PUZZLE
BETA
4408 (Powered by StatsPro.IO)
0
0

Xcavate

by

"Is it really true?", you ask yourself, pinching yourself on the hand to make sure you aren't dreaming. You're up in the cold, dark attic, a golden glint that caught the corner of your eye has lead you here. Buried under a pile of dust is a chess board, but there's something strange about it, something that attracts you to it, so you light the candle blow off the dust and tap one of the chequered tiles...

Xcavate is an exciting new board strategy game where you pit your wits against a naughty little chess board, that reveals chess pieces in each tile which lead you to the treasure. Find the tiles with as few moves as possible, collect coins, battle evil pieces that prevent you from finding your treasure, and heave a sigh of relief when a good one aids your quest.

Packed with tons of levels and endless gameplay fun, this game is guaranteed to keep you addicted for hours and give you oodles of joy, while keeping your brain and instincts, razor sharp as you play.

Install, and be enthralled.

- lots of more gameplay elements, like locked tiles, timers etc. Care to suggest one? Go ahead! :)
- SFX and GFX upgrades 
- Lots of tiny little details worth talking about

Roasts

babon 8 years ago

Story/Writing/Dialogue Controls
Needs more player<->game feedback.
- Needs particles
- Add delay between completing the level and showing the "you win" panel with stars
- The board is not centered, this is triggering my ocd (it was probably done intentionally but it's a poor decision)
- Try to make as many things as possible not instantaneous, add animations and stuff
Its nice that you centered around one mechanic, you need to focus not on adding more content but on polishing everything,
I recommend you watch this - http://youtu.be/_XxL1noAbbU
Reply

maha 8 years ago

Thanks a lot for the feedback, and thanks for that video! Gives us a lot to learn and implement.

Can you explain a bit more about why the controls suck? Is the tile opening part complex? or are other controls in the game difficult? Please let me know, and we'll work on that too.

Reply
Roast Em
LINKS
Twitter
SHARE THIS ROAST
Related Games
Room To Grow

Room To Grow started out as a competition between my friend and I, but escalated into a simple interesting puzzleish game.  You start out extremely zoomed in and on level 1, with 0 points and 300 health. Your goal is to get the required score for the level and move on, but along the way you will need to attempt to collect zoomer orbs; purple orbs that zoom out the camera slightly.  Currently I update the game ever 2~3 days, and with each updates usually comes a new level.     
Shabda

Shabda is an early prototype of a upcoming game that relies completely on spatial 3d(binaural) sound for navigation. There is a difference between 3d audio and spatial(binaural audio). Binaural audio uses special sounds to trick your brain to position sounds in 3d space as if they were real. With that, you can actually understand how close, far, up or down something is in relation to your head. A first prototype demo is also available with a simple demonstration of game mechanics. In order to run and play it with spatial sound, you need to enable HRTF in your sound system. Please note that without HRTF enabled, it will be close to impossible to play Shabda, as the sounds will just be regular stereo.
RePete

RePete is a 2D puzzle platformer about time travel and self-cooperation. You are Pete, a normal guy with abnormal abilities. Loop back in time and help your past self collect gems, solve puzzles, and reach new heights! RePete features four worlds, each introducing new gameplay elements, with over 60 challenging levels to test your ability to work with yourself. The demo version features the first two worlds so you can try before you buy!
One helluva day - Demo.

Need feedback about demo.One_helluva_day - DemoSelf-centered CEO trying to save his company from bankruptcy forced to rescuing whole town from impending disaster. Funny, old school cartoon point and click adventure in the style of "Lucas Arts" and In the tradition of "The day of tentacle". Inspired by games like "Sam and max hit the road" and "Secret of the monkey island". The game is filled, a little crazy tasks. Some of them can be solved in different ways. The plot tells about the - One unfortunate day of the life ordinary directors of a small firm, full of mysticism, conspiracies, cults and the end of the world. Funny and crazy and twisted storyline will make you remember the point and click adventure in which you play as a child. During the passage you will meet fun and interesting characters who amuse you and hint how to get some of the tasks.