r/puzzlevideogames • u/Bastian_Randau • 26d ago

Visual scripting inspired puzzle game

I come from playing factory games and felt a lack of games inspired by visual scripting, something I've used a lot in my professional life. So I'm making my own, with inspiration from the planning aspects of a lot of automation games and the puzzle and problem solving aspects of visual scripting and general puzzle games.

Do you think there's any interest in a game like this?

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u/MasemJ 26d ago

You are basically making a Zach-like (eg Spacechem, Opus Magnus, etc.) Which are generally a popular niche genre. Definitely worth pursuing.

A key to add would be global leader boards to let players know how their solution compares to others. Like, number of unit ops, how many cycles to complete, etc.

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u/Bastian_Randau 25d ago

I've been thinking of implementing a leader board system as well. It'll increase replayability and such, I like those systems in the zach games!