You know those light reflection puzzles that often crop up in action adventure games, where you have to move and rotate mirrors in order to reflect a beam of light? Solas 128 takes that concept and expands it out to a whole game, with a dose of colour theory, interlocking …
If you like puzzle games, cute cartoon art styles, and/or cacti, you’re going to want to keep an eye out for Room to Grow when it lands on Steam later this month. Developed by Mischka Kamener with support from Film Victoria, Room to Grow revolves around a simple concept: on …
Heaven’s Vault is a stunning achievement in innovative game design and non-linear narrative, woven through a story about the importance of understanding history. Usually when a game has a translation element, it’s limited to decoding a cipher: the words are all English (or whatever language you’re playing in), with letters …
The line between a soothing, relaxing puzzle game is often a thin one. The design of the puzzle obviously contributes most to that, but the right setting and atmosphere can create a relaxing experience out of even the most obtuse puzzles. The Pillar: Puzzle Escape is a good example of …
Games that use shadows as a key aspect of the game design aren’t exactly a rarity, from the shadow-based platforming of Contrast to the shadow puppet puzzles of Shadowmatic, but it’s still a concept with so much untapped potential. Case in point: NEXT Studios’ Iris.Fall, a game that brings its …
Devespresso, the Seoul-based studio behind The Coma, The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, and Vambrace: Cold Soul has announced its newest project, a “Brothers Grimm meets Oz” fantasy puzzle adventure game called Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood. The game continues Devespresso’s signature hand-illustrated manhwa style courtesy of Minho Kim, but …
“Shoot-’em-up mixed with a match-four puzzle game” isn’t a concept I never would have expected to hear before Galacide came along. I can’t think of two genres that, at least on the surface, are further removed from one another, but as it turns out, this is a mash-up that can …
I have to be honest: I’ve never played Pikmin before, nor have I really had any inclination to. I never had a GameCube, so Pikmin and Pikmin 2 never even crossed my radar, and none of the nostalgic attachment when Pikmin 3 came out almost a decade later. All I …
I can’t remember the last time a videogame broke my heart the way A Fold Apart did. Don’t be fooled by the cute, cartoony presentation; this is a raw, honest, haunting look at the challenges that come with a long-distance relationship. By the time the credits rolled, I was an …
Picross, dating sims, and superheroes haven’t historically had much to do with one another. Pixel Puzzle Makeout League looks set to change that when it comes out later this year on Nintendo Switch and PC. Described by developer Rude Ghost as a “comedy/romance superhero adventure”, Pixel Puzzle Makeout League follows …
