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Puzzle Kids by jsmars

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made by jsmars for LD 43 (JAM)

:fire: Play solo or couch coop up to four players! :fox: Has online highscore also!

Help your old mysterious grandfather sort through his basement of relics and put together all those puzzle he hasn't had time to piece together yet! You better hurry though because time is running out, and you may have to sacrifice something valuable to keep going.

We had a lot of fun and put in tons of hours. Hope you will enjoy our game and give us feedback! :) The last day I put in 22 hours straight :)

Controls :hand_splayed:

Keyboard: :keyboard:

Player 1: Arrows + J, K, L or Z, X, Space Player 2: WASD + C, V, B Toggle Music: M Fullscreen: Alt-Enter

Gamepad: :eggplant:

Stick or DPad AXB or Shoulders/Triggers

Linux & Mac builds are now released!

But they are not tested, please try them and let me know if they work, or if you are getting any errors. Please don't rate down if the game isn't working on these builds, let us know and we will get it fixed so you can rate it correctly. We do extra work for these builds so please be nice! :)

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Windows http://www.jsmars.com/downloads/PuzzleKids_1.0.zip
Linux http://www.jsmars.com/downloads/PuzzleKids_1.0_Linux.zip
macOS http://www.jsmars.com/downloads/PuzzleKids_1.0_Mac.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/puzzle-kids

Ratings

Overall 82th 4.018⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 101th 3.875⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 87th 3.857⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 500th 3.481⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 43th 4.464⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 154th 3.732⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 407th 3.054⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 142th 3.865⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

04. Dec 2018 · 21:28 UTC
My antivirus doesn't want to pass this game into my computer :/ It removes .exe and one .dll file.
Arvejeitor
04. Dec 2018 · 21:31 UTC
Wow! the art style is awesome! Reminds of the old SNES days, Congratulations!
🎤 jsmars
04. Dec 2018 · 22:39 UTC
Thanks @arvejeitor !
@Anonymous: Very peculiar, all the DLLs are open source and commonly used. Would be good to know which one is being removed and what the antivirus program is reporting it as. The only thing I could imagine is if it's looking at the web request it uses to send highscore to the server for some reason.
Albinobat
05. Dec 2018 · 13:57 UTC
Really fun game! love puzzles
Calum Heffernan
05. Dec 2018 · 14:03 UTC
I loved this! Great interpretation and execution of the theme, I'd totally buy this given a little more polish and focus towards being a couch co-op game.
Saikat
05. Dec 2018 · 14:22 UTC
i loved the simplicity and specially the art style. good luck! :)
Matank
05. Dec 2018 · 20:08 UTC
Really cool mechanic, and the art is great. I had a lot of fun playing this, spent about 20 minutes trying to beat my high score!
Some of the puzzles are very difficult to figure out! I also wasn't sure - did all the pieces fit or were some misfitting pieces put there on purpose?

I eventually managed to get only to level 4... but I'll try again later, I want to try to beat my high score again. How many levels are there?
assimby
05. Dec 2018 · 20:18 UTC
Really love this game ! It all works well, and looks good, good job !
sodaraptor
05. Dec 2018 · 21:11 UTC
It was interesting to see a more interactive experience combined with classic puzzle-piece placement. A fun, simple little concept! I wished the resolution of the pieces was a little higher though, made seeing the details a lot harder. Overall, a fine entry.
Arktas
05. Dec 2018 · 22:03 UTC
Really interresting mechanics, and original ! Love to play your game, I will try with mates soon !
Bendev_Games
05. Dec 2018 · 22:10 UTC
Cool concept, really original. I don't know if it was intended but the first puzzle i cleared without even putting all pieces in the canvas. I think the controls could be better disposed, don't know if i did something wrong but i played with WASD and walking, picking puzzle pieces and rotating them are too close, it made the controls a little confusing. I wish the puzzle pieces resolutions were also a little bit higher, it was hard for me to undestand them at first glance.

Cheers!
patvanmackelberg
06. Dec 2018 · 01:53 UTC
Very cool and really well done! Loved the audio and the art most.
christina-antoinette-neofotistou
06. Dec 2018 · 17:39 UTC
I'm so impressed that you stayed on theme and you didn't feature creep. The result is a polished, intentional game and it shows!! Congrats, a great entry!!
niterich
06. Dec 2018 · 17:40 UTC
Great game! I thought the art and the music were very well done, and the ability to burn your puzzle pieces to keep the flame alive was a neat twist! I only managed to play it solo, but it looks like it'd be a ton of fun with friends! My only complaint is that I felt the keyboard controls to be a bit awkward (but it felt fine with a controller)
Fattori
07. Dec 2018 · 05:00 UTC
this is highly underrated the art is really well polished, and i was here thinking that i spent to much time polishing the art on my game and you even had lights in pixel art haha, great work this is fun, needs more attention.
Nekonyo
08. Dec 2018 · 15:23 UTC
I like how you take a simple concept as a simple puzzle to an online coop game 👍
kamikaziuk
10. Dec 2018 · 10:44 UTC
Very fun game! The visuals are super nice for a few days of work.
TheOneThatNeverWas
10. Dec 2018 · 11:42 UTC
Amazing game! I really enjoyed playing it, the gameplay is very fun.
Rs11s21n
10. Dec 2018 · 15:45 UTC
nice game but why i feel like this game not for one person?)
🎤 jsmars
10. Dec 2018 · 16:15 UTC
Thanks all for your nice comments!

@rs11s21n Thanks for letting me know you feel that way. It's both for playing alone or with friends, personally I find it easier and calmer alone and I almost prefer it, but playing with friends makes it more of a crazy party game..
Rs11s21n
10. Dec 2018 · 16:43 UTC
@jsmars i tallk about lvl 3, i just have no time for burn everything and complete lvl in one time.
or... i not get rules xD
Franciszek Pyrć
10. Dec 2018 · 18:56 UTC
Very amazing game. Love the music and the models.
Rongo Matane
10. Dec 2018 · 19:08 UTC
Such great visuals, the puzzles are really beautiful. Also an impressive amount for such a short time. I played it solo. Regarding theme or gameplay, i did not see the sacrificing part. I just puzzled and it went fine, though i once accidentally burned a piece. I also like how the UI integrated seamless with the game.
Very good entry! :)
svdvorak
11. Dec 2018 · 10:22 UTC
@rongo-matane Thanks for the kind comments! You have to sacrifice things from the walls or pieces to boost the fire and keep it alive. Any pieces you burn you can't use to solve the puzzle of course.