Mind Pit by Jordan Dube

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made by Jordan Dube for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

PixelHeadLetters.png You are a young apprentice to the great hypnotist Zamien Cruuxtfeld, and he has asked you to try to read his mind, digging deeper and deeper into the hole of wonderful consciousness. Be warned, reading minds is not easy, and the Great Cruuxfeld has some tricks up his brain stem.

Ratings

Overall 1109th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1264th 3.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 487th 3.583⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1026th 3.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1305th 3.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 465th 3.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 922th 2.656⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 703th 3.647⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Guardaro
26. Apr 2021 · 23:41 UTC
Nice! Very pleasant music and satisfying sounds and animation. I really would have liked to see a score counter for this one, either the number of correct guesses or the amount of time that has passed.
Evil Villain Games
26. Apr 2021 · 23:46 UTC
This has great presentation and really makes you feel like you need to use intuition to tell what arrow keys to press next. I really liked the audio and graphics especially the front cover.

I second that a score meter would have been nice to see if I was doing better or worse each time.
Nick Barrash
26. Apr 2021 · 23:46 UTC
Cool concept, and was actually a lot of fun! Maybe a stupid question but is the answer random each time? I could have missed it but I didn't notice any pattern between rounds/colors and what the answer was.
BBApps
26. Apr 2021 · 23:50 UTC
It took me a couple games before I figured out how the it works, but after that I got the hang of it and had a lot of fun. I'm not sure if there was an end, but if there was I sadly wasn't able to reach it.
FireFart
26. Apr 2021 · 23:56 UTC
This game became repetitive after learning the pattern (Might be my fault for looking at hint 1 & 2 tho), and the sound effect gets somewhat irritating after hearing it frequently imo, but on the flip side, this game's visuals looks really nice and the idea and gameplay for this game gives a whole new meaning to the theme. Good game and awesome job, keep it up :)
Dane Tesla
27. Apr 2021 · 15:03 UTC
Yay, another game that has unique interpretation of the theme! It was a nice experience, the mechanics were fun and engaging. As some people mentioned, a score meter would be useful but it was a great experience nonetheless. Great job!
Webox
27. Apr 2021 · 17:30 UTC
Very unique interpreation of the theme!! Music fits really well, gameplay is a bit confusing at first, I read the hits to understand what I was doing. The objective was to outsmart the other guy, and I kind of did... I may have broke the game tho.. Sorry for that, you can spam al 3 keys and you kind of always win. I think this can be fixed by increasing the penalty of a wrong answer. As for not understanding the game at first, maybe you can play along with the player the first round, like telling the player what key to press and go along a few iterations, once the player got the hang of it you remove the help and keep with the current gameplay

Very original and well executed entry!! Congrats!! :D
WiredOverload
01. May 2021 · 09:44 UTC
Fun game, I got pretty far before I saw the hints and saw that the pattern resets every dark square which I'm not sure I would have gotten. You can also get pretty far just by always guessing down, and if that's wrong guessing left, and then guessing right, I think that's correct more than half the time which might be enough to beat the game. The ambient audio was also pretty nice. Overall great game!
MidnightMist
02. May 2021 · 00:19 UTC
Really interesting game. It's got the addicting factor! Loved the ambient music as well.
rosypenguin
06. May 2021 · 08:15 UTC
Love the calming, atmospheric feel, and the unique interpretation of the theme. I do wish the hints were more incorporated into the game, so instead of randomly guessing what the pattern could be, it's more of a puzzle that the player has to solve. That being said I still played through several times to try to learn the patterns; I think the "ding" sound plus the smooth transition really gives it a nice juiciness and makes me want to continue. Nice work!
Nitero
18. May 2021 · 18:43 UTC
Really surprising this is still in the danger zone! Overall cool concept and it took me some time to figure out I wasn't playing some variation of rock paper scissors xD But on that note, if you search for "JanKenUP" on the playstore you'll see some mechanics that could fit this type of game. The sound and graphics where also nice and the dubious text also made it feel mysterious, which helped me see the game as a puzzle!
bmacintosh
18. May 2021 · 19:53 UTC
Great audio that really sets the mood. Gameplay-wise I was not sure if there was anything to it other than random guessing. Rolling my fingers quickly and repeatedly over all three keys got me to Master Mindsleuth, though :D