Bolt by pxlcoder

made by pxlcoder for LD30 (COMPO)

Play with electricity in this mind-bending puzzler!

Bolt is a unique puzzler inspired by Tiger Electronics' "Lights Out". Unlike its inspiration it features connected switches in a variety of layouts, not restricted to a grid pattern. Furthermore, Bolt has three different types of switches and provides a great challenge.

This was my first ever Ludum Dare entry and I hope you enjoy it!

Web	http://gamejolt.com/games/puzzle/bolt/33069/
Source	https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzqwy9nCwD84aXVJV2FKS2VVaEJ
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=41120

Ratings

Coolness	100%	1
Overall	3.16	613

Audio	2.21	798
Fun	3.11	497
Graphics	3.36	389
Humor	2.03	771
Innovation	2.82	810
Mood	2.77	745
Theme	2.36	1045

Feedback

icedvariables

25. Aug 2014 · 09:08 UTC

Interesting game. Not sure if I fully understood what I was mean't to do so at points I often resorted to randomly clicking 'bolts' in the hope that they match up. Also, the music is quite repetitive but apart from that it pretty good.

BinaryPie

25. Aug 2014 · 12:36 UTC

Not the most original mechanic, but well implemented. Nice game. Sounds like you recorded the music yourself, which I appreciate, but does get irritating eventually.

technocf

25. Aug 2014 · 12:38 UTC

It's an OK game but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.

Kalor

25. Aug 2014 · 12:38 UTC

I enjoyed the game quite a bit. I found that different switches could of been explained a bit better and the music got repetitive very quickly but it was still fun.

hungyg

25. Aug 2014 · 12:42 UTC

Very nice graphics and animation make this simple idea a well polished and executed puzzle game.

PTSnoop

25. Aug 2014 · 12:43 UTC

Very polished for a 48hr game! The music was a bit repetitive, and I'd have liked the menu animations to have been a little faster - but the game itself is very good.

Peping

25. Aug 2014 · 12:44 UTC

This is a great logical game. Hope to see the idea taken further!

CryoGenesis

25. Aug 2014 · 12:49 UTC

Good graphics/audio and general presentation. Very interesting, had no idea how it worked, still managed to win. Good job!

mess110

25. Aug 2014 · 12:54 UTC

nice game. I feel the animation could be a little faster though

monsterkillu

25. Aug 2014 · 13:05 UTC

Quite interesting and quite hard ... I played about 3 or four levels ... Well done .. How did you do so much on just two days !!! :)

Manou

25. Aug 2014 · 14:38 UTC

I'm very bad at this game :( But nice gfx and polish.

FeYbraNt

25. Aug 2014 · 14:41 UTC

Nice game design !! Lots of levels and very simple. The only thing you need to think is about that noisy "sound ambient" :P.

BillToWin

25. Aug 2014 · 15:08 UTC

Very solid presentation. Great look. Simple game mechanic but it's been done before and I don't find it that fun.

micahcowan

25. Aug 2014 · 16:53 UTC

Good fun, and challenging. I feel like I might get farther if I just sat for a few minutes and reasoned about it for a while. Good game!

Rob Glen

25. Aug 2014 · 19:59 UTC

Took a while to understand what I was doing right whenever I completed a level, but once I got the idea of it I quite liked it. I'd say the music loop was a little too short, got a little grating after a while. But apart from that, good game!

Bubblman

25. Aug 2014 · 21:12 UTC

Really nice game!

esayitch

25. Aug 2014 · 21:57 UTC

A nice simple game. The execution was top notch, very polished, simplistic graphics that go along very well with the concepts. Levels were well-designed too and provided increasing challenge.

Sound got annoying after a while I guess, but that's about it :)

Solid entry, good luck!

Pavel

26. Aug 2014 · 10:56 UTC

Cool ideal. Simple and interesting at the same time.

Simon

26. Aug 2014 · 11:09 UTC

So very challenging! It's a bit hard to grasp at first but otherwise very good entry :)

Xeke_Death

26. Aug 2014 · 11:27 UTC

Looks nice and clean, works well...
Good work...

akymos

26. Aug 2014 · 13:33 UTC

A really good puzzle game.

Agecaf

26. Aug 2014 · 15:35 UTC

Very nice puzzles, and great UI! I think the music wasn't the best fit though...

kdunee

26. Aug 2014 · 16:09 UTC

Nice and simple puzzle game, though the unevenly loop short guitar riff gets annoying quickly. I liked the UI.

ponk

26. Aug 2014 · 19:28 UTC

Great game !
Looks nice and smooth.
Concept is fun !

aeveis

27. Aug 2014 · 05:55 UTC

Beat it. Nice puzzle game. like the solid graphics. Maybe a bit more feedback with how the different colored switches worked?

martim00

27. Aug 2014 · 16:50 UTC

Nice graphics and gameplay. Could be easily played on mobile. The music is annoying but I really liked the guitar effect. Maybe another melody..

enteagd

28. Aug 2014 · 14:06 UTC

Clever game, with some nice graphics! Only nitpicks I could find would be that single repeating loop of music is very distracting in a puzzle game! Good job.

Jezzamon

02. Sep 2014 · 08:30 UTC

Nice! Good job with the minimalistic graphics.

I think the lines between electric things and the way they lit up was a bit misleading, as what's more important was whether each box was active or not.

Random Abductions

08. Sep 2014 · 12:44 UTC

Very polished, nice graphics. The music did become quite repetitive (but you have music so that's good). Nice puzzles, but could use a little more different variations to it, besides the 3 buttons you have right now. (Maybe add a switchable diode or weird logic nodes.) Still it was 48 hours, so great job!

Artamus

14. Sep 2014 · 12:05 UTC

Nice game, congrats!

pjimmy

14. Sep 2014 · 15:03 UTC

very interesting puzzle game, not so sure about the theme

Literal Games

14. Sep 2014 · 21:26 UTC

Interesting puzzle mechanic, although I did end up randomly clicking a lot of the time.

The game feels very polished, I loved the menu animations and the juicyness of the buttons, and the art style is just what it needs to be for this kind of game. Great work.