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ChemHex(Freeware)

Developer	TANSTAAFL
Genre	Puzzle
Platform	Windows
Downloads	682
About: An addictive chemistry themed puzzle game where you complete molecules to earn points. Try not to paint yourself into a corner!

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TANSTAAFL Moderator - Isometric Land

Posted - 6/26/2004 5:07:46 PM

This game is uploaded here to serve as a beta test, so I can shake the bugs and other gameplay issues out before I start selling it. Please leave comments, as they will help me finish the game.

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johnhattan GDNet Reviews Lead

Posted - 6/27/2004 5:35:00 PM

Plays well. The red-yellow-green bit gets obvious quickly. Some of the sound effects need a little tuning, mostly in the volume department. I understand the fanfares being noisy, but I'm getting knocked over by the rotate-click sound.

Also, next time send the thing over to me so I can run FSP on it. That way you'll get:

- A real icon (not the Flash default)
- No menubar or right-click menu (you can process the right and middle click as rotate keys if you want)
- The actual name of your product in the title bar, go figure

In other words, it won't look like something you did in Flash :)

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SiCrane Staff

Posted - 6/29/2004 1:56:00 AM

Plays well. However, the sounds of rotations get annoying after a while. I think a 180 degree rotation keyboard shortcut might be nice touch. Also, some sort of scoring cheat sheet would be a good addition. One final nitpick, as a colorblind person, I have a good deal of trouble telling the difference between the green and the yellow dots.

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Jojosh_the_Pi

Posted - 6/5/2005 4:20:20 AM

That was fun. It helped a lot once I realized you could actually ROTATE the atoms! Maybe you could add a "Hard" setting by preventing the player from rotating the atoms? It's still possible to survive a while.

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Sloner

Posted - 12/19/2005 11:29:54 AM

I like the concept, it's fun. Not to mention the cheezy chemistry jokes ("kablammo" for H2 and "thirsty?" for H2O, etc) are quite welcome in my book.

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