Monospaced Lovers

I cannot in good conscience recommend this game to any casual player. It is frustrating to wrangle this games poor designs and collisions at times to get completion, and it is a VERY difficult game as advertised. There's a good story, and it's relatively fun if you're able to remain calm, but it is not for a normal player. For reference, my breaking point was a series of finnicky challenges involving sliding, and a certain picnic invitation being screwed over by obstructive physics where each attempt requires a full days worth of length (where a save reload is faster), and paired that with a miserable 1 minute and 30 trial that is just boring to try. After completing the True Ending, I can say with certainty that it is a good story worth experiencing- Just not worth the struggle if that is not your thing. If there was a mixed review option, I'd use it here.

[h1]《二进制恋人》：拿二进制去解谜的游戏，好耶[/h1] 黑长发、蝴蝶结，身材还蛮好，音乐很舒缓……怎么看本作也像是非常轻松的视觉小说or平台跳跃类游戏？好吧，事实上本作的确有很多比较轻松的地方，但是实际上作品还是十分硬核的跳跃游戏，甚至还在里面加入了些许哲学要素，这款游戏带来的感受的确不大一样，推荐去尝试体验一下啦。 [h2]拿二进制就好解谜的游戏？！[/h2] 话说也是这句话，就是人不可貌相——毕竟主角自己就可以进行二段跳、冲刺等等神奇操作，嗯……这貌似与我们所想象的黑长直妹子有点不符？但不管怎么说，相对这个，剧情好像会更加奇妙，看到标题的“二进制”了嘛，没错，本作就是在剧情中穿插二进制的内容，很多的谜题也是依靠着二进制进行解决的，难度尚可，反正玩家要解开这里的神秘文字以及众多的谜团，找寻到这个世界的真相。本作就是采取着具有收集要素的以及很多的剧情任务，剧情之间的剧本的对话和讲述方式也很有趣味性——比如有的地方比较幽默，有的地方也有着哲理，如果心态放得平和，还是能够欣赏一番。 [h2]清纯可爱？不着急，还有硬核呢[/h2] 但是不管怎么说，玩家还是很灵巧的，本作在解谜玩法之外，就是很多的跳跃元素，这个就有点像是类恶魔城的感觉，上面说的嘛，本作主角的动作很丰富，自然也要求她有着十分灵巧的表现，本作可以做到的事情很多，比如说爬墙等等操作，但是真是要打起来，就完全可以看到眼花缭乱的弹幕，但是本作又是横板平台跳跃……所以说本作很看重主角的移动，甚至本作还设计了几场的弹幕头目战，让我想起了东方的感觉……主要是以上的解谜、跳跃要素都做的足够扎实，体验方面不会有什么问题，主要就是弹幕战斗等等方面的确有些……嗯，需要些耐心哈哈哈。 [quote]点击关注「 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41448772//]三言两语评测」→ [/url]简洁的语言，实用的内容 [/quote]

This review will be updated as I play more of the game (probably when I finish). I am barely more than 2 hours into Monospaced Lovers, but I can already recommend it. This game has been at the top of my Steam wishlist since I first played the demo over 5 years ago. Monospaced Lovers reminds me of the quirky yet creative era of Flash games, where conventional ideas of games could be ignored and you never quite knew what you were going to get. In particular, I was reminded so much of the game Level Up! that I was surprised the creator of this game had never played it (If you have any feedback or just want to talk about the games, he is very approachable on the Scarlet String Studios Discord server!). But to say that this game is on the level of a Flash game would be doing it an injustice. Monospaced Lovers has its own unique flavour of rewarding platforming, outside the box puzzle solving, and intriguing storytelling. It manages to be strong each of these categories without making sacrifices in any aspect of the game. Along with the custom soundtrack for every zone and the beautiful hand-drawn style art and animation, you can tell that this game has been a labour of love for the 5+ years it was in development. And that has truly paid off.

【二进制恋人】是由Scarlet String Studios制作的一款平台跳跃类的解谜游戏，在这里我们将作为克拉拉来拯救世界。 开局我们诞生在一个充满着童话色彩的小房间里，此时手机却收到了不知名用户的消息，原来是我们的手机不知为何与另一个时空的人的手机进行了交换（什么手机版《你的名字》）。随后收到紧急消息，原来外部的墙壁上多了条裂缝，随着深入了解，我们收集到了数据芯片，也意外发现了世界面临着崩溃的真相，作为主角当然不能袖手旁观。如此，一场冒险之旅开启了。 开局魔法阿狗的图标还挺可爱的。游戏主要以跳跳乐为主要游玩内容，像是不可攀爬的墙壁、可以落脚的云朵，加之温馨的手绘漫画画风，实在是让人喜爱（话说女主真的强，飞檐走壁，再加上还可在空中施展的闪避，简直就像个超人，但向上冲刺的时候，确实令我想起了小时候玩的《屁王兄弟》，尤其是下面还有个白条，确实有点没绷住）。场景中还存在着一些隐藏场所，我们可以利用滑铲等动作来寻找。 随着游戏进度的推进，发现场景的明暗变化会随着时间（也可能是进度）来变化，比较细节。虽然但是，里面一些对话所使用的文字确实不太好理解其具体的意思，大概猜还是能猜出来的。 本作有三种难度供以选择，按照自身实际情况来选择还是非常贴心的，本人还是需要开一个解密辅助的，毕竟二进制真的是一窍不通啊。后面关卡中的躲弹幕也是有些难为我这个苦手了，但总体可以感受到制作的用心程度，是款比较”休闲“（烧脑）的游戏，推荐入手。 [quote]欢迎关注鉴赏家: [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/37196866/] 稻荷窝 [/url] 只写我们喜欢的游戏 欢迎加入Steam组:[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/daohewo] 稻荷的小窝 [/url] 来一起感受游戏的乐趣 喜欢这篇评论，也是可以顺手点个赞哟[/quote]

[h1]Monoscaped Lovers[/h1] [h1] 8/10 [/h1] [h3] The Space between Zelda-inspired and Metroidvania-inspired [/h3] [h2] Story, Art and Music [/h2] The story is consistently engaging and features a delightful cast of characters, there was never a moment when I didn’t enjoy the writing in their interactions. I’d say the overall vibe of the story could be summed up as Firewatch meets Undertale and Celeste. The hand-drawn art looks great and it’s well-animated. The soundtrack is also quite nice, leaning towards a calmer vibe overall, even when what's happening on screen is pure hell, there are a few songs that really stuck with me. [h2] Metroidvania-lite [/h2] The story progression is fairly linear on paper, though the game doesn’t tell the player where to go next, giving you some freedom to figure out how to advance the main story. On top of that, it counts with non-linear exploration for side content. Its map is smaller and more compact, with an area at the center of the world that connects to the others, offering around 5 areas with some degree of interconnectivity. Unlike other games, the collectibles aren’t player upgrades; instead, they provide story content and cosmetic items while all the metroidvania-like upgrades are tied to story progression. It’s really a game where exploration is driven by a “childlike sense of discovery”. [h2] Gameplay, Difficulty and Accessibility options [/h2] Overall, it’s a pretty challenging game. The main story puzzles are challenging without being too cryptic, and the platforming feels very puzzle-like, requiring a fair amount of precision. Honestly, those aspects of the game were never really that hard in my opinion… Then you have the bullet hell combat against bosses. It was fairly manageable on hard difficulty until the bosses got noticeably harder in the second half of the game. I don’t have much experience with bullet hell games, but I managed to beat Rabi-Ribi (a bullet hell metroidvania) just by being persistent. However, for this one, I ended up lowering the difficulty. The game offers accessibility options for both puzzles and platforming. It also lets you fight bosses on an easier difficulty and includes a practice mode for their different phases. [h2] Things I didn’t quite like [/h2] [list] [*]I was never a fan of the health system for the bosses. On hard difficulty, you’re forced to survive the bosses’ special moves without taking any damage. If you fail, you’re sent back to the start of the phase, which makes your health points feel almost pointless at times. [*]Some puzzles require specific knowledge, like binary code, piano keys, and zodiac symbols. While the game makes it clear what you are expected to do, it can still be a bit frustrating to have to Google certain information. One of the first main story puzzles uses binary, which might leave a bad first impression in some people, but thankfully, the rest of the main content is much lighter on these kinds of puzzles. [*]I think chapter 3 had too many piano puzzles, I'm not a big fan of them. I also didn’t like having to wait for the effects of the teas to wear off, that was also a little bit annoying, specially when one of them feel like was trying to give me a seizure or something XD [*]Some effects for the chips' texts were slightly annoying, I like to take my time when reading. [/list] [h2] Conclusion [/h2] Overall, this was a memorable experience that I thoroughly enjoyed for most of the 30 hours it took me to finish(missing half of the chips). It’s definitely challenging and somewhat niche, but absolutely worth experiencing for its good and relatable writing, childlike sense of exploration, and intense bullet hell challenges.

very fun and great story so far

Game hard, girl is cute

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Amazing platformer. Haven't completed the whole game yet but the movement is smooth and the levels are challenging. I'd say the rapid fire of small red orbs is a little bs and adds an element of RNG though, so that is something I could do without. The game doesn't pull its punches, which I love, but if you are struggling with it there is an easier mode (I haven't tried it though). Amazing puzzles. Haven't seen a game before that trusts its player to think outside the box to this degree. Also haven't seen a puzzle that requires me to do a screenshot and go to paint before. Overall, all the puzzles are unique, interesting and I am always able to come up with a solution even if it sometimes takes a lot of time. Amazing writing. Most of the lore of the game is revealed through dialogue and oh boy is the dialogue natural. There is stupid puns being littered throughout, silly banter, characters opening up about stuff and every character having a well-defined personality. It sometimes annoys me how I may be in a middle of solving a puzzle and a dialogue sequence gets triggered, but it is but a minor inconvenience. Amazing game. I'm really enjoying the scenery, the characters, the challenges and I like how it doesn't require a huge time investment from me. Great game, I hope more people get to experience it.

Cryptic puzzles and punishing platforming perils be damned! Monospaced Lovers is worth all the gamer sweat & tears!