README.btc by Vaclav Kucera

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made by Vaclav Kucera for LD 44 (JAM)

README.btc follows the life of a literal cryptocurrency miner. Validate transactions to earn currency and defeat your competitors on your journey to sentience.
This game is a combination of a puzzle and a strategy, equipped with a branching storyline and multiple endings.

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Ratings

Given 27🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

beanslasher
30. Apr 2019 · 08:12 UTC
Wow, This game was intense. You get immersed into this game really easily. I am a big nerd for games like this, hacking or crypto cyber games are really fun for me. I think the style and gameplay match eachother. The game is well made, has a challenge to it and is really fun to play! GREAT jam game!
Gorrion
30. Apr 2019 · 08:38 UTC
Overall great puzzle game. One thing it was lacking for me was instant feedback about the correct answer
NoobException
30. Apr 2019 · 08:58 UTC
Such an interesting game!

I've started to feel that "sci-fi IT" mood, like in various movies.
Graphics may not be the best (it is good though!), but with music it's even more immersive.

Great plot, I've enjoyed reading all those messages.
Puzzles were confusing at some points, but they demand some thinking which is good. :smile:

Great job!
Bluwind360
30. Apr 2019 · 09:25 UTC
Great job on, very interesting take on the theme suggestion
CamCam
30. Apr 2019 · 11:18 UTC
I'm too bad in English to understand all the rules but the game looks cool
Aaron96
30. Apr 2019 · 11:40 UTC
Great game, it has a lot of content for a game created in 3 days!
b3agz
30. Apr 2019 · 11:45 UTC
I like your take on the theme, and the gameplay is fun. Good work!
KreGames
30. Apr 2019 · 11:48 UTC
At first sight the rules was hard to understand, but the game is a great puzzle! I love that! Some feedback would be nice (you earn this and that, you had x good answers)
Macabeo
30. Apr 2019 · 12:04 UTC
Quite a unique take on the theme and in general as far as gamejam games go imho, very interesting!
paul_v
30. Apr 2019 · 15:48 UTC
Interesting puzzles. It's not obvious what you have to do when you start the game, but idea and implementation are very nice. It looks like the big work was made on this project. My congratulations.
Drury
30. Apr 2019 · 16:41 UTC
Great entry, very immersive. Didn't quite manage to get a grip of the minigame though, the mechanic of the toggle-able blocks seemed a bit inconsistent.
Bulmanator
30. Apr 2019 · 16:47 UTC
This was a neat puzzle game. Love it!
good.enough
30. Apr 2019 · 23:18 UTC
I like it! From the very beginning, it had me rubbing my hands and cackling with glee. Okay, maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration, but it was pretty cool, and I played through to the end. I wish I was able to make something this cool.


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almost
01. May 2019 · 06:27 UTC
Typo in manual: Dscribed
Puzzles and computer interface were cool.
README confused me. I guess it is notes to self, but it used YOU initially and then I. Also why would notes to self be in README?
I kept trying to do things like drag windows around and reorder them because of habit.

For bitcoin validation:
I would have liked feedback of whether or not my puzzle answer was correct (I think I was always correct).
I was initially unsure about whether it would be possible to do all blue + all white at the same time, but I figured out that it will always be one or the other.
There's a level where you can have a laser go through a 4-corners and hit the thing that blocks 4-corners. This was weird because it's a sort of self-contradiction. (https://imgur.com/a/QnOItdO)
Teleporters have IN and OUT variations. I only figured this out because a teleporter was randomly not working and I looked more closely. They are visually very similar.

The hacker and inflation copypasta in news is pretty long, when they could be one line messages with a ...
I dont know what is the point of hacking or inflation. I bought servers and defense early and didn't seem to have enough money to purchase inflation.
I usually forgot the codes of the transactions requested by email.
The way to donate was subtle, I noticed it after spending my money on other things
There was an email about a transaction with no recipient number, which confused me because I'm dealing with lasers, not numbers.
I would have liked if every puzzle started in a state where no dots are lit up and no 4-corner blockers are hit.

Overall, the game is very cool. I got the 'Life is nothing' ending.
svdvorak
01. May 2019 · 08:18 UTC
Well I'm impressed. You got a full experience with both a puzzle game and a meta game. And both where pretty good as well! The texts may have been a bit uninspired, had some typos and some news could repeat but overall, great work on getting the mood right. I also got the "Currency is life" ending.
cerkiewny
03. May 2019 · 10:19 UTC
No linux :C
rjhelms
04. May 2019 · 16:51 UTC
Very cool, and interesting puzzles.

Some of the mechanics were a bit opaque - I don't feel like I completely got a handle on what everything in the puzzles did, and the use of some of the things to purchase wasn't clear. A bit more depth in the manual, or some tutorial levels, would have helped.