{"author_name":"Zanzlanz","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"July 20, 2012 10:35 pm","epoch":1342841700,"text":"Judging by the concept I assumed it wouldn’t be very difficult. After playing it I am amazed at how simple yet interesting it was. There were a few situations that were unexplained, like why you can’t play wire in certain levels? The music was nice.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1342806600,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"55554","p_author":"Zanzlanz","p_authorkey":"11407","p_urlkey":"91272","p_title":"Lab Lights Update","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1342806600","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"11407","us_name":"Zanzlanz","us_username":"zanzlanz","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

Hi everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of you played my game “Lab Lights,” the game I created for the miniLD #36.
\n Well if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a difficult puzzle game where you push around batteries, crates, TNT, and magnets with a main goal of lighting up all the lights in each of the 23 levels in order to get to the last room and turn on the generator!<\/p>\n

You may play it on my site here:
\n http:\/\/www.zanzlanz.com\/GamePage.php?n=Lab%20Lights
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the link to the miniLD entry:
\n http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-36\/?action=preview&uid=11407<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lab<\/a>

Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n

So here’s what my feedback was like:<\/strong>
\n When I put it on Newgrounds, it got daily 3rd best flash submission and later front-paged for a few days!\u00a0 A rush of reviews and comments appeared.\u00a0 Many people loved the difficulty of the puzzles.\u00a0 A few people mentioned how rare it is these days to find good puzzle games this hard.\u00a0 A few people compared it with “Chips Challenge” and “Shove It.”\u00a0 MDeathM (on Newgrounds) says, “All in all, a phenomenally challenging and engaging puzzle game. Thank you for this creation.”\u00a0 These words are very nice and I can only thank Ludum Dare for challenging me to make it.
\n To my surprise, Ryry67dude (on Newgrounds) made an hour long let’s play of it (and rage-quit at level 17) the day after the release!\u00a0 Here’s his video:
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/8GMa8hw5aJ8<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately though, not everyone enjoyed the difficulty level of it.\u00a0 Many people got stuck on level 2 or 7.\u00a0 Some players mentioned I fried their brains, heehee!<\/p>\n

Since I recognize how hard these puzzles are (I describe it as brutal), I made a full walkthrough of all 23 levels.\u00a0 Here’s the video:
\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/XMvwN4WGut8<\/a>
\n (You should subscribe to me as well \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

Lastly, some people said I should make a sequel.\u00a0 I was thinking about it lately, and I think it would be a good idea.\u00a0 I have some new gameplay elements that would be cool to add (Lasers and mirrors, differently sized boxes, teleporters, and boulders).\u00a0 If you have any ideas, I’ll be happy to hear them \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Thanks for listening to my rambling, and thank you Ludum Dare for another fun experience!\u00a0 If you want, you can rate and review the game in the comments on this post.
\n – Zanzlanz \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n \n

Tags: chips challenge<\/a>, feedback<\/a>, flash<\/a>, puzzle<\/a>, puzzle game<\/a>, shove it<\/a>, update<\/a>, walkthrough<\/a><\/p>","time":"July 20th, 2012 12:50 pm","title":"Lab Lights Update"}