Kine

As a narrative puzzle game, Kine introduces characters and mechanics through story-driven levels and character dialogues. Starting with the simple drum, then the accordion, and finally the trombone, it slowly layers their unique limb movements until you're coordinating all three. The level design is brilliant because it perfectly controls the state-space, even though it's a 3D multi-character game: By keeping the core logic mostly 2D, using the third dimension for movement or creating platforms, and setting obstacles on a compact level map, the game stays intuitive. I never felt overwhelmed by the 3D space, especially since the characters usually occupy different Z-axis heights. Some of my favorite highlights: Some New Dance Moves and Month One introduce everyday objects like toolboxes and carts. The momentum-based puzzles in The Tunnel of Love and Shall We Dance. The way Euler's movement is restricted after getting "injured". That brilliant fusion of two robots' movement styles in the Finale, A Strange Duet.

[h1]打不开游戏的朋友们看这里（搬运自讨论区（开发者帖子）） For those unable to launch the game, please read this (Reposted from the discussion board, original post by the developer)[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/app/824570/discussions/0/3008927444642795860/ 【漏洞临时修复方案】部分英特尔 10 代处理器会导致游戏无法启动 部分英特尔处理器存在 OpenSSL 加密库相关故障，详细技术说明在此： https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html [h3]当前可用临时解决办法：[/h3] 1.打开记事本，在 Kine.exe 主程序的同一文件夹内新建一个名为Kine.bat的批处理文件（先把代码复制到txt，然后另存为改后缀为bat），粘贴以下代码： [b]@echo off set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 Kine.exe[/b] 2.之后双击运行这个 bat 文件启动游戏，不要再直接点开 Kine.exe 如果这样游戏就能正常打开，就代表你的处理器撞上了这个兼容性漏洞。 非常抱歉给大家带来麻烦！我正在研发更完善的永久修复方案，爱您 [BUG Workaround] Game wont start with certain Intel 10th gen processors There is a a bug with SSL and certain intel processors. Here are the boring details: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html [h3]The current workaround is the following:[/h3] 1. Using notepad create a Kine.bat file（First copy the code into a text document, then save it with the file extension changed to .bat） next to Kine.exe with these contents: [b]@echo off set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 Kine.exe[/b] 2. Run that .bat file instead of Kine.exe If that works then this is the processor issue. I am very sorry for this issue! I'm trying to figure out a better permanent fix <3

玩了开发商最近的游戏《Lab Rat》后前来考古。 游戏目标很简单，只需要让机器人移动到终点即可。 每个机器人都有特殊的构造和移动方式，不同面着地时拥有不同的位移距离，这一点体验上比较接近Bloxorz。此外机器人还可以变化形态以及相互配合使位移方式更加多样化。 游戏有独特的美术风格，并将剧情很好地融入到了每个关卡内。机器人之间的合作、分离不单是用几句对白来表现，在关卡游玩的时候通过位移配合、互相阻挡能很直接地感受到角色之间的羁绊和矛盾，让人不得不佩服制作组的谜题设计能力。

This game has issues launching on certain Intel CPU gens - I read about 10th and 11th gen, but I have a 13th gen and it has the same issue. It launches, runs for about 5 seconds, then stops. By these calculations, I just launched the game 60 times in a row to be able to write this review and tell you not to buy this game. Even if it works for you, the fact that the developer has still not fixed this 5 years after release, after knowing about it as well, and releasing another game since then, tells me this is abandoned and is not a developer I want to support. Shame, as this game looked somewhat interesting to at least try. Avoid.

Уникальный трехмерный сокобан. Играем за музыкальные инструменты, которые могут менять форму, вращаться и взаимодействовать. Это очень необычно, непонятно и сложно. Уровни пестрят разнообразием: головоломки могут строиться, вдоль одной оси, быть горизонтальными, вертикальными или сразу совмещать все. Авторы подсказывают пути решения, но иногда огромная вариативность сбивает с толку и заставляет биться об стену во всех смыслах. Со временем «понимаешь, как ходят фигуры» и уже четко идешь к цели. Справедливости ради есть и обучение (первые уровни), которое в середине игры решил еще раз перепройти, чтобы лучше вникнуть в азы. Рисовка стилизована под комиксы и сделана на высочайшем уровне, не свойственным этому жанру. Авторы смогли впихнуть целую историю любви и дружбы. Каждый уровень отражает текущую сцену, будь то поиск себя, работа, свидания, репетиции, концерты и даже танцы! Просто вдумайтесь: сокобан и танцы. Управление не самое удачное, но на удивление отзывчивое. Ракурс камеры можно менять, это необходимо для трехмерности. Сделано насколько возможно удобно, но от круговерти может слега подташнивать. Тяжело найти оптимальный угол, но со временем привыкаешь. Музыка классная, но через 10 часов раздражает страшно. Больше всего бесит вой трубы из-за невозможных ходов. По итогу получил невероятные впечатления от игры. Это не очередной клон популярной идеи, а по-настоящему яркий проект. Но будьте готовы принять ее трехмерную экспериментальность и некоторые шероховатости. p.s. Всего один русскоязычный обзор, поэтому добавляю свой в копилку. В англоязычных обзорах игру ругают высокую сложность, не очевидность некоторых головоломок, а также управление. Согласен с этим. Ну блин, это ж трехмерный сокобан, а не казуальная игруля. Если двухмерный сокобан иногда по сложности на уровне шахмат, то трехмерный может быть совсем запредельный. Авторы все-таки проделали огромную работу, чтобы выжать из идеи максимум и сделать действительно не только сложную, но и интересную игру.

Puzzle game abbastanza carino in cui interpretiamo tre personaggi a forma di strumenti musicali, che imparano a suonare assieme e sognano di sfondare nel mercato discografico. Il gameplay si basa tutto sul movimento di questi, ovvero come dei “cubi” che muovono le facce sulle caselle del livello, fino a raggiungere l’uscita. Hanno tutti una mossa specifica che, ad esempio, li allunga o li restringe, cosa che permette loro di passare per vie strette, raggiungere nuove caselle, spostarsi spingendosi da un muro, oppure… bloccarsi restando incastrati da qualche parte. Se all’inizio ne comandiamo uno per volta per fare pratica, dopo poco sarà necessario imparare come farli collaborare con le rispettive mosse speciali, impilandoli uno sull’altro o cercando le giuste sinergie e combinazioni di movimenti per raggiungere la fine del livello. Fortunatamente, se si sbaglia qualcosa o ci si incastra senza rimedio, si può sempre tornare indietro di un numero indefinito di mosse per riprovare, oppure resettare il livello da capo. I controlli sono però un po’ approssimativi per un titolo così semplice: ci sono solo un paio di possibili inquadrature del livello, quindi spesso non si vede bene dove si è e cosa ci sta incastrando, e per selezionare i vari personaggi (o le parti del “corpo” nel caso del trombone) da muovere si può usare il mouse che non è molto preciso oppure premere un tasto per passarli tutti in sequenza ogni volta prima di tornare a quello che si vuole, non il massimo della comodità. I livelli non sono tantissimi, ma alcuni sono abbastanza rognosi e richiedono una serie di mosse molto specifiche per essere risolti, non sempre facili da intuire. Ce ne sono anche alcuni bonus da sbloccare raggiungendo uscite secondarie, ma non molti. Comunque a differenza d’altri non allunga il brodo più del necessario e dura il giusto per non frustrare, sulle 7-8 ore, ha uno stile grafico simpatico e un buon accompagnamento musicale jazzistico. Curiosamente è anche tradotto in un buon italiano.

I adore this game. If you like puzzle games, I definitely recommend this game. If unsure whether the game is worth the price, it occasionally goes on sale for 75% off. The puzzle mechanics are unique from anything I've ever played before. The game doesn't do the best job guiding the player into discovering new mechanics, but it's still very satisfying when you find them. The music and art are good and the dialogue is cute. Overall, the game feels very well polished. It's a short and sweet game. I see some people's reviews saying that the puzzles require trying a bunch of input sequences to stumble into the solution, but that isn't really true. The level layout almost always indicates a general way the puzzle needs to be solved, then you need to fill in the gaps. Sometimes the character dialogue can also be a good indicator that you're on the right track. You can also work through the puzzle backwards to find a point in the puzzle you need to get to. Of course you'll still have to try different movements to get to the right solution, but not every puzzle can be a pure logic puzzle where you don't have to make any guesses to find the solution. There is only one switch character button, which rotates through the characters' appendages. It becomes tedious when you have four appendages to control and need to switch between them after every 1 or 2 moves, so it would be nice if there was a button to rotate in the other direction and if you could use the 1 through 4 keys to pick specific appendages. Another problem in the game is that sometimes your view of the level is obscured by decorating blocks that should be turned invisible from the camera perspective. These issues don't even come close to ruining the game for me, but I do think they are valid critiques of the game.

基本は6面体の転がしパズルですが各楽器のギミックが可変スライドで 押したり持ち上げたりするのでフィールドに高さが加わっているのが特徴。 ジャズを聴きながらのんびりプレイできました。

在steam deck上通关全成就了。 作为一个解谜游戏，感觉还行，需要一定的空间想象力。 但作为一个故事和音乐相关的游戏，它的背景音乐也太难听了。

I love this game! Honesty, it has one of the best blend of narrative with actual gameplay mechanics I've seen. Puzzles are great and quite challenging. Story is touching, characters are charming and the whole game just feels loved by the devs! Gonna recommend Kine with every opportunity I will get.