Cards! - MonkeyBox 2 By: TheCodingMonkeys While I normally prefer puzzle games that can be worked out using logic and clues that are dropped, I do also enjoy games based around trial and error, if it promotes experimentation to uncover different results. A good example of this is Bring You Home, which has simple controls and mechanics and encourages playfulness. You can brute force the solutions to each puzzle if you try…
Day Repeat Day By: Kimmo Factor / gimblll Although I'm a fan of match-three games, that's not what grabbed my attention with Kimmo Lahtinen's (of Barbearian fame) upcoming Day Repeat Day. I could see from the teaser that there was far more going on here than your typical match-match three, and it reminded me of mysterious story-driven games like Simulcra, HoloVista and Circulous, where things aren't what they seem. I was lucky…
Inked By: Somnium Games / Pixmain / Nuverse Limited I'm a sucker for pretty games, so the hand-drawn art style of Somnium Games' upcoming puzzle adventure, Inked, grabbed my attention immediately. I was thrilled when I realized that the gameplay also looked right up my alley, and now that I've had the chance to spend a little time with it, I'm completely sold. I only played through the first two chapters, but…
Circulous By: Chain Reaction Games Back in August, Brayden Gogis of Chain Reaction Games released the first part of his mysterious puzzle adventure game, Circulous, set in the same world as The Company Game. I reviewed it and had only good things to say, with the caveat that it ends on a cliffhanger, since it's meant to be episodic. But, just as he came through with his content updates for his previous…
A Monster's Expedition By: Draknek Limited I'm a big fan of Draknek's (aka Alan Hazelden) puzzle games, such as A Good Snowman is Hard to Build and Cosmic Express. They're fantastic examples of games that are challenging in all the right ways, making it easy to experiment and work out the solutions without being penalized for mistakes. Still, I never finished Cosmic Express, as once I got stumped by all the puzzles…
Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale By: Slothwerks / Eric Farraro I know I say this a lot and some of you may be sick of hearing it, but Slothwerks' Meteorfall: Journeys is still one of my favorite games and one I return to every day. So you can imagine I was excited about a spiritual sequel that takes place in the same universe and features the same heroes. I was disappointed that Meteorfall: Krumit's…
Circulous By: Chain Reaction Games / gary gogis Teenaged developer, Chain Reaction Games, impressed me with his narrative-based puzzler, The Company Game, when it released two years ago. It cleverly had you using different features of your iPhone to solve puzzles and unlock more information about this strange organization called simply The Company. Now he's back with a new game that ties into the same world, named Circulous. It releases on August…
The Almost Gone By: Happy Volcano / Playdigious I've been looking forward to Happy Volcano's mysterious adventure game, The Almost Gone, for what seems like forever. From the first screenshot I saw of its low-poly dioramas, I knew I had to play it and have been watching closely for any news of its release. Now it's coming this month, on June 25th, to multiple platforms, and I was lucky enough to get…
