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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1658 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
| Enjoyment | #2442 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Narrative | #3125 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Artwork | #3187 | 3.227 | 3.227 |
| Audio | #7596 | 1.727 | 1.727 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game features chains on gears. They're all loops. The player must rotate the loop using gears to match an arrow to a sensor.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
The font Marcellus by Astigmatic was used. All assets were made by myself during the jam.
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Very interesting and entertaining puzzle. I managed to solve it after many attempts. GOOD WORK!
Yoooo, thanks for checking out our game! I thought your game was really unique and cool! The puzzles were both challenging and fun, which I think can be hard to do in a game jam such as this, so great job! Most importantly though, the puzzles made me feel smart for solving them, so again, great job haha.
looks interesting! too bad the web version is not loading :/
I'm apparently terrible at mechanical engineering, because this game absolutely fried my brain (in a very good way). It was so hard for me to wrap my head around so many of these puzzles, but I started to slowly get better at thinking ahead and figuring out how the gears move and interact. Great work in a wonderful mind-bending puzzle game!
yippie i got to the end! I really like gear puzzles, although and i think the theme applies perfectly. I really like the skeuomorphic/realistic gear box aesthetic! it could be a little more high res tho haha, but i really like it. The game lacks a little feedback, both visual when dragging (not really terrible) and sound. Next time, add a couple sounds here and there, even a couple of clicks can improve the game feeling x1000. Nice work!
Very cool mechanic and nice implementation of theme! 🔥
Pretty cool puzzle game. I also wasn't able to add audio in time, so don't feel too bad about it. By the way, maybe connections with different colors than the regular gears would have ease the readability of the system, and an undo button would have been nice. Other than that, I think you did great. Congrats 👍
Really cool theme interpretation! The controls took me awhile to figure out, but the puzzles were fun.
This is very cool. Great use of theme. Anything else constructive I could say to be helpful has already been said. :) Very Nice game! Thanks.
Took me a while to figure out the control but I eventually got it! Puzzles are challenging for my small brain but really cool concept!
Really cool concept, the puzzles feel really solid and had me thinking for quite a few minutes. I found a bug where if you scroll the mousewheel you zoom out which doesn't feel intentional but overall this is a great submission - well done!
Thanks! The scroll was actually intentional. It was part of another game I was building for this jam before I pivoted to this idea. I thought I'd keep it in.
I really enjoyed this one the puzzles were really well done for a game jam and I just love the concept I just wish there was audio hearing the gears click and mesh would be so cool! Amazing job
Yeah, sound is definitely missing. I want to hear those gears move too. So glad you enjoyed it.
Liked this game a lot ! Definitely agree with other comments about the reset button, the missing sound, and the fact that it's a shame not to have a web version. However, this is a rich logic puzzle game, which could really become a solid game ! I feel I could spend a lot of time playing, thinking, trying stuff and watching the gears move if it had a bit more polish.
Also, I found it really funny that if you unscroll the mouse wheel, you can actually see the box in 3D haha
The reset button seems to be working sometimes but not others. It's really frustrating and I can't imagine playing it without the button. So.. thank you for playing it and giving feeback! So glad you liked it.
Love the game and the approach to the theme!
It feels like a gear engineering game that will come out in engineering class to let people understand how the transfer of motion works.
I would love it more if there were some sound feedback when placing and dragging... and most importantly, the sound of gear grinding!
Making it definitely got me to think of how the transfer of motion works. So happy to read that you like it.
I couldn't agree more about the sound. Maybe a bit of vfx too. I really appreciate the feedback.
Thank you!
Really creative! The puzzles were pretty unintuitive for me, but I'm not too good at visualizing how the gears would move lol. Already stated, but fixing the reset button would definitely help a lot! Great job though, it's a cool concept and executed well!
These puzzles aren't for everybody. I had some family play and I saw it first hand :P Thanks for playing and for the feedback too!
The game worked perfectly for me! The only thing not working was my brain lol - I could have used some hints on how each of the different gear types operate! Otherwise, excellently designed, both in gameplay and visuals!
Thanks for playing and for the compliments too. Hints are a great idea and they'd be easy to add too..
I am on a Mac, so hopefully you can get the web version working... Thanks!
Interesting game! I enjoyed playing it. Great job!!
Thank you!
This is cool game. the reset button would not work so I had to restart the game if I didnt get it right :(
That's too bad! Thanks for playing