Pretty fun! You really need to make the number of moves remaining visible at all times, since otherwise it's very confusing at first!
Reviews for "Perplex"
Nice picture and the controls are solid. The music is also nice. However, you need a lot of work here. It took me a while to figure out how to even bring the HUD up. Without seeing the moves number you have a harder time plotting out strategies.
Not all of us played Perplex originally. Some instructions on the goals and what we're supposed to be doing would be lovely. Also perhaps a levels selection? Or a starting page before just jumping head first into a game. Also, since some of us haven't played Perplex, and in general with ALL puzzle games, you start easy and get harder. It's a learning curve. You don't want your players to have too steep of a learning curve otherwise they're going to be dissuaded from playing! Purposely aiming to remove moves or whittling them down to the smallest possible is good on levels in the end, but not at the start.
I think this could be nice, but it does need some work.
Over all:
Nice
+ Background
+ Music
+ Controls
Problems
- Instructions needed (including controls, bringing up the hud)
- Not seeing the moves number
- General lack of start?
- Add an Undo move button
n4pgamer responds:
It's a remake of an old game that IS too easy for today's standards. I agree only on the moves number problem. But since it's "just" a remake I decided to keep the view very clean and make the strategy more difficult by not seeing how you progress in each level.
Also I build in a little tiny tutorial into the game that summarizes the gameplay pretty well ^^
Thx for feedback anyways!
good music + thoughtful gameplay.
I liked looking into the girls eye. it felt reassuring
Meh. Gets boring after the second level. Plus, the random chick on the right is a bit pointless. Also, the resolution could use some adjusting, the screen is far too big.
n4pgamer responds:
Hey, maybe it's because I don't play flash games on phones but I really dislike games having so little windows. Always need to zoom in with the browser. If I could I would rather increase the resolution. The chick belongs to the game. There was one in the original game.
Thx for feedback!