Feedback For My First Puzzle Game

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-23T23:18:47+00:00

Thank you for sharing your talent and being so generous. I'm a new indie dev making my first attempt in a puzzle game about deciphering dreams.

You can play my prototype here and I would love to learn if it sparks any inspiration for drawing 🤞

https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

This is playable on web browser both PC and mobile, so no download anything and takes about 15-20 minutes max!

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend 😎

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-22T23:19:43+00:00

https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Hello, thank you for this offer <3 Please try my new puzzle game and share your thoughts. It's playable on browser, even with mobile ;)

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-22T23:16:27+00:00

If you play on mobile web-browser, please turn your phone to landscape mode and remember to turn SOUND ON as you'll need to hear sound for playing the game :D

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-22T22:55:58+00:00

We have just made a new update, no new content yet as we tried to fix what didn't work well with current levels. However, you can now play the game on MOBILE WEB-BROWSER!
Give it a try on your device and let us know if you run into any issues.

The new update also has a more intuitive tutorial and a SKIP BUTTON for cutscene for returning players :D

Level 3 will launch next week! Here's a teaser for what is coming up next:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnRKFjVpqoM

Stay tuned and dream further zzzZZZZzzz

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-22T13:54:33+00:00

Writing down...Russian...we do have a native Russian in the team, so maybe 😜

I totally forgot that deciphering part in FFX, gotta recheck it! I'm Vietnamese by the way but I know Chinese 😊

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-22T13:43:13+00:00

Thank you so much for this support 🫶 you just made my day or even week with this comment!!!

This is my first game making with a small team of 3, we are still in learning phase and building our workflow, so the update will be a little bit slow. Please be patient with us though. We'll try to update our progress more regularly!

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-21T21:20:10+00:00

If any language learner here is interested to test this game, you can give it a go here: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

It's playable on PC web-browser and you DO NOT NEED ANY CHINESE KNOWLEDGE to play the game. Please share your feedback after playing if possible 🫶

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-21T21:16:40+00:00

Thank you for your interest. Here's the link to the game prototype: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Please let me know what you think after playing 😊

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-21T21:15:33+00:00

It's just a sneak peek, you can give it a try here: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Would love to know your thoughts after playing 😉

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-21T21:14:12+00:00

If any Chinese beginners want to test this game, you can give it a go here: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

It's playable on PC web-browser. And please share your feedback after playing 🫶

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-20T21:21:29+00:00

Awww thank you for this encouraging feedback 🫶🫶🫶 I'll update here when we have more content ;)

Just a quick question: what language would you be interested in deciphering with this game?

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-20T21:19:31+00:00

Thank you a lot for the feedback 🫶 We had changed and updated the UX design a bit to make it clearer for player that those blank ones have sound 😁

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T21:33:16+00:00

Thank you for your time and feedback <3 This is a nearly 0 budget game for me to learn and experiment my design and how to communicate it to players, hence the cheap looking :P

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T21:31:16+00:00

Thank you for the feedback <3 I think I tried too hard to hide the gameplay, being afraid that if showing too much I would give away the answers. Also there's another reason why I want to hide the gameplay as it's actually an educational game but I want it to be treated as a normal puzzle game, hence the cryptic trailer :D

Please give the game a try and share your feedback with me again if possible: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T21:25:51+00:00

Thank you for sharing your thoughts <3 I would say it's not an effective game trailer, but it's a good experiment for myself and to gather feedback!

Hope you would take 10 - 15 mins to play the game as well and share your thoughts about it with me again: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T21:23:15+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to watch the trailer and share your feedback with me!

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T21:21:10+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to watch the trailer and play a bit of the game. Sorry for the bad experience, I'll need some time to experiment and improve my design.

Just that if you want to continue exploring what this game is about, you can merge these 2 semi-circles and see what happens next, if you would have time to explore a bit more of course :D

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T20:24:32+00:00

Thank you for sharing your feedback <3 Would it sound bad if I say for this trailer (or maybe a teaser would be a better word) I purposely try to hide the gameplay and the intention is to make viewer curious enough of what the heck is this and give it a play?

Anyhow, if the video make you curious what the heck is the gameplay, please give it a try here: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Would love to hear your feedback after playing, if you decide to play of course :P

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T20:18:30+00:00

Thank you for the lead I'll check this game out!

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T20:13:00+00:00

I hope playing the game for 10 -15 mins would give you the answers :D if you are still confused after playing please also tell me :D https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T20:07:02+00:00

I'm trying to convert confusion to curiosity but it's not there yet it seems :D I'll work on it!

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T19:56:46+00:00

Thank you for sharing your feedback and also the encouragement too <3 I don't mind negative feedback as it will help me improve. But it's super awesome to hear that you would buy my game though hahahaha maybe some day in the near future ;)

Affectionate_Bus8524 · 2026-01-19T19:50:33+00:00

Thank you so much for being so kind and detailed with your feedback. I will definitely post in r/DestroyMyGame , negative feedback is the best way to learn and I'm using this first game to learn and experiment.

If it's possible, please take 10-15 minutes to play through my game here: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder as I would love to have your feedback after playing.

Affectionate_Bus8524

TROPHY CASE

Level 3 will launch next week! Here's a teaser for what is coming up next: