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Not a comment on the gameplay, but the tutorial is far to slow and drawn out - experienced gamers could have this summarised in maybe 2 images with a line of text each. Maybe under a "quick help" link?
Edit: I'm tracking some basic stats, and it looks like 50% of those who start the tutorial don't finish.
Solid vs. Light fill is hard for me to differentiate, especially the last practice "Find the Correct Bin"...could you use a pattern to fill instead? (Much more like Set)
I welcome any comments on gameplay!
Not a question about gameplay, but I have mixed feeling about the affiliate links on a show HN post. Maybe it's not the place for profiteering?
Explain shape matching, and show some example combos, but then dive straight into playing a quick round where the only thing you have to match is shapes. Perhaps use less bins so it's not too easy, and set a lowish target amount of points to move on, say 10 or 15.
Increase difficulty by adding more parameters, I would add colour first, balancing a quick reward cycle with the more complex gameplay.
On the tutorial, with the animations you currently have you definitely need a way to let players skip them. I wanted to quit the tutorial half way through because I already understood it, and the three animations are identical once you know the idea. I was getting frustrated by the tutorial before I got to even touch the game.
All in all an interesting diversion, thanks!
When placing the third object in a bin clicking several times real fast gets you a) tons of points or b) -1 per click.
Not really gameplay but the tutorial was slow (paced). I understood most of it by reading the text but still had to wait for the animations and had no way of skipping them. Overall it was actually more difficult than it appeared on the face of it.
Thanks for the tip. I'll tinker with the animation speeds. Yeah, you get the hang of it, but it's not easy when you start. Do you think it'd work to ignore fill at first and just have color and shape to match on?
About the animation speeds there were some that I just didn't need to see the animation at all but had no way of getting to the next page.
The only other annoyance was the buttons had a different cursor than is generally expected of a button but they functioned and that is really the biggest thing a button needs.
Found a bug :) When placing the third object in a bin clicking several times real fast gets you a) tons of points or b) -1 per click.
The tutorial would probably be nicer if it were more interactive earlier on, and this would allow you to ramp up players at the same time. Explain shape matching, and show some example combos, but then dive straight into playing a quick round where the only thing you have to match is shapes. Perhaps use less bins so it's not too easy, and set a lowish target amount of points to move on, say 10 or 15. Increase difficu…
Not a comment on the gameplay, but the tutorial is far to slow and drawn out - experienced gamers could have this summarised in maybe 2 images with a line of text each. Maybe under a "quick help" link?
For you, was it the animation speeds or the material itself? Do you think a single page text with pictures description could work for "quick help"? Edit: I'm tracking some basic stats, and it looks like 50% of those who start the tutorial don't finish.
Saying that you can need to put together the same or all different forms/colors/fills should suffice. Whoever doesn't understand that probably won't have much fun with the game anyway.
Not a comment on the gameplay, but the tutorial is far to slow and drawn out - experienced gamers could have this summarised in maybe 2 images with a line of text each. Maybe under a "quick help" link?
For you, was it the animation speeds or the material itself? Do you think a single page text with pictures description could work for "quick help"? Edit: I'm tracking some basic stats, and it looks like 50% of those who start the tutorial don't finish.