Aqorel

Plenty of other reviews go into plenty of detail about the game's pacing issues and such, so instead I'll sum up my experience in one sentence. Selecting the level "errand run" unironically takes you instead to the level "spaghetti code" even if it's not unlocked.

I'm split on this one, because it's functionally fine, but it's just so slow. Far too slow movement, with very elaborate (but most of the time not very complex) puzzles that take forever even after you've realized the solution. To add insult to injury, later levels add moving platforms you have to wait for in addition to the slow movement speed. Might be a good game for patient people that want a slow ramp into puzzle games, but even then some of the later levels make use of a rather non-intuitive mechanic ([spoiler] falling down to warp to your spawn point, essentially doing a death warp [/spoiler]), which might be tricky to figure out.

It is slow, tedious and overall not very challenging. Every level is a linear set of actions without too much actual puzzling going on, while your sentient water bottle (yes) slowly trudges across the screen. There is not too much to see, even with the somewhat interesting artstyle.Notably, the game also has (at least one) bug: choosing the "Errand Run" level in the menu brings you to the level "Spaghetti Code" instead, which I had not yet unlocked and is further down the list.

they made me trap my best friends in the whole world. let me free them, you monsters. a little slow in pace, but not bad for the price! some fun unintuitive mechanics that I wish more games used.

the mechanics are "fine", but overall not a very fun game. It suffers from a very clunky pace

kindergarten game

It's nice for the first 5 minutes, and then you realizes -- that's all the game has to offer. You get the first level that introduces almost everything and then it's the exact same thing for all the levels. It gets boring, fast. The throw mechanic is a bit clunky, I dropped the game near the end of the level with obligatory throws because I dropped my fruit 10 times (!!) in a row. It's slow paced, way too slow, it requires little to no thoughts, only patience. I feel like my time is better spent elsewhere.

The game has interesting puzzle mechanics like [spoiler]throwing to the tiny helpers, mixing and subtracting colors to get the color needed, and having the helpers "operate" the moving switch mechanic[/spoiler] that challenge the player to think outside the box to find the solution.