Grandpa's Table

A truly excellent puzzle game. The difficulty and new features are added to new levels at just the right time - not too soon so as to force unnecessary difficulty, and not too late and to feel drawn-out. It is obvious a lot of time and care went into every aspect of this game. It took until the last section of puzzles that I felt "stumped." I really felt the difficulty progression was perfect and I never felt frustrated, but also was not bored. A great balance that is not easy to achieve in most puzzle games. [h1]System Info & Performance Report[/h1] [table] [tr] [td]Operating System[/td] [td]Ubuntu Linux 16.04 x64[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]CPU[/td] [td]Ryzen 5 1500x[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]GPU[/td] [td]GTX 1050, nvidia-396[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Game Saves[/td] [td]After each completed level[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Technical Notes[/td] [td]No problems[/td] [/tr] [/table]

TL;DR: If you like puzzle games: Buy it, you'll love it. If you [i]don't like[/i] puzzle games: Well... buy it nevertheless, it might very well make you like puzzle games :) I'm not an unconditional of puzzle games myself, though I enjoy good ones every now and then. With its very rich atmosphere, skillfully designed puzzles and timely introduced gameplay elements, Grandpa's Table is definitely one of the puzzle games that I enjoy playing for a while and going back to when I feel like. The very atmospheric main menu says long on the overall quality of the game and perfectionism of its (charming, judging by the credits) two developers. Drinking some in-game coffee while playing with light effects on a georgeous 3D wooden table is just a blast - even better when also drinking real-life coffee and listening to Grandpa's Table's awesome music. Gameplay wise, it's just great. There is some good difficulty for people who are got at puzzles, but it's not overly hard and people who don't want too great a challenge can also easily skip some puzzles, or solve them without grabbing all stars if they're not OCD'ed like I am. New gameplay are added little by little as you play, which makes every set of level quite interesting, and makes you want to go forward through this [i]huge[/i] level set (5 level sets with - presumably, I haven't unlocked them all yet - 30 levels each). There's enough to play with for a few months depending on your pace, and for this price and overall quality, it's a must have.

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[b]grandpa's table[/b] doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before in sliding/matching puzzle games, but it's a very charming game with 150 puzzles, none of which are insanely hard but some of them will surely take a while to figure out. simply matching the same tiles isn't necessarily hard, but the trick is to cover all 3 stars on the board, that's how the rating system works. thankfully, there's no move or time limit and you can undo to your heart's desire, as long as you solve a level, even without any stars, the next one unlocks. all the usual suspects are here, movable blocks, unmovable blocks, breakable blocks, locked blocks, traps, teleporters, and it's actually worth going for a better solution. getting at least 9 stars of the possible 12 in every 4 levels unlocks a bonus stage, there are 6 in every chapter and completing them (even without any stars) gets you a memento, something your sweet old grandpa kept to remember things by. these are all stored in the drawer of the table, you can look at them and find out what they represent, and piece by piece they tell a story. what's more, perfecting the first 3 chapters leads to something else, won't spoil it but it was a nice touch, and since the last level I solved was the final bonus stage in chapter 1, it served as closure. from a technical point of view it's far from perfect, but it's clearly a labor of love and it shows, the whole thing gives you this warm, cozy feeling, even the imperfect english text, and there are small details, you can click on the coffee or the lamp, etc. I wish it had a brightness slider, I found it a bit dark, nothing you can't make out though. the music is relaxing and I really liked it, a few piano pieces that I didn't find repetitive or annoying even after several hours, though your mileage may vary. and while a volume slider was added after release (another nice touch, it's a slider on the radio, part of the room, as it were), alt+tabbing doesn't mute the music and turning it off in the game doesn't stop sound effects from playing, but those aren't of the annoying variety either. as I said, there's an undo function and holding the button rewinds progress further, no need to keep pressing it, but if I could change one thing, it'd be a reset level button. animations are relatively slow, movement, zooming and fading in and out, which isn't a problem while playing, but if you want to get back to the start, it can take a while based on the number of moves made, so sometimes it's faster to go back to the main menu, click level select and restart that way. also, there's no exit game button anywhere, esc brings up the exit screen, and that's about it for the negative aspects. it's a relaxing, moderately challenging puzzle game with a lot of charm, a good amount of content and a fair price, definitely worth playing and going for a 3-star rating on every level.

Really? Okay, I guess I'm gonna be that guy. The first negative reviewer. This game suffers from one of two possible problems, both deal breakers. 1. Lack of variety. This game only has slider puzzles, despite the misleading marketing which makes it look like it has a variety of puzzles, which is the reason *I* had bought it. If I wanted a slider puzzle, I would play one with a simpler--appropriate--UI, rather than this game, which makes you deal with all of this "fancy" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ UI to play one type of puzzle. This is a huge wasted opportunity. 2. Poor pacing. In the event that 1 is wrong, and I just didn't play long enough, then the actual problem is pacing. The game bars you from trying out future puzzles (and doesn't show you what they are) with the premise that you have to beat the earlier ones first to "unlock" them. If there are non-sliders gated behind the condition that you must beat all of the sliders, then this game has horrible pacing and doesn't value the player's time. Pick your poison.

雰囲気抜群のスライド系パズル 仕掛けが増えるタイミングもちょうど良くて飽きずにプレイできました ゲーム中周りにあるオブジェクトをクリックすると変化があるのがおしゃれで好きです

[h1][i]""Niepamięć to dobra wróżka. Litościwie zarzuca całun zapomnienia na człowiecze myśli. Czas leczy rany. Zło odchodzi w dal."[/i][/h1] Przepiękna i sentymentalna podróż po wspomnieniach dziadka, urocze opowieści z lat młodości, najpiękniejsze chwile życia ukryte w jednej jedynej szufladzie pełnej rozmaitości. Kazdy ukryty w niej przedmiot ma swoją wartość i to nie tylko sentymentalną, to lek na zapomnienie, żal i smutek lat przeminionych, pięknych chwil, a zarazem smutnych i wesołych. Do czego prowadzą nas te wszystkie wspomnienia, czy poznamy ich wartość i cel? Odkrywanie tego to nasze główne zadanie, ale nie będzie łatwo, aby odkryc je wszystkie potrzeba będzie nie tylko cierpliwości i czasu, ale także wytężenia naszych szarych komórek, silnej woli (bo zagadek jest multum) i na wszelki wypadek czegoś do jedzenia i picia (aby doładować energię do szybszego myślenia, albo po prostu żeby nie być głodnym i nie paść przed kompem ;p). [h1][i]"Dobrze ten schował, kto schował w pamięci."[/i][/h1] Jak na dobrą gre logiczną przystało, mamy tutaj ponad sto łamigłówek, podzielono je na rozdziały przedstawiające dane etapy życia dziadka. Po ukończeniu paru łamigłowek, odblokowujemy kolejne wspomnienie, ukończenie każdego nagradzane jest wyjątkowym przedmiotem, dzieki któremu poznajemy kolejne wspomnienie poczciwego staruszka. Aby rozwiązać zagadki musisz zakryć tokenami daną ilość gwiazdek, czesto tokeny maja różne kolory, więc trzeba bedzie nieźle kombinować. W późniejszych etapach wzrośnie poziom trudności, pojawia sie rozmaite klucze, bramy, pułapki, teleporty, dodatkowe puste tokeny i inne mozliwości poruszania po planszy. Aby ułatwić nam nieco rozgrywkę, za każdą rozwiązaną zagadke i otrzymanie 3 gwiazdek otrzymujemy monetę, mając takie trzy możemy je uzyć do samoistnego przejścia jednej łamigłowki (nie dla hardkorów ;p). Biurko na którym działamy i mamy wszystkie możliwe opcje, także jest bardzo ciekawe, na dole mamy szuflade i w niej wszystkie zdobyte w czasie rozgrywki przedmioty, dalej mamy radio (można zmieniać muzykę), kubek, z którego mozemy pić, lampkę itd. Mamy tez parę sekretów, ale te trzeba odkryć samemu :) [h1][i]"Można odejść od swoich miłości, lecz nie podobna zapomnieć, że się kochało."[/i][/h1] Na koniec warto wspomnieć o bardzo ciekawej grafice, wyśmienitej muzyce (doskonale podkreśla ona atmosferę gry i jej sentymentalną podróż po wspomnieniach, ubarwia ich charakter, dodaje wyrazu i znaczenia). Czy warto poznać wspomnienia dziadka, jego niezwykłą historię życia i dojść do końca tej sentymentalnej podróży? To już zostawię tym, którzy będą chcieli zagrać, przeżyć, zobaczyć i poczuć... PLUSY: - Niezwykła i sentymentalna historia. - Ciekawe i dobrze stonowane zagadki. - Przepiękna muzyka podkreślająca atmosferę i klimat gry. - Biurko pełne tajemnic :) - Doskonale bawi, rozwija i relaksuje. - Może wzruszyć (nie dla ludzi z depresją). - Acziwki dla maniaków ;p - Mój kot jak zobaczył tę grę, to nie mógł oderwać się od monitora. - Doskonałe natchnienie dla piszących wiersze. - Ma się po niej chęć do przytulenia dziadka lub babci. MINUSY: - Jak odinstalujesz możesz stracić sejwy!!! - Nie dla wielbicieli CS-a ;p - Tylko dla cierpliwych. - Pozostawia ślad w psychice gracza, o ile ktoś takową ma... nie dla każdego... - Jak będziesz podczas grania w nią zbyt dużo jadł to spuchniesz. - Wymaga kawy, co grozi wysokim ciśnieniem (a dodatkowo im więcej kawy, tym bardziej chce się spać). - Jesli jesteś bardzo wrazliwy, możesz nabawić się depresji. - Grozi uzależnieniem! [h1][i]"Najważniejsze we wspomnieniach jest to, żeby mieć się gdzie zatrzymać i tam je wspominać."[/i][/h1]

A very good puzzle game. Puzzles involve sliding jewels on a board so that all jewels of the same color touch. If you cover certain specific positions in the board, you get stars and possibly a coin. Stars unlock special levels and you can use coins to show solutions in levels you find dificult. As you progress through the game, new elements are introduced in the levels. Levels are not timed and there's no movement counter either. You can solve the levels at your own pace. As you solve the special levels, you get mementos that tell a story. I found the game leaning towards the easy side. Even if some levels have many elements, there are not that many paths available and a solution shows itself. PROS: - Well created logic puzzles. - No timer. No looking for the best solution. - Undo function allows you to quickly go back to previous positions. - Good length for the price. CONS: - The game uses a 3D engine and is not as optimized as it should be. The loading time is not short and a couple of times the game refused to start. Not a big problem but you have to be patient at times. - The music is not bad but there are few tracks so it gets repetitive. It can be disabled. - No way to quickly reset a level.