpare. The level you describe, level 7 has been consistently called out in comments I've received on portals where this has been as one of the hardest levels in the game. That one and then one of the later ones with a lot of clouds. So, you are totally right in identifying it. I hadn't considered the mechanic you mentioned regarding having the individual image near the handle that you are rotating. That would be interesting to know how that would affect the game. A few challenges on making a puzzle game where you really know the solutions is there is a paradox where you become unable to test it at all. Besides having a really patient wife who will play through the puzzles I only had a few other friends to try this before I released it. Now that I have released the game it has been really informative regarding this slice rotation mechanic and I think that if I feel like making another of this style game I will be able to take what I learned and improve it even further. While people seem to really like the idea that there is a story in the puzzle progression to follow and were more compelled to play to find out what happens next there is a drawback in that I can't shuffle the puzzles easily if I find one at a harder difficulty earlier in the series. I would have to redo the puzzle because I couldn't move it out of it's order in the story. With v1 (Cryptid Puzzle Challenge) I was able to order them accordingly because they were individual puzzles that only related on topic, not story. Anyway, just wanted to share a few of these thoughts with you (and whoever else happens by). Thanks for the graphics compliment too. :) Thanks for trying it out and the feedback increpare.

The level you describe, level 7 has been consistently called out in comments I’ve received on portals where this has been as one of the hardest levels in the game. That one and then one of the later ones with a lot of clouds. So, you are totally right in identifying it.

I hadn’t considered the mechanic you mentioned regarding having the individual image near the handle that you are rotating. That would be interesting to know how that would affect the game.

A few challenges on making a puzzle game where you really know the solutions is there is a paradox where you become unable to test it at all. Besides having a really patient wife who will play through the puzzles I only had a few other friends to try this before I released it. Now that I have released the game it has been really informative regarding this slice rotation mechanic and I think that if I feel like making another of this style game I will be able to take what I learned and improve it even further.

While people seem to really like the idea that there is a story in the puzzle progression to follow and were more compelled to play to find out what happens next there is a drawback in that I can’t shuffle the puzzles easily if I find one at a harder difficulty earlier in the series. I would have to redo the puzzle because I couldn’t move it out of it’s order in the story.

With v1 (Cryptid Puzzle Challenge) I was able to order them accordingly because they were individual puzzles that only related on topic, not story.

Anyway, just wanted to share a few of these thoughts with you (and whoever else happens by). Thanks for the graphics compliment too. :)

]]> By: increpare http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/02/28/turnstyle-spawn-of-cryptid-puzzle-challenge-released/comment-page-1/#comment-5204 increpare Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:38:02 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=4540#comment-5204 very different form v1 some of the puzzles i find considerably tougher; the one with the cottage by the roads/mountains w/ the ufo especially was confusing; there were several ways of putting the image together that visually made sense and didn't contradict the hint one thing that would have helped a lot, would be to put images of what's being rotated next to the gears that you turn to rotate them; in the black/white version it would have ruined it, but in this one, where you can already distinguish the individual elements, maybe it wouldn't matter as much? also: the graphics are pretty goood. i can imagine that you'll do quite well with this game... very different form v1

some of the puzzles i find considerably tougher; the one with the cottage by the roads/mountains w/ the ufo especially was confusing; there were several ways of putting the image together that visually made sense and didn’t contradict the hint

one thing that would have helped a lot, would be to put images of what’s being rotated next to the gears that you turn to rotate them; in the black/white version it would have ruined it, but in this one, where you can already distinguish the individual elements, maybe it wouldn’t matter as much?

also: the graphics are pretty goood.

i can imagine that you’ll do quite well with this game…

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