Level Feedback: Share Your Favs & What Needs Work

[Tai]

Hey,

I'm the developer behind Math Pixels, and I'm eager to hear what you think about the levels! Since I'm working on this game by myself, I haven't had many people to help playtest it.

Here's what I'd love to know:

    
• What are your favorite levels? Some fun and challenging levels for you to help assisting in enhancing other levels.
      
• Are there any levels that you think need improvement? Perhaps some levels have multiple solutions. Knowing what fell short can help me improve the overall experience.

Please share your thoughts constructively. Your feedback is valuable to me and will be used to ensure that future updates and content are even better.

Thanks!

[Brentnor]

Regarding the multiple solution problem that someone mentioned, one idea I had would be to have both ( ) and { } on all three sides. That should keep the integrity of the level design on both custom levels and the random ones as well.

[Tai]

Originally posted by Brentnor:

Regarding the multiple solution problem that someone mentioned, one idea I had would be to have both ( ) and { } on all three sides. That should keep the integrity of the level design on both custom levels and the random ones as well.

I think adding () and {} to the remaining sides seems unnecessary and might clutter the game level with more numbers.

To find the sum of the other half, you can simply subtract the total from the first half's total. Similarly, you can find the sum of the remaining area by subtracting the value within the { }.

Whether or not () or {} are added to the remaining sides doesn't affect multiple solutions.

[sdumitriu]

I don't think adding more hints would improve the game. Not having all the details is what makes the puzzles challenging.

But I do dislike the fact that there are multiple solutions to some of the levels.

[Tai]

Originally posted by sdumitriu:

I don't think adding more hints would improve the game. Not having all the details is what makes the puzzles challenging.

But I do dislike the fact that there are multiple solutions to some of the levels.

Hi, I'm currently working on fixing the issue of multiple solutions for some levels. I'm adding a "Hint" feature that will automatically fill in some cells at the start of the level, to help players avoid this issue.

It'll take a while to go through all 200 levels, so for the next patch, I'll be focusing on fixing the first 100. The remaining levels will be addressed in a future update.

[Brentnor]

Why are there duplicates of both () and {} in the generated puzzles?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3222986778

[sdumitriu]

Random levels show all the rules, and 6x6 happens to mean that {} - first 3 cells, is the same as () - half the cells.

[sdumitriu]

I guess special logic could be implemented, if the size is 6, only show (). There already is a special case, when the size is 3, and a special case when the size is odd.

[Tai]

Originally posted by Brentnor:

Why are there duplicates of both () and {} in the generated puzzles?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3222986778

{ } should not be displayed in 6x6. I updated and fixed it in the latest patch.

[Brentnor]

There are weird bugs on the new update with the generator, that happens with the clues and undo. I have yet to solve one puzzle with the clues. As you can see below the clue is not correct in the highlighted column. Also, there's a problem using the undo with locked cells.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3223671050

[Tai]

Originally posted by Brentnor:

There are weird bugs on the new update with the generator, that happens with the clues and undo. I have yet to solve one puzzle with the clues. As you can see below the clue is not correct in the highlighted column. Also, there's a problem using the undo with locked cells.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3223671050

Thank you for reporting the bugs. I'll look into it and see what I can find.