Newton's Cradle Puzzle Game

Nice little physics puzzler loosely based on a Newton's Cradle as the title suggests. Perfectly touch enabled, perfect time killer on my Surface Go 2.

A rather insidious puzzle game. Move the black circles to hit other black circles or hollow circles (that can't be moved on their own) to get them all into the required areas. Definitely fewer easy levels than harder levels overall with some definite thinkers there. Paired with some relaxing music to keep you company. Completion time will vary anywhere from 1-3 hours based on your skill.

Very nice puzzle game. Certainly more difficult than it seems. Here is some gameplay of the first few levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG1BZEGyxo

Классическая головоломка: пачку шаров нужно загнать в заранее определённые места, сами шары двигаются (или не двигаются) и останавливаются по определённым правилам. При всей моей любви к псевдофизическим минималистичным головоломкам, это явно не моё. Во-первых, она довольно уродливая. Я не имею ничего (почти) против пиксельной графики, но в этом конкретном случае совсем некросивое. Во-вторых, она какая-то особо душная. Отменить можно только последний ход, т.е., если находил аж два лишних шага - пожалуйте в рестарт. Закатил шар раньше времени - в рестарт. Выбрал не ту рельсу - ну, вы поняли. Трудно и неудобно - не одно и то же. Последовательность ходов не особо замысловатая, но их много. Иногда очень много. По поводу сложности, кстати: она не очень высокая. После второго десятка уровней уже окончательно приходит не только понимание, как оно работает, но и примерное представление, что в каком порядке толкать. Подобные головоломки - не самый популярный жанр в целом, но можно найти куда более достойные примеры. Это, конечно, сугубо личное мнение, но другого у меня для вас нет.

Not too long, but it felt quite statisfying to solve.

Nice addition to any collection of educational games. I don't love the music, and would like to be able to easily quit with just the escape key. The difficulty felt all over the place, which was fine given it was pretty low, but I think this game could benefit from having a smoother curve.

[b]edit:[/b] flipped to a non-recommendation due to lazy minimalism and limited undo. [b]newton's cradle[/b] is not where baby isaac used to spend his nights before an apple fell on his head, but that metal ball thing you see on important people's desks and think it'll never stop. it's also the inspiration for this puzzle game where you bounce metal balls into each other and try to make them stop where they should in order to reach one of the exits. [b]32 levels[/b], some simple, some really tricky, one unlocked at a time, never good. [b]no timer or move limit, undo got patched in after release, though only a single move can be taken back[/b], so it has limited usefulness. multiple balls can be moved together, but of course hitting one with some momentum has a different result. after a few levels hollow balls get introduced, which can't be moved on their own, a regular one has to hit them. controls are mouse-only, click and drag, graphics are simple but functional, the music is classical/jazz by way of an acoustic guitar, not necessarily bad, but I turned it off very fast. as for technical stuff, [b]minimalism has gone too far[/b] once again, as this is the dev's second game: the unity launcher is disabled, no in-game options for resolutions or windowed mode either, alt+enter only produces an unresizable window. and no volume settings, of course, only sound and music on/off, which is buggy, as it doesn't stay turned off when you restart the game. [b]it should take an hour or two to complete[/b] (more for me and I had to look up a few levels), the price is around the usual for these kinda games and it'd be fine overall, even if not entirely something for me, if it weren't for missing basics. if you're into playing with balls, there are better options around.

Un jeu de réflexion à l'esthétique minimaliste. Il est assez bon et ses mécaniques sont originales, ou du moins je n'avais pas joué à quelque chose de similaire. Il y a des énigmes assez difficiles. Recommandé pour les amateurs de ce genre. 8/10