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It's a puzzle game with original rules and random level generation. The story mode has a mix of hand-designed and randomly generated puzzles. You can also play infinite mode which produces only randomly generated puzzles. Controls: click to add or remove edges.

Tools:
Coding: Notepad++
Testing: Firefox, Chrome, IE
Audio: Audacity, FL Studio Signature, some instruments from Sonatina symphonic orchestra, some drums from Sampleradar
Graphics: GIMP (though almost everything is drawn in the HTML5).

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 4.15 14
Audio 4.00 22
Fun 3.88 40
Graphics 3.53 286
Humor 3.23 158
Innovation 4.12 47
Mood 3.71 66
Theme 3.50 690

Feedback

johnbrynte
08. Dec 2014 · 02:29 UTC
Nice work with visuals, sound, story and overall feel! The game mechanics was not entirely clear and the controls could have been a bit smoother, but the concept is really nice.
ben_pxlplz
08. Dec 2014 · 04:54 UTC
Very fun game! I really enjoyed it, and would like to come back to this one. The controls were a tad fiddly, but other than that, it's awesome! Great job with this!
OriginalOldMan
08. Dec 2014 · 04:55 UTC
This is a really great concept!
danielilett
08. Dec 2014 · 05:00 UTC
This is absolutely fantastic. I'm genuinely surprised you've managed to put this together in so little time, I won't be surprised if this wins any of the categories. It's very innovative, extremely addictive, and challenging, but not unfair. It's the perfect balance between giving the player a challenge, and not making them feel like an idiot. It's kind of the Portal philosophy to designing puzzles - make them difficult, but make sure the player feels they've accomplished something when they finally beat the challenge, and you nailed it. The music's top notch, and the whole graphical design works well. Brilliant work!
Nuclear Napalm
08. Dec 2014 · 05:30 UTC
Really cool game! Nice puzzle, story and the whole atmosphere!
Blue Thumbs Gaming
08. Dec 2014 · 12:06 UTC
Cool game and quite challenging!
celeron55
08. Dec 2014 · 15:18 UTC
Good job; this shines on all aspects, really.

Except for the theme! This is pretty much the standard interpretation of it. But you don't have to worry about that. 8)

It's weird how these shapes end up so elegant no matter how the dots are arranged.
🎤 reheated
08. Dec 2014 · 18:57 UTC
Thanks for your comments everyone! @celeron55: I think if I just randomly picked any arrangement of dots it probably wouldn't have an answer. My algorithm works backwards from a solution.
pancakecity
09. Dec 2014 · 00:13 UTC
This is really impressive. I very much enjoyed playing it, the best entry I've seen so far! I liked a lot about this entry, but my favorite part was the computerized voice.
madameberry
09. Dec 2014 · 01:42 UTC
I like the challenge of figuring out exactly how I was supposed to play this game. I really enjoy this, I think it would make a great mobile game (and I kind of want it on mobile now. DO IT)!
My only suggestion would be to include an "undo last action" button, since placing the diagonal lines is super finicky and the only way to fix mis-placing one of those is to restart the whole thing.
FerraWare
09. Dec 2014 · 06:50 UTC
Really loved the mechanics, the robot-voice, and most of all, the level-design! If you added more levels, maybe some other mechanic, and improved the controls, it could become a pretty nice game, congrats!
🎤 reheated
09. Dec 2014 · 07:29 UTC
@madameberry: You can undo an edge by clicking on it again. Sorry that I didn't say that anywhere. I'll add it to the notes. IMO a mobile version is not an option unless I think of a different interface because it's hard enough with a mouse clicking the diagonals.
GagaPete
09. Dec 2014 · 11:37 UTC
Very polished game. The amount of levels is incredible. The art style is perfectly fine for this kind of game, buttons don't match the style though. No suggestions (aside from lowering the asset size, 13MB is a lot :)).
fullmontis
10. Dec 2014 · 09:46 UTC
The mechanics are interesting and I love the vocoded narrator :D

Only commplaint I have is that the controls could be more precise, it's not immediate to get the right diagonal.
Groydis
10. Dec 2014 · 10:58 UTC
Awesome puzzle game, Had a great time playing it. Love the voice work!
rottenmage
10. Dec 2014 · 16:42 UTC
Great job! I really enjoyed playing this. The puzzles were challenging, though the controls need a bit of tweaking.
Webravenz
10. Dec 2014 · 20:28 UTC
Nice idea it was fun :)
Magicolo
10. Dec 2014 · 21:42 UTC
-Very impressive what you accomplished with such simple rules (and in only 48h)
-SFX, Music, Voices :)
-Polished, hints :)
-Not completely a one screen game in my understanding :(
-Visually simple but efficient :)
-Awesome job overall :D
SirRicecake
11. Dec 2014 · 10:43 UTC
Really nice game! Got me hooked! Love the unique puzzle-concept.
01rafael
11. Dec 2014 · 20:10 UTC
Too hard for me. But, anyway looks awesome!
Arkrothe
11. Dec 2014 · 20:18 UTC
Very nice! The presentation was fabulous :)
Just wish the music was looped as it got cut of at around level 7
jelly
11. Dec 2014 · 20:29 UTC
Wow! Great game. The story mode with going to war is strange. I don't really like the idea of enabling a robot to go to war by playing this game.

The game play is really fun. The puzzles were fairly challenging and really satisfying. The music was also really nice.

Nice work!
🎤 reheated
11. Dec 2014 · 22:56 UTC
@Arkrothe: Really? Darn. That never happened for me. What OS and browser are you using? I found the audio to be a bit unpredictable in Firefox in other ways so maybe that's it? Try Chrome or IE.
Anshul Goyal
12. Dec 2014 · 05:42 UTC
beautiful puzzle game! loved it!!
Stopped at level 7 but definitely try to finish all of them later.
dekart
13. Dec 2014 · 11:39 UTC
Good puzzle, I liked the mechanical voice at the background. Story mode is not very challenging, but it's a great way to learn how to play the game. Good job!
6DownStudios
16. Dec 2014 · 22:53 UTC
This is awesome! Randomly generated puzzles are awesome! And great job on the graphics and audio, the mood is great!
Insality
20. Dec 2014 · 15:37 UTC
Great game, fantastic
this all created on high level! GJ
very addictive..
AtkinsSJ
20. Dec 2014 · 15:51 UTC
Very impressive! I don't know how you managed something so clever and so polished, with random level generation as well. :D Easily beats the quality of a lot of games I see for phones.
rodobodolfo
20. Dec 2014 · 16:10 UTC
Really Impressive!!, Level 15 was a real challenge, visuals and sound are really awesome too. One of the best.
gallerdude
24. Dec 2014 · 16:49 UTC
Really awesome concept, but I can't get my head around it. This would make a great app!
Poupi
25. Dec 2014 · 02:22 UTC
Very nice! ;)
Lynx
28. Dec 2014 · 21:42 UTC
Very amazing concept, and I enjoy the storyline you added to a puzzle game...I was confused on level 7 with the two loops...every time I made two loops...one edge would touch or one corner or something and it felt like the game wouldn't see that as two separate loops.
hadesfury
29. Dec 2014 · 10:46 UTC
Strange it did not work

I've got the menu than clicking on one entry and nothing happen ... empty screen
🎤 reheated
29. Dec 2014 · 14:43 UTC
@hadesfury: Oh no! Are you playing in Firefox? There are some rare audio-related problems in Firefox. Reloading might fix it or you can try a different browser.
ShawnFeatherly
30. Dec 2014 · 22:33 UTC
Great puzzle mechanic and great levels! I found level 14 trickier than 15.