Linked Colours by Florent

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made by Florent for LD30 (JAM)
Link all the coloured dots together !
It's a puzzle game where you have to connect all the squares of colours together to complete the level.
But links can't cross each other and some squares have a required number link to have.

Just click on a square then click on a square whose color is identical or close to connect the two together.
An so on, until all the squares are somehow linked together (see third screenshot).

Mouse over the (i) icon in levels to have instructions.

There is two tutorials and a random level generator which can take up to a couple seconds to generate a level as well as produce unsolvable levels (it's rare, but it happens).


Made alone in about 22 hours with CraftStudio and a framework of my own.
Icons are from Font Awesome.
The three sounds are from Keyney.nl and Open Game Art.

You better use Chrome instead of Firefox as it loads very slowly on the later.

Enjoy and tell me what your think !

Find me on Twitter : @FlorentPoujol

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.33 303
Audio(Jam) 2.13 600
Fun(Jam) 3.02 388
Graphics(Jam) 2.89 578
Humor(Jam) 1.79 571
Innovation(Jam) 3.44 184
Mood(Jam) 2.95 456
Theme(Jam) 2.79 532

Feedback

MJamesShort
25. Aug 2014 路 17:05 UTC
Great mechanic!
saswat
25. Aug 2014 路 19:10 UTC
Nice Puzzler.......
psychomonster
25. Aug 2014 路 19:47 UTC
Not as simple as it looks like. Nice entry. Great puzzle :D
ethankennerly
26. Aug 2014 路 04:45 UTC
Connecting the similar colors interested me. If you continue to develop this, have you considered dragging to link?
馃帳 Florent
26. Aug 2014 路 08:47 UTC
@ethan Sure, dragging makes sense and would save quite a few clicks.
I would certainly allow that IF I work more on the game, or make a new version of it in the future, but not for now.


Note: I updated the game with the debug features turned off, the game is now faster, especially the random generation.

Thanks for the nice words everyone !
bkr
26. Aug 2014 路 10:36 UTC
Great! Surprisingly addictive.
JNyknn
26. Aug 2014 路 11:57 UTC
Nice puzzle game!
WebFreak001
26. Aug 2014 路 12:21 UTC
i love it. can play it for hours
Hyoga-3D
26. Aug 2014 路 14:33 UTC
Nice game, very easy and pretty complex in a good way at the same time.
fallingBear
26. Aug 2014 路 14:37 UTC
Addictive puzzle game :D Good job!
ponywolf
26. Aug 2014 路 14:39 UTC
It took me quite a while to figure out what I was doing :)

I would suggest making some very simple beginning levels to get the basic concept across before jumping in. Also dragging could be cool to build the links...

Nice job!
Z.B.G.E.
26. Aug 2014 路 14:42 UTC
Great entry! It took me some time to figure out the exact rules, but then it's pure bliss! Well, with drag and hold controls il would have been, but hey it's fun already. Can't wait to see a more polished version on my Android *wink wink*.

Reminds me of the game "Lyne" which is quite similar.
RFMTeam
26. Aug 2014 路 14:43 UTC
Mechanics are well thought out and it's addictive
馃帳 Florent
26. Aug 2014 路 14:46 UTC
@Ponywolf and @ZBGE : have you noticed that you can mouse over the i icon to have instructions ?
And I don't think you can make a level more simple than the first tutorial. :D
Lizzip
26. Aug 2014 路 16:21 UTC
Works very nicely and some levels are quite puzzling
Z.B.G.E.
26. Aug 2014 路 18:12 UTC
@Florent: Yes I read the tooltips, but still I had some troubles with the 2nd tutorials:
- I wasn't sure whether all points should all connect into a single entity, I dumbly thought at first I just had to connect everything to at least one other point.
- I wasn't sure whether the "n connections" points had to be matched with exactly n lines, or if they were just tools for connecting the rest. Making them change a bit (like turning the lines white) when they are made "valid" would have helped with that part.

But with some trial and error I eventually figured things out, so no pb.
馃帳 Florent
26. Aug 2014 路 20:03 UTC
@ZBGE "Making them change a bit when they are made "valid" would have helped with that part" Absolutely ! That was on the to-do list but didn't make it.

I reckon there is a general lack of visual feedbacks, I wanted to add more "juice" but as often, I hadn't the time.
Buttsteam
27. Aug 2014 路 00:32 UTC
Good game. I liked the way you constructed a puzzle game under the theme.

-Path of Ai
Majko
27. Aug 2014 路 10:36 UTC
Sorry, I don't find it entertaining. Maybe better explanation of game mechanics would help, but I just don't know what I'm supposed to do.
DDFranky
27. Aug 2014 路 10:44 UTC
Great game!
pjimmy
27. Aug 2014 路 11:04 UTC
nice puzzle :)
erdnuss
27. Aug 2014 路 11:52 UTC
Interesting mechanic, great game!
grifdail
27. Aug 2014 路 12:13 UTC
Nice. The random level are a bit too easy. Also you should make the "Help" button more obvious. And the feedback are a bit anoying (for instance when a want to unselect a node, it play this awefull sound effect... It's not really awefull buti heard it too much!)
MarekkPie
27. Aug 2014 路 18:42 UTC
The second tutorial level was fun and challenging. Unfortunate that everything after that is randomly generated.
tatmos
27. Aug 2014 路 21:45 UTC
I like sound effects. and simple look.
puppetmaster
27. Aug 2014 路 22:17 UTC
+ puzzles
+ theme
- no music
mrexcessive
28. Aug 2014 路 10:07 UTC
Hi there. Interesting mechanic. Lv 2 took a while!
nerd burglars
28. Aug 2014 路 17:47 UTC
Addicting!!!! VERY NICE ENTRY! GOOD LUCK! :)
RodRoy1
28. Aug 2014 路 17:58 UTC
Great idea, and work well as puzzle mechanics. Needs a few more levels, but other than that its a fantastic little game.
DoctorCope
28. Aug 2014 路 22:29 UTC
At first it felt like I was just randomly clicking and there wasn't much thought involved so I didn't really like it, but once I got the hang of it I found it surprisingly enjoyable! I would definitely recommend some starter levels for introduction if you plan on developing further, but I don't penalize you against it given the time constraints. All in all, very well done mechanics with good visuals!
Simon
29. Aug 2014 路 14:14 UTC
Very hard sometimes but very cool to solve anyway!
Chaoseiro
30. Aug 2014 路 22:24 UTC
Nice puzzle mechanic, I hope you find the time to improve this game :)
dancingmad
30. Aug 2014 路 22:58 UTC
It took me time to understand wich dots can connect to each other and which ones can't. i still think it's kind of confusing.
Tanser
01. Sep 2014 路 06:57 UTC
Nice puzzle, good job.
Tosic
02. Sep 2014 路 07:24 UTC
Cool puzzle, nice work! :D
swich
02. Sep 2014 路 10:49 UTC
Most interesting puzzle game I tried so far, nice! I managed to link all the dots without actually completing the level.. bug maybe?
hbocao
03. Sep 2014 路 03:25 UTC
Nice game! Very addictive! =D

I got stuck on some levels, but it was fun!

Well done!
jukimv1986
15. Sep 2014 路 08:14 UTC
Interesting mechanics, well polished. I liked how you play with the colors. Don't see a great connection with the theme but overall it is a good game. Good job!