Okay, so I thought I was generally good at anagrams, ditloids and hangman puzzles...until I played 'Disorder.' Maybe it's the heat. The mugginess in the UK at the moment is affecting my brain capacity. Sure, that's it. Sure. I'll use that as an excuse...
With a fiendish plot at play (your family have been kidnapped and you have to save them by playing word games) Disorder has that highly sought after and coveted 'just one more time, I'll save them this time!' replayability factor - it's also dripping with tension and atmosphere. Who is the mysterious Ghoul man with arm sleeve tattoos and shotgun? Have we been targeted because the player is an internet troll?
Not sure, because I never actually managed to save my poor, tortured family. (Sorry Pops! Sorry Ma!)
Taking a fairly simple premise and twisting it into a dark, macabre game of life and death (a-la BuckShot Roulette, Egg's Tale etc) this is one of those stand-out games that you'll keep on coming back to. Well done on this, and I hope to see more in the future!
Note: Just had a thought - what about a multiplayer version where each family member is pitted against each other and the first one to solve the word puzzle is 'safe' for that round (i.e. you don't want to be the last one to get the anagram, etc?) A lot of future potential with this one...
I think you have something real solid on your hands here, but after five rounds I have to admit I straight-up don't get what the game wants me to do during the later rounds of disorder.
The entire letter bank can change (sometimes multiple times) in the middle of typing out one word, and I can't figure out if I'm supposed to adjust my word mid-entry to account for the new letter bank or finish the word I started typing. Both approaches have gotten me inconsistent results, and it's a bit frustrating to try testing it when the scrambling starts so late into the run.
Hi Hex Machina! So with disorder, there is a large array of preset letter combos. Each combo has a max of 8 letters and an average of around 100 words to form with those letters.
The game will choose one of these combos at the start of the round and shuffle the letters around. during the later rounds the game will shuffle those 8 letters again after a few seconds, so the game doesn't bring in a new set of letters, it is the same letters in each round so you don't need to adjust your words or anything. I just found during development it made the rounds much harder.
I also found the shuffling made rounds easier at times so i nearly removed it and made it a lifeline instead (Lifelines coming soon)
I believe I may be encountering a significant bug, in that case. Frequently I'll reach the round with the egg timer and find the letter bank rapidly begins toggling between entirely new sets. These are screenshots taken only a few seconds apart from my most recent run:
When this happens, there appears to be a single set the game chooses as the "real" list its accepting words from but shuffles in new sets of letters on the display whenever the letter bank would be scrambled instead of shuffling their order.
Ooh this is the first time I have seen this!! Thanks you hex! I will investigate and push out a patch later today. Your name will be carved in the table too ;)
Enjoying the game but man is it frustrating trying to get them all out. I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if it's a glitch but it seems like during the disorder bit it's not accepting some of my words even though the letters are there? (not during the shuffling letters version).
So atm there is an average of around 100 words for each letter combo so there is still a chance there is a word we missed (my wife & I spent many hours adding words haha)
We are always adding new words so with time there should be less chance of missing words.
THEY NOT LIKE US, THEY NOT LIKE US its on table and its one of the puzzle answers whoever kidnapped my family must hate drake. MAYBE WERE DRAKE AND THATS WHY THEY KIDNAPPED US!!!
Hi! A youtuber I watch, ManlyBadassHero, played this game and I'm interested - but before I feel sure in buying, is there a way to reduce/remove headbobbing? I don't want to devalue the atmosphere it adds to the game, but missing the key you're trying to press looks frustrating.
Hi OurMasterAM!! I will be reducing the headbobbing in an upcoming update in the next day or so. I initially wanted the headbobbing to kind of represent the stress the protagonist is under but see it needs to be reduced.. also you can play the game just by typing with your keyboard which i failed to mention in the description haha
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Will this game ever be free you think?
Okay, so I thought I was generally good at anagrams, ditloids and hangman puzzles...until I played 'Disorder.' Maybe it's the heat. The mugginess in the UK at the moment is affecting my brain capacity. Sure, that's it. Sure. I'll use that as an excuse...
With a fiendish plot at play (your family have been kidnapped and you have to save them by playing word games) Disorder has that highly sought after and coveted 'just one more time, I'll save them this time!' replayability factor - it's also dripping with tension and atmosphere. Who is the mysterious Ghoul man with arm sleeve tattoos and shotgun? Have we been targeted because the player is an internet troll?
Not sure, because I never actually managed to save my poor, tortured family. (Sorry Pops! Sorry Ma!)
Taking a fairly simple premise and twisting it into a dark, macabre game of life and death (a-la BuckShot Roulette, Egg's Tale etc) this is one of those stand-out games that you'll keep on coming back to. Well done on this, and I hope to see more in the future!
Note: Just had a thought - what about a multiplayer version where each family member is pitted against each other and the first one to solve the word puzzle is 'safe' for that round (i.e. you don't want to be the last one to get the anagram, etc?) A lot of future potential with this one...
Hey Mr Selfy!! that was a awesome review!! thanks for that mate!!
Great video Don!! Cheers!
Could you put it in Spanish please?
Yes, I have plans to localise it for Spanish and many other languages
I think you have something real solid on your hands here, but after five rounds I have to admit I straight-up don't get what the game wants me to do during the later rounds of disorder.
The entire letter bank can change (sometimes multiple times) in the middle of typing out one word, and I can't figure out if I'm supposed to adjust my word mid-entry to account for the new letter bank or finish the word I started typing. Both approaches have gotten me inconsistent results, and it's a bit frustrating to try testing it when the scrambling starts so late into the run.
Hi Hex Machina!
So with disorder, there is a large array of preset letter combos. Each combo has a max of 8 letters and an average of around 100 words to form with those letters.
The game will choose one of these combos at the start of the round and shuffle the letters around. during the later rounds the game will shuffle those 8 letters again after a few seconds, so the game doesn't bring in a new set of letters, it is the same letters in each round so you don't need to adjust your words or anything. I just found during development it made the rounds much harder.
I also found the shuffling made rounds easier at times so i nearly removed it and made it a lifeline instead (Lifelines coming soon)
Thanks for playing! and for the feedback Hex!
I believe I may be encountering a significant bug, in that case. Frequently I'll reach the round with the egg timer and find the letter bank rapidly begins toggling between entirely new sets. These are screenshots taken only a few seconds apart from my most recent run:
When this happens, there appears to be a single set the game chooses as the "real" list its accepting words from but shuffles in new sets of letters on the display whenever the letter bank would be scrambled instead of shuffling their order.
Ooh this is the first time I have seen this!! Thanks you hex! I will investigate and push out a patch later today. Your name will be carved in the table too ;)
Cheers!
Stonie.
That's rad! Thank you. Happy to help out.
Really enjoying the game, im very curious to know,what is everyone's most difficult game mode in the game?
Thanks for playing Muss!! more difficult modes coming soon!
Enjoying the game but man is it frustrating trying to get them all out. I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if it's a glitch but it seems like during the disorder bit it's not accepting some of my words even though the letters are there? (not during the shuffling letters version).
Hi whimbestle! sorry about that :S
So atm there is an average of around 100 words for each letter combo so there is still a chance there is a word we missed (my wife & I spent many hours adding words haha)
We are always adding new words so with time there should be less chance of missing words.
No problem! I appreciate your hard work and will keep trying until I get them all :)
THEY NOT LIKE US, THEY NOT LIKE US
its on table and its one of the puzzle answers whoever kidnapped my family must hate drake. MAYBE WERE DRAKE AND THATS WHY THEY KIDNAPPED US!!!
Haha plot twist! You are drake.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
i have a twitch stream with about 2.5k ccv, I was wondering if i could get a key for reviewing?
Hi! A youtuber I watch, ManlyBadassHero, played this game and I'm interested - but before I feel sure in buying, is there a way to reduce/remove headbobbing? I don't want to devalue the atmosphere it adds to the game, but missing the key you're trying to press looks frustrating.
Hi OurMasterAM!! I will be reducing the headbobbing in an upcoming update in the next day or so. I initially wanted the headbobbing to kind of represent the stress the protagonist is under but see it needs to be reduced.. also you can play the game just by typing with your keyboard which i failed to mention in the description haha
Cheers!
StonieDude.
Oh, that's fantastic! Thanks for letting me know, I'll be picking this one up for sure then!
really creepy game....you just dont know whats coming next...really well made too, very unique..imagine a game show like this!!!
This is an awesome game. Nail biting all the way through. The concept of having to choose who will live or die.....Well done amazing.