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I spent a good 20 minutes on this and near the end my brain is programmed to think exactly like the AI lol. My suggestions would be to play around with more mechanics like laser gun and cracked rocks. A portal, maybe? Also, some current levels can be beaten with rocks leftover. I finished one with 7 rocks left! I wish there is a hard mode that asks for optimized solution only. Overall very fun experience, good visuals, I liked it alot. Good job!![depth.png](\/\/\/raw\/14b\/36\/z\/6b1c1.jpg)![thank_you.png](\/\/\/raw\/14b\/36\/z\/6b1c2.jpg)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136702,"author_name":"ArenAvgust","author_uid":"arenavgust","epoch":1744179882,"text":"That was so nice!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136739,"author_name":"LDJam user 297990","author_uid":"297990","epoch":1744180437,"text":"Finally another puzzle game! ;D It was nice, but the resolution was off so larger levels were not fully visible, just a heads up. I would love to complete it so let me know if you make a bugfix!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136740,"author_name":"zjuWindKing","author_uid":"zjuwindking","epoch":1744180440,"text":"Great game! Using as few stones as possible gives me a great sense of achievement","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136756,"author_name":"cool_purr","author_uid":"cool-purr","epoch":1744180730,"text":"Kitty :3","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136761,"author_name":"khaotom","author_uid":"khaotom","epoch":1744180802,"text":"That's one crazy doctor! I won kitty's freedom in the end. Nice roboprograming puzzles :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136763,"author_name":"radiorat","author_uid":"radiorat","epoch":1744180814,"text":"A very fun puzzle game, really enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136796,"author_name":"DarkLumo","author_uid":"darklumo","epoch":1744181446,"text":"I like the use of the Theme on this game, really good take.\n\nI love puzzle games and this is right on my alley.\n\nI would add more mechanics and a way to move the screen easier (maybe WASD).\n\n*I know the idea of the Depth First Algorithm is for the theme, but you could add other hierarchies of directions as expansions, maybe as a free robot it is experimenting (secret levels) :smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139878,"author_name":"resty","author_uid":"resty","epoch":1744226496,"text":"the puzzle part is really interesting to play. and i like your dialog and character arts.\nthe bgm is a bit heavy for playing long\noverall i like it very much!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143290,"author_name":"HDVR02","author_uid":"hdvr02","epoch":1744303613,"text":"Very interesting but a bit difficult at first for me puzzle game, good job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143327,"author_name":"Buni","author_uid":"buni","epoch":1744304419,"text":"Lol I did not expect the puzzles to be so challenging - well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143911,"author_name":"Onhore","author_uid":"onhore","epoch":1744314675,"text":"dorable concept with the kitty rescue\u2014those puzzles are just the right kind of tricky! \ud83d\udc31\ud83d\udca1 The depth-first theme clicks perfectly, though I\u2019d kill for WASD panning to peek at bigger levels. Resolution hiccups aside, squeezing solutions into minimal moves felt so satisfying. Secret \u2018robot experiment\u2019 levels when? Lovely job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144232,"author_name":"5huNo.3","author_uid":"5huno-3","epoch":1744321516,"text":"Loved the character design in the game! The dialouge was fun to read, especially the mad scientist. The gameplay is good, however it becomes hard to clear higher levels without being able to look around the map. Other than that, the dialouges made me smile. Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145291,"author_name":"jscommander","author_uid":"jscommander","epoch":1744366258,"text":"I like the art style and characters. The scientist turned out very cool; I especially like his crazy facial expression.\n\nThe game is quite interesting. At first, I didn't understand what to do and had to read about how the robot chooses its direction of movement. :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145412,"author_name":"Slyz","author_uid":"slyz","epoch":1744370721,"text":"What an orginial gameplay ! And fun too :) I had a hard time understanding how to use the laser gun tho","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148325,"author_name":"Ch48","author_uid":"ch48","epoch":1744486042,"text":"It took me a couple deaths, but I got the hang of the mechanics. In hindsight, I shoulda read the darn description, buuuut maybe consider adding a little tutorial? If you plan on expanding this game further, that is.\n\nThe puzzles themselves were super engaging and scratched my brain just right. The story, however, was a bit forgettable - but the character designs stuck with me, so you're doing something right!\n\nThanks for the game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148723,"author_name":"Jona Scheidig","author_uid":"jona-scheidig","epoch":1744499521,"text":"At 1st I thought I understood the movement, then I realised I dont.\nCouple deaths passed and I got it. Tbh, I'm not personally the type who likes these games, BUT...\nThe mix of new puzzles but with a sorta story was interessting to keep me playing for abit.\n\nI like that the puzzles are well thought out. Mechanics and movement make for alot of possibilities in level design.\nWith more variety this could definitly be smth one would wanna regurlarly play on mobile with constant new levels ^^","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148733,"author_name":"ShaCoZha","author_uid":"shacozha","epoch":1744500203,"text":"Great educational game. A little hard to understand the DFS logic but still fun to play.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148807,"author_name":"Advarsky","author_uid":"advarsky","epoch":1744504646,"text":"Great game - strange rules, pretty cool graphics and fun dialogs. I liked the soundtrack a lot!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150235,"author_name":"LDJam user 395766","author_uid":"395766","epoch":1744577251,"text":"Super intresting gameplay, a bit frustrating to understand i couldn't figure out why the robot would go down after left ? normaly he should go up ? i'm a bit lost :x but even without understanding a could play so it's okey...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151192,"author_name":"X2SHADOW","author_uid":"x2shadow","epoch":1744643237,"text":"Very nice art and quite an interesting puzzle, good job guys!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151813,"author_name":"Arthur Tang","author_uid":"arthur-tang","epoch":1744694183,"text":"Great level design combining with path-finding mechanics. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1152310,"author_name":"JohneyD","author_uid":"johneyd","epoch":1744743044,"text":"Wow! A very worthy, interesting and addictive puzzle game! Made it to the end, it was difficult. Great game, the developer did a great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1158255,"author_name":"Samudin Ziberi","author_uid":"samudin-ziberi","epoch":1745670494,"text":"cool game","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/PassbyKamenRider\/LudumDare57","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/passbykamenrider.itch.io\/depth-first","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"96883","g_author":"1281413","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"448355","g_title":"DEPTH FIRST","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"410","g_commentcount":"26","g_site2_node_id":"408348","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"408348","n_urlkey":"448355","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/depth-first","n_slug":"depth-first","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"281413","n_created":"1743400716","n_modified":"1779667866","n_version":"1299079","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":281413,"body":"You are an AI core trained by a **CRAZY DR**. 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