It's nice how many puzzle games can take a simple concept and stretch it to its limit. I finally beat this after about an hour, and I thought the tricks on some of the puzzles were pretty neat (the last one in particular was fun to gradually work out).
As other people have mentioned, having two different tools to place/delete blocks was somewhat cumbersome. Some people suggested being able to click on blocks to remove them, an alternative would be to have a hotkey (e.g. ctrl+click) to remove blocks. You can press 'E' to switch between them, but I personally find that controls which start when you press a button and stop when you release the button are easier to use than hard toggles. It also makes it easier to remember which tool is equipped - maybe this is just me, but when I see the circle with the pencil in it, I assume I have the eraser out and need to press the button to GET the pencil (and vice versa), so I kept getting momentarily confused about which tool I had out. Most of the programs I use in my daily life work that way, so it's a hard habit to un-learn.
Anyway, fun puzzles.
Reviews for "FLOOD!"
Wow cool, you have completed my game! My congratulations, smart one!
Thanks for your review and your detailed advice. I will think about new controls in my game.
Amazing game! However i can place or erase walls near the top of the screen
Amazing game, just needs a little walkthrough. Lil' help with level 14?
Destroy all dumps as soon as possible. When the water will be near the houses, delete all walls and start to defence the homes.
Have a good game!
Pretty good! A simple yet unique mechanic make some pretty rigorous challenge, only that the pleasure of solving a level gradually decreases while the pain of not figuring out what to do increases, some kind of story can encourage the player to reach the end if there is one, but I guess that's not really possible with a sandbox game.
Thank you for your review! Yeah, you right, the game didn't offer any reward for success. I will keep in mind this, then I will work on the next game.
Honestly, I wanted to add some story about cynical dictator, which hire you to protect his own domain, but there is actually would be a lot of text per level, which will distract player from the game, IMHO.
very cool idea!
im not sure if this is intended, but sometimes when i hit the play button to advance the flood one step, it just keeps going and floods the entire stage without stopping to let me finish placing walls.
i also have issues with placing walls--sometimes if the screen isnt centered properly, there are places where no matter how i click i can't place a wall, even though its grass. on that note, panning seems pretty useless. currently on lvl 12, and hasnt really been a need to pan (besides trying to find a position where I could properly place blocks)
Thanks, pal!
Then you hold "play" button flood will advance, while you keep that button pressed. But if you release mouse NOT on this button, flood continues to advance. just Click once on "play" button to fix this.
The issue with the placing walls is a big mystery for me. I still can not find roots of this problem.
Panning will help you see things at the last levels(they are really big). Do not underestimate it