Thanks for playing. I made it in a rush for the C-64 winter game development competition. This is actually a second draft. The first has continuous music (64 notes) that could be muted with the M key.
I had to remove the song to add joystick support for the contest. I figured more universal controls would be appreciated over music that would soon become repetitive.
There are some amazing entries. I just wanted to make sure a VIC game was represented, but it seems most of the games are VIC games. I still haven't been able to get a new VIC, but I will one way or another.
This is a fun and challenging concept with playful execution and excellent art. I enjoyed it a lot.
VIC-20 Projects: wAx Assembler, TRBo: Turtle RescueBot, Helix Colony, Sub Med, Trolley Problem, Dungeon of Dance, ZEPTOPOLIS, MIDI KERNAL, The Archivist, Ed for Prophet-5
What a cool puzzle concept It is completely fresh to me! I found it quite difficult at first but soon got the hang of it. Also, as always with Jeff's games - a very pleasant overall experience.
hasseapa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:40 pmI can't think of any similar game. Are there any?
Mindbusters from Compute! magazine was similar in that you were trying to match a predefined pattern. But yeah, the weaving mechanism is a new one on me. Both a clever puzzle and an appealing presentation.
hasseapa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:40 pmI can't think of any similar game. Are there any?
Mindbusters from Compute! magazine was similar in that you were trying to match a predefined pattern. But yeah, the weaving mechanism is a new one on me. Both a clever puzzle and an appealing presentation.
Thanks, I looked up Mindbusters, but as you say the actual modification mechanism of the grid/matrix is very different. I am intrigued by the 3d-nature of a 'weave' and how it can be represented by as-simple-as-it-gets 2d-graphics. I have been thinking about how the game mechanics could evolve to allow true weaving patterns.
I was stunned when I saw this title. My father would always call any subject/course or sport he didn't understand either 'underwater basket weaving' or 'underwater knitting'.
I was stunned when I saw this title. My father would always call any subject/course or sport he didn't understand either 'underwater basket weaving' or 'underwater knitting'.
What I found amazing was when I did a youtube search to see if anyone had posted a video of the game and saw that there was such a thing as underwater basket weaving!
Victragic wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:05 am
I was stunned when I saw this title. My father would always call any subject/course or sport he didn't understand either 'underwater basket weaving' or 'underwater knitting'.
Here was me thinking he made that up..
There is a lengthy Wikipedia article on the idiom. Apparently it is of US origin and has been used since the '50s referring to useless/absurd university courses.
The sport connection is also rather interesting, Underwater rugby is an actual, if obscure, sport, and in which you score by putting the ball into an underwater basket ...
It is completely fresh to me! I found it quite difficult at first but soon got the hang of it. Also, as always with Jeff's games - a very pleasant overall experience.
