Ouroboros
A downloadable game
Ouroboros is an odd puzzle game for the Playdate. You control a snake and your objective is to make it bite the tip of its own tail. However, of course the tail moves whenever you move and there are plenty of obstacles, including the rest of your snake's body!
Features
- 50 increasingly mind-bending puzzles.
- Unlimited undo's (so no penalty for experimentation).
- New major puzzle mechanic introduced every 10 levels; each explored from many angles.
- No progress gates; all 50 puzzles are unlocked from the start, so you can always (temporarily) skip something when you're stuck.
- Straightforward controls (D-Pad to move; B to undo; A to redo); can optionally use the crank for undo/redo as well.
Installation instructions
This game can be sideloaded. Download the .pdx.zip file here, then log in to the Playdate website and go to the Sideload page. There you can upload the file, which then be automatically downloaded to your Playdate when it's in sleep mode. You can also force an immediate download by going to Settings → Games on your device.
Download
Click download now to get access to the following files:
Development log
- Version 1.02 released78 days ago
- Made a walkthroughJul 21, 2024
- Well, it's finally out there!Jun 23, 2024
Comments
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Such a nice game! I really like its style and vibe, especially the way you transformed the ancient symbol into a fun gameplay. We are all ouroboroses reaching out for our tails, trying to investigate our own nature. Sorry for overthinking! >_<
Just finished it. I confirm that the game is awesome, and I have no clue why it’s still not in the catalog. The 49th level is overwhelmingly challenging. A quarter of all my undos were used on it. I was happy to finally finish it.
Thank you! Happy to hear that! Haha yeah, level 49 is pretty fiendish. I must admit nobody I asked to playtest actually managed to beat it without at least one subtle hint, so I considered making it a bit easier. But I personally liked the it so much I ended up leaving it as-is. Sorry about that😅 But thanks for confirming it's at least possible to solve without any hints😋
Hey! I love the idea of this game, but I loaded it up on my Playdate and it crashes before it can open all the way. I'm on a revA so I'm wondering if it has to do with that, as I've heard the load times can be slower.
Ah, that's unfortunate! Does it give you the option to view crash information that you could share? Or does it just hang indefinately on the title screen logo?
It hangs on the logo screen, and then the crash screen directs me to this URL, which doesn't have a lot of info haha
https://help.play.date/e0/
Looks like the game managed to trigger "something truly unexpected" then😅
So far I've only seen "regular" game crashes that give a QR code with a stack trace, which can be send to the developer to find the underlying bug. But in this case honestly have no clue what could've caused this or how to figure that out...
If there's anyone reading this who played the game and also has a revA Playdate, could you please leave a comment or send a message on whether you had the same problem?
Same here on revB. Both versions, catalogue and itch crash on my device. 😢
Does it also crash right after the logo screen?
@James Gameboy: the issue should hopefully be fixed now in version 1.02
Got it loaded! Thanks!
This is really enjoyable, tried the first few puzzles and it works really well!
if you’re wanting to promote it elsewhere, I’d recommend posting about it on the Playdate Reddit sub:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/
The Hello Playdate podcast also mentioned it as a new indie release in their latest podcast, it’s a great podcast that champions so many Playdate releases :)
Thank you so much! I hadn't given that much thought to promotion yet, I must admit😅 Great tip about the subreddit. I'll definitely post there soon! I'll also check out the podcast, seems like a great way to discover new Playdate stuff.
Yeah, it's a really good podcast, the 3 guys who do it are great presenters and they're really into the Playdate.