Crew 167: The Grand Block Odyssey

I love this game. I tend to play only puzzle games or games with great atmosphere and this has both. There is no long boring tutorial. Instead, the puzzles ramp up while teaching you the mechanics. At first you may think you've seen this before but then there are new clever ways of dealing with the blocks. I can't wait until the next chapter is released--what are the [spoiler] trees [/spoiler] about? I highly recommend. Edit to add: Finished chapter 2 and still loving it. Clever and tricky without being completely frustrating. Also curious as to where the story is going. The atmosphere is great.

Awesome puzzle game and this will twist your brain into thinking very logicly. Realy cool story line and nicely voiced. Love this game and I bet you will too.

Great game with great puzzle! Looking foward for the next chapter!

Interesting puzzle game, the difficulty curve is well done and the story make you want to see the end. The sound track fit very well, I recommend it!

I met the developer in the Indie Zone at the 2018 Montreal Comicon. Grab his business card after a quick and interesting chat. Got home and downloaded Chapter 1 from itch.io and was not disappointed. This early access version is worth the money, the additional story and puzzle are worth it and there is a level editor now as well, BONUS! Great Mechanics, clever Puzzles and unique story line to move us along. Bravo!

this game is really awesome

壁にぶつかるまで直進するブロックを蹴り、決められた位置まで移動する。 スライドブロック+倉庫番なパズルゲーム。 各マップは一画面のトップビュー。プレイヤーは４方向に移動可能で、ブロックを後ろから蹴って動かす。 ルールは簡単、少し遊べば直感的に理解できるだろう。 主人公は記憶を失い、広大な宇宙基地を一人さまよう。 コンピュータログや断片的なフラッシュバックを頼りに記憶を取り戻していく。 英語の文章量はやや多め、イベントも抽象的でストーリーの把握には語学力が必要。 会話の選択肢などはなく、クリアだけなら文章は一切読まなくても問題ない。 操作性は良好、パズルはテンポよく最初は面白かった。 後半はシビアな時間制限などがありなかなか高難度。私は終盤で投げてしまった。 リトライは容易なので、倉庫番とか得意な人なら楽しめるかも。 いちおうオススメとするが、パズルが好きでない人は避けたほうが良い

There's some really good puzzles here, just wish it had an undo button, other than that it is a pretty good game.

Crew 167: The Grand Block Odyssey was developed and published by indie game studio OddBreeze, and released onto the Steam platform on April 8th, 2020. Crew 167: The Grand Block Odyssey combines an addictive (though sometimes frustrating) strategy game format with the science fiction, climate fiction, and psychological thriller genres. The game is a puzzle and strategy game in terms of game play, but features an interesting enough plot that incentivizes players to see the game through to the end. There are two main conflicts which drive the plot of the game: climate change and the battle that the main character, Crew 167, is having within himself. The game starts in a space ship where Crew 167 is the sole human traveler, accompanied only by artificial intelligence. His previous planet of inhabitance, Source, is dying because of overpopulation and radiation (sound familiar?). Crew 167 recalls things such as limited resources, extreme heat, and limitations on going outside. Stressed by the effects of the planets downfall and possibly some other factor, Crew 167 agrees to have an implant inserted, which monitors his emotions and protects him from his own fears and trauma, and to scope out the planet Hope 9 as a possible substitute planet. The problem is that Crew 167 begins to have hallucinations of objects, blocks to be specific, which act as obstacles for him. He then sets out on a quest to find out both what is going on with his implant and mind, and whether the new planet, Hope 9 is safe or not, all while encountering these boxes along the way. To simplify the objective of the mini-games that players must defeat in order to proceed with the storyline, all you have to do is kick the block or blocks into the matching space or spaces. There are several objects in the room which you must get your box around to ensure it reaches its space, so you will have to strategize to keep your box from ending up in a corner, where you can’t kick it anymore. However, do not underestimate the importance of skill in this game, it isn’t all just strategy. It seems easy enough at first but, as with most puzzle games, this simple task becomes more complicated as you progress through the game. For example, early in the game you start to get boxes that can only be kicked a certain amount of times, meaning they have to be in place on your last kick. Another early added complication that caused me to have to restart so many times are the boxes with timers on them, which disappear when time runs out and never come back, meaning whenever you kick a timed box into a place, that’s how much time you have to finish the entire level. The “skill” you will need is the ability to move directly behind and kick your boxes in the right direction quickly. I don’t know if it is any different on a desktop or with a mouse, but it definitely is not as simple as it sounds if you play using your laptop keypad with no mouse like me. Luckily, there are infinite retries and you can reset a challenge at any time during your attempt by clicking and holding “R”. There are also setting changes that can make the game easier for you, but just know that there is only so much the game can help you with! 8/10

not fun at all.very depressive and boring.but yet have the own meaning playing it.give it a try if u dont feel on mood and still wanna get deeper.