Go to sleep... by eeldam

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made by eeldam for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Drag words to reorder them

Create calm thoughts to reach deeper sleep

Avoid creating upsetting thoughts

Keep thoughts simple

Keep your mind clear

Try to get as much rest as possible before morning


Everything was done by me, I just ran out of time for submission to the compo :)

Should work on desktop and mobile web.

Ratings

Overall 734th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 706th 2.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 58th 4.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 569th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 722th 2.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 520th 2.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 617th 2.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 509th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 4🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

AldenWitt
12. Apr 2025 · 00:07 UTC
Great idea! This is such a unique approach to the theme, and a great idea for a game.
Sfx are effective, and gameplay is easy to understand.
My biggest gripe is balance - some sentences are a clear and easy switch of the first two words ('Did I' becoming 'I did'), while others are impossible. You also miss some messages, though that seems inevitable. I'd love a way to swap out words - you wind up with a lot of unusable jumbles.
I'd love some background music!

Overall though, this is a strong submission. You took it in an unexpected direction and that's worth a lot.
Thomas Higgins
12. Apr 2025 · 00:11 UTC
Groovy idea - the whole thing feels polished and well executed, I struggled to put together thoughts but that might just be that I am bad at word games, cool entry!
JamesGames1000
12. Apr 2025 · 19:09 UTC
Cool idea it took me a little bit before I got good at putting the sentences together. Great job :)
TomKnocker44
12. Apr 2025 · 19:12 UTC
Neat idea, but pretty challenging. I'm not sure how you clear some of the sentences, and maybe it would be nice to have some words you can store for later use.
Wuppos
12. Apr 2025 · 19:17 UTC
I really liked the idea of this game! It is super unique and the topic is very relatable. It is also very satisfying to puzzle around with the words and remaking these sentences :)
Sometimes I really did not see how I could rephrase a sentence to something good though. Maybe I am just not good enough at this game :/

That being said, I really like the creativity of this game. I really loved it :D
mdsalomon
12. Apr 2025 · 19:23 UTC
Really clever take on the theme, I don't think I've ever seen a word game employ so much tension. Some example sentences or a clearer direction on what counts as a good or bad sentence would help a lot. Very creative entry!
ryusui
13. Apr 2025 · 02:32 UTC
Magnetic Poetry (Savage) XD

I love the concept, though I'll admit the conditions for "good thoughts" vs. "bad thoughts" felt a bit arbitrary. Would love to see a version with a bit more feedback/better indication as to how to "do good" at it.
moonlightbomber
14. Apr 2025 · 07:02 UTC
A novel take on the concept.
RubixNoob13
14. Apr 2025 · 11:03 UTC
I like the idea, although I kept getting a bunch of things like "no no no no" and I'm not really sure what to do with that. Not sure if others have this, but for the audio in the web build, I basically just had a deep rumble/buzzing sound. Wasn't sure if it was supposed to sound like that or if I was having sound issues.

Awesome interpretation of the theme, and a neat concept I haven't seen before. Good job!
MoD_Wiz
25. Apr 2025 · 17:37 UTC
Unusual take on theme, but very difficult.
slow chaz
25. Apr 2025 · 17:48 UTC
cool UX, satisfying to drag words around
based.on.life
25. Apr 2025 · 17:48 UTC
It's a really cool idea, however some sentences that I thought were "calming" didn't get picked up. I'm not sure if there are multiple answers or only one answer but that was a bit confusing. Otherwise it's really cool
jnur
25. Apr 2025 · 17:53 UTC
Pretty hard to get started, I think I did two full attempts without thinking of a single good sentence :sweat_smile: Fun when I got a grasp of it. A really smart idea, with more varied words and sentences it could be a really fun word game! Right now it felt like there were too few good matches, and most were the same "did I" to "I did" swap. It works impressively nicely with the dragging and stuff, really polished!