Box: The Game
Goodsides:
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50 levels of pure skill, hard but fun;
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The game its just relaxing when you have nothing to do and youre bored; its the best game to play when youre bored;
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It can be played with the keybord but also with the controller;
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The leaderboards keep me motivated to play and get new scores but i dont think im the only one;
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Its cross-platform: you can play it on your phone/tablet but also on your PC/laptop;
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Here are no intense graphics so any PC/laptop/phone/tablet should be able to run it;
– Real player with 17.1 hrs in game
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I loved this game when I was offered an early access Steam key by the developer and I think this game is easily worth the price of admission ($5 USD on launch day)…
Here’s a video of “Box: The Game” and my first impressions from back in November of 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulJrnfV7-e8&t=83s
My “First Impressions” Scores:
Value: 35/40 - Strong value here for the type and amount of unique puzzles you get to solve.
Fun: 24/30 - The most subjective part of my scoring here, but if you like good puzzle games, you’re sure to agree!
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
reky
Very challenging, but fun! Minimal in its conception with use of color to contribute interest. Unique use of cubes in ways to motivate one to seek the solution, but forgiving in its offerings of undo the previous move or restart the puzzle. Refreshingly creative!!
– Real player with 50.0 hrs in game
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Beyondthosehills, one indie games development studio which comes from Greece, it have two works-Reky and The Minims(This review only according to Reky). As a puzzle game, it accomplished the mission which the ability of solving conundrums from players is leveling up with the difficulty of it.
The diversity of gameplay make more possibility
From the most simplest way that only need to move one cube on the specified site to create a path through the shift and the cooperation of two types of colors, then the changing of cubes which have many colors, the difficulty of it is increasing slowly, from one to ten. No obvious up and down display on the difficulty, the whole difficulty carve is a little uneven, but the tendency is steady. The design of levels includes many ways, such as going to the end with rising and downing cubes or crossing many black portals to escape. Not only can get fun with exploring the right path by myself step by step, but also can experience the double difficulty from the adjustment of colors and blocks under by the same frame.
– Real player with 24.9 hrs in game
Roundabout 3
Very disappointed at this time. Currently there is NO infinity mode for ANY of the levels in the game. In R2 I could get lost in any level for half an hour or more, but now I feel sluggish. I know I only mastered (and near mastered) a few levels in this iteration, but soon I’ll have to put down the game because trying to high-score in this time trial mode is not my style. All I need is a button in practice mode to let me have it my way, but you decided to not implement it. Am I supposed to go back an iteration to NGs to have it my way?
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game
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it´s okay
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game
TIRELESS: Prepare For The Adrenaline
WHAT IS TIRELESS?
TIRELESS is a Fast-Paced Sci-fi 3D Platformer Game where you get to pilot a training pacer, a specially crafted machine of incredible agility, and make your way through a deadly set of levels to prove your worth of entering the intergalactic championship in space known as the TIRELESS Tournament.
Every year somewhere far in the galaxy the championship begins. Thousands of contestants sign up and try their best to win the title of a legendary speedster, but only the one with the greatest skill can win.
GAME FEATURES
PLATFORMER AT ITS CORE
A platformer with a focus on platforming. The game doesn’t drift from what it is.
VISUAL SPECTACLE
Each level of the game is crafted and designed to impress. Everything in the game is stylized and aesthetic.
EASY TO LEARN, HARD TO MASTER
The game revolves around challenging levels that push the boundaries and uncover one’s true skill.
IMMERSIVE AUDIO
Dozens of tracks created to immerse and keep things epic.
CUSTOMIZATION
The game features a customization menu that allows players to change the colors of their pacer, you can switch between the 2 pacers, Blur & Haste when inside your lobby.
VARIETY OF LEVELS
Levels are separated into stages, although levels differ in design, stages aim to have a brand new impact on the look of the game, keeping the visuals fresh at all times. All levels are handcrafted and made intending to challenge the players through progressive difficulty.
BEAT YOUR RECORDS
The game will feature a full level selection of completed levels, your passing times will be displayed above them and you can replay them to further improve your ranks.
FULL GAMEPAD SUPPORT
If you prefer playing games on a gamepad, worry not, for the game has full controller support.
LOCALIZATION
The game will feature full translation in several languages. Currently Russian and Croatian are fully localized.
VOICE ACTING
Currently, the game features a voice-acted tutorial guide and has several voice lines throughout the game.
Are you ready to put your skills to the test? Prepare to challenge yourself with TIRELESS.
SOMOS
Even if the game has just been released , I was lucky enough to have played it at dream hack. And when I did, i was already addicted. The game has simple mechanics, but always keeps it intresting. Each level is different from the other in some way, which keeps you on your toes. As the game progresses, it get harder, but it just gets more fun. You start to adapt to different stages. Each stage mastered is a new weapon to the arsernal, allowing you to shoot down each part of the level with pure satisfaction. And every new high score is like a pat on the back. When you hear the sound that you beat your record, you don’t just stop and say “I’m finished”. Each time I heard the sound, I said “I’m not done yet”. I would deffinetly recommend this game, and I promise you, You won’t get bored.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
SOMOS is a minimalist masterpiece. You’re tasked with moving a circle in the middle of the screen back and forth by clicking on the side it’s on, though the real challenge kicks in when enemies spawn from both sides, causing you to rapidly, yet strategically deal with them while your circle frantically weaves in and out of danger. There’s several levels that’ll spice up your circle-protecting endeavors with scenarios such as Superhot-esque movement (time moves only when you move), daunting bosses spewing out barrages of enemies, only seeing the half of the screen your circle’s on, etc. Some of the challenges are difficult, but it’s the fun kind of difficult, like something you’d feel in Super Hexagon, and the satisfaction of completing a level there feels just as great in SOMOS too. Come to think of it, I feel satisfaction just from gazing at the game’s snazzy color palettes and listening to its hypnotic background synths while miscellaneous sounds from (killing) enemies are played over it. This all reminds me of the Bit Generations/Art Style games (GBA, Nintnedo DSi, Wiiware) and with the easy to pick up, hard to master vibes I get while playing it, I’d say anyone that’s a fan of those games or likes arcade-style stuff would feel right at home with SOMOS.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Turn on all the lights
Passionate game for a boring hour or two. Don’t let the first levels' difficulty fool you, it gets really tricky at the end. I believe it has potential for more levels. Overall it is a nice puzzle game: clean visuals, clear mechanics and provoking puzzles. Ps: Foget rules of real world electricity, colored current is fun!
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
Game is a neat little puzzle game. Unlike the first game that seemed to drop some concepts, this game introduces most of its concepts early on and then develops on them as the game goes on. The last puzzle stomped me for a little bit but by that point it’s like puzzle inception (or puzzleception if you’re nasty), a puzzle inside a puzzle inside a puzzle and so on. Overall I just wished there were more puzzles but I still enjoyed it and thought it was pretty good and well worth the money. Definitely give this one a go.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Turn on the light
edit: some absolutely basic functionality (like a way to properly quit the game) finally got patched in, so I edited relevant parts of the review and turned it into a recommendation, but it still needs some work.
turn on the light is an electricity-based puzzler, all you need to do is connect the switch to the bulb. if there are numbers, follow that order, and if there are more layers to the puzzle, there will be an indicator on top. left click to zoom in on that section, do what’s necessary, right click to zoom out. ideally, that indicator would show all the different subsections instead of the number of layers, and clicking them would bring them up.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Turn on the Light is probably one of the shortest games I’ve ever played and it was very enjoyable.
Forty levels of pure puzzles solving fun. The premise is quite simple. Correctly wire the switch to the light and turn it on, that’s it. Although this is much easier said than done, given the amounts of elements the player is forced to use.
At the time of this review, Turn on the Light was selling for 99 cents. I highly recommend it although you’ll most likely finish within 45 minutes, but it’s so much fun.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Polary
Buyer beware. This is barely worth calling a game. There are no levels, just clicking shapes to remove them as they spawn over time. If too many build up, you lose. There is no progression. The same few shapes spawn randomly until you get bored and quit/lose. The shapes consist of: A small sphere you can click any time. A box that gives -1 point when red, +1 point when orange, and cycles colors every few seconds. A cylinder that switches between grey (unclickable) and orange. A rectangle that starts with between 1 and 9 health randomly, that you must click down to zero to dismiss. These shapes spawn every second or two and bounce around the screen. You click them. That is it. That is the entire game.
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
Perfect game to warm up my aim. My score was 463 after a couple of tries and it was a lot more challenging then i thought it was. Took a lot of focus and hardcore hand endurance, my right hand can’t move and I typed this all with my left hand.8/10
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
RANK RUNNER
Got 5 minutes to kill?
just closed reddit, opened it again and thought why did i do that?
play rank runner
this game is the perfect way to waste time if you are struggling to think of a way to kill 5 minutes
it is a bullet hell you can only move forwards and backwards and you gotta try and get as far across the endless field
I purchased this game on a whim cos i thought boy this is cheap and honestly the rank this is pretty cool and kinda unique
its such a simple game, all you do is click ur mouse, and u dodge red arrows how hard can it really be?
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
Simple and addictive game. Though can be quite frustrating when I keep dying at the start.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Zen Chess: Mate in One
ಠ_ಠ A decent minimalist chess puzzler, but it has significant sticking points.
I picked up Zen Chess: Mate in One when its bundles went on sale. While I definitely got my 59 cents worth out of this game, I can’t recommend picking it up for full price after going fully through the experience. If you’re serious about learning, you’re probably better with lichess.org .
You’ll practice many of your chess skills to get through this game.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
75/100 Fun but lacks depth.
The game comprises 300 mate-in-one puzzles that I got through in 2.9 hours. They are nicely chosen/well constructed puzzles that would be a fantastic learning aid for someone newer to the game who is keen to improve their skills, and are a fun set of puzzles for more experienced players. I enjoyed it.
A few suggestions for improvement:
-firstly the music is really jarring, a volume control would be a great addition (there is just a mute button).
-secondly as soon as you solve, it immediately jumps to the next puzzle. It would be nice if there were an option for a mode where each puzzle pauses after you solve, to reflect on the puzzle and solution, eg displaying the unsolved puzzle, with the chess notation for the move now added on the side (with eg ability to press space to go to next puzzle).
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game