PyWeek - Awesome Block Game 5: Quadrangles of fury. - feedback

Pretty nice idea, and the basic game is fun-ish. Would've really liked some snazzy music though! :)

It took me some time to understand how to play this game. At first I thought the one-ended string was a dead end. As soon as I figured out how to use it, things went much smoother. I thought this was fun, but unfortunately I didn't quite understand how to use that third type of string, so I ended giving up. But, after reading your post, I tried the last level (in which I was previously stuck) again and I realized it was fun. Still, the first impression kind of stuck with me and there aren't enough levels to take a good advantage of the idea. It probably would have been more interesting if there were levels with the start/end points scattered all over the board. Sorry about the low production score - I kinda like your block style, but this one was just graphics-wise uninteresting (your block shoot'em-up game for example was much more interesting graphics-wise), there were no sounds, and the string graphics confused me as to their purpose. Anyway, this game is fun, but needs to be further developed to feel more interesting.

Needs more explicit instructions. I liked it once I figured it out, but it wasn't as challenging as it could be.

I like it. It gets a little mundane after a while but it could be jazzed up some and made a little harder. Good start.

Sorry, couldn't give higher marks as it was basically a stripped-down version of the old join-up-the-pipes game. Could be quite engaging with a little more time and polish.

Solid entry.

Could have been promising, but was disappointed with the lack of any puzzles.

Interface was a bit clunky (had trouble at corners were boxes were stuck and couldn't be deleted), but the puzzles were nice to solve, especially for a puzzle challenged person like me.

Really didn't find how to turn, :(

hard to figure out what the blocks do or how they go together.

Cool game, but I find the lack of music a bit disturbing. And it was too short.

<p>I would have added more production points if you had added more levels, and improved the editor.

<p>It is a nice puzzle. The interface is a bit awkward, specially after running the simulation, noting a mistake, and having to redraw the level from scratch (instead of "rewinding" to the beginning).

<p>The game could also be more self-explaining

Nice :)

Cool game. Could have done with a few more levels.

It took a while to understand the game but then it was quite fun. More levels and a proper tutorial would be nice.. you probably already know that.

Fun, innovative, abg graphics are always nice! The game is too easy, though. You don't have to use the alternating tile once, for example.

Good One.

I was a little confused about how to play at first but then I realised I was playing the wrong
version :P I'm interested in seeing what it's like with more levels and tile types. The
existing levels are great, there's just not enough of them! The last level was quite
straightforward once I figured out I needed to use splitters, but it still took me a couple of
tries. It would be nice if you could retry the level without all the tiles disappearing. Maybe
have a "design mode" kind of thing and then you can press a button to start the blocks moving?

The controls were supremely confusing, but otherwise the game has promise!

fun game. for a moment it seemed just like work, until i understood the multiplexer. than i just finished the game. you could have gotten more points on fun if you had more levels. production is below average but i dont think thats a bad thing.

The last level was a fun puzzle :) But otherwise there wasn't much replayability. More "difficult or fun elements" to play with could make it more interesting.

An ingame tutorial would have been nice

Well done :)

Pretty fun, couldn't work out the one with 3 yellows and 1 red

Didn't keep me interested.

I like the idea but the game is a bit slow and the building blocks are not intuitive enough.

It's a big idea but it need more work.

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At first I was confused; probably replacing the 'line mark' in the cuadrangle with an arrow would help.<br>
Has gameplay, If you have the time to dress a litle (music, a litle more eye cartching graphics) it would be wonderfull.<br>
Glad to play your game.

I like the gameplay, but to make it fun it should be faster, and have levels or at least a score tally. It should also force us to have to use the more interesting cross block.

Er... Ok, I connected the upper and lower boxes with a road, and then I watched as many many many
boxes followed it. But nothing else happened, and I watched it for several minutes... It's a
pity, because I like the idea. You could improve it adding more elements, like traffic lights,
of faster blocks.

Reminds me of the old game "Pipe Dream", though this one is more puzzle-like and less frantic.

Cool stuff.

nice puzzlegame :)

The tongue-n-cheek presentation amuses me, but the game isn't fun at all to play.

I didn't find the game funny.

Nice idea - could be developed into something interesting. I actually found the last level quite hard until I figured out how the alternating piece was meant to be used.
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Had to modify it so I could shift-click instead of right-clicking, as I don't have a right button.

Fun little manager game. Took some time to figure out how the blocks work.

Always look forward to the ABG entry. This was innovative as always, though my poor understanding of the block workings unfortunately held me back. I eventually figured out how to use the black/white switching blocks to de-interleave a string, but I just felt too hampered to make it more than partway through the third level. I think I got the basic idea, but I'm having a hard time getting the pieces to do what I want them to do -- largely just because I don't understand the game well enough (despite having read the readme and in-game help). Even so, it's still a good game, and it's fun to play with -- perhaps I shall return to it and try to conquer those later puzzles -- we shall see. :) Good job this time, thanks!

It didn't seem like I had enough pieces to complete the second level. It's not clear how to make
them change from vertical to horizontal movement. The whole game really wasn't clear enough.

Edit: after some more discussion and reading the tips, it has become clear to me how to set up the
pieces. Making the dashed lines into arrows would have helped a lot. Still needs some more
variety to up the fun though.

Not particularly fun.