Only Sliding

There is no undo, and there's no good reason why it's not implemented. That's enough to make it not recommended. Sliding puzzles are inherently precise, and you often build up your board setup to lead to the solution. One accidental wrong move can immediately reset all that progress. (Occasionally it's even possible that the puzzle becomes unwinnable, although most puzzle designs here start from the "worst possible state" already and so at worst you're just back at square one. In any case, at least the dev is smart enough to have a restart button.) Usually someone doesn't want to implement undo if they want to discourage trial-and-error. And this is confirmed in a discussion: https://steamcommunity.com/app/3575260/discussions/0/597397170160706009/ I fundamentally disagree with this; there's pretty much no good reason to discourage that. Someone interested in playing will already naturally try to piece together a logical solution. If you don't want to reward trial-and-error, make your puzzles good. Frankly, that already happens in this game -- the puzzles themselves are nice and don't yield easily to trial-and-error -- which is why there's no reason to further discourage trial-and-error. On the other hand, not having undo means you actively punish someone that accidentally inputs a wrong move. I had this happen in the second area: I accidentally pressed the wrong direction and I had to mind-numbingly retrace 30 trivial steps. There's also one occasion where I finished the first area after a long pause away from the game, forgot that a teleporter led to the beginning of the same area and tried to reach it, then I had no other way but to retrace my ~100 steps through the entire first area again. That one might not have been accidental, but it's equally dumb to punish curiosity or forgetfulness that way. I also think the QoL of the game is subpar. No fast travel to pick up missing puzzles. No way to take notes in-game of what has been explored. The options menu is pretty confusing: the top three buttons are apparently for game screen size in comparison to window size. There's probably a great game design here (and I liked the puzzle designs I've seen), but the implementation is so spiteful against the player that it's just not an enjoyable game.

Difficulty : 4/5 (Very Hard) Global : 3.5/5 (Very Good) Curator page : [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44695991-Anokturnus/]Anokturnus[/url] I wanted it, I got it. After the incredible Recursed, Portponky's next game is finally here. Only Sliding is about... yeah, sliding blocks puzzles. I love this kind of puzzles, they were my favorite in Professor Layton and it's pretty rare to stumble upon good ones. Like ok, there are mobile games dedicated to them but their quality is usually not really good. However this time, the puzzles are not about bringing a piece to the exit : you're asked to rearrange the pieces in each puzzle so that they're all placed in the correct spots indicated by yellow markers. Each time you move a piece, it slides and only stops when it encounters an obstacle. This is also true for your little blue cube character, because Only Sliding isn't just a menu with puzzles. The game consists of a network of tunnels spanning 4 areas linked by a hub. The puzzles are self-contained and directly integrated into the walls of the tunnels, you just need to reach a puzzle marker to "unlock" the corresponding puzzle's blocks and start solving it. Once you’ve solved certain puzzles, they unlock blocks you can use in the tunnels to progress further. I was absolutely sure of one thing before playing Only Sliding : the puzzle design would be great. And yup, there's absolutely no filler to be found in this game. It's a collection of very VERY small and intricate puzzles that, despite being extremely basic at first glance, actually require a lot of precise steps to be solved. Only Sliding is about showing the true potential of simple block sliding, there is literally no special mechanic. There are usually 2 or 3 pieces to deal with in each puzzle, I don't think I've seen a puzzle with more than 5 pieces. But don't get it twisted, more pieces doesn't necessarily mean harder. The only puzzle in the game that actually forced me to go look for a small hint only had 2 pieces. Which brings us to the difficulty... yes, this game is hard. A few puzzles near the end are even complete nightmares. The puzzle design is made so that you always end up in paradoxical situations, finding the only correct sequence is very tricky. The pieces need to help and block each other, but it's very hard to anticipate things. You can deduce the position in which a piece will eventually have to be... but anticipating several steps in advance how the pieces will block each other is another story. Only Sliding is not a perfect game though. While puzzle-wise it perfectly delivers, there are a number of things that make the game tedious. Starting with the absence of an undo button, which is something I can understand. Yes, it forces people not to blindly manipulate the pieces. But any error means you have to start everything all over again, because as I said, the pieces need to precisely help each other. It's so frustrating when that happens. And I'd argue that the really hard puzzles are already so convoluted, an undo button would not make them easier in the slightest. Thankfully, the puzzles are so small that yeah, no undo button is a problem, but not a critical one. What I truly found annoying was the lack of quality of life such as a map, or fast travel. When you get stuck on a puzzle, you either try harder or move on... but it's so annoying to backtrack just to try a puzzle again. The layout of the tunnels is easy to remember and there are shortcuts, but that’s not enough. The secret world is the worst though. The puzzles are excellent, but looking for it is an absolute pain. You’re supposed to notice that each area has, somewhere on one of the background blocks, an imperceptible shadow of a duck engraved. You then need to reach it, it teleports you to one of the parts of the secret world. I did find the first secret entrance completely randomly and didn’t understand why it happened. I couldn’t even deduce the duck shadow thing because the duck is colored once you enter it for the first time (what a weird sentence, sorry). The concept is good but the ducks are just impossible to see, so I had to watch the guide. Now, reaching a duck always requires solving a big puzzle using the blocks you unlock in the tunnels. Which is a great idea, but what do you think happens if you then get stuck on a puzzle in the secret world? Well yeah, you either try harder ooooor… move on! So you have to undo the duck puzzle and return the blocks where they originally were. And if you want to retry the secret puzzle again, you need to set everything up again. What a pain seriously, a map with fast travel for each major teleport point would solve everything and make the game far less frustrating. I can see the added value of the adventure side over a simple menu, but then the quality of life needs to follow. Anyway, the puzzles are so well-crafted that I can only say the game is very good. It’s just a shame that it gets tainted by stupid flaws like that. Recommended, just know you’ll need to be patient sometimes. [quote]For more puzzle game reviews, news and everything puzzle-related, follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25928931-Puzzle-Lovers/]Puzzle Lovers[/url] and check out our [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/puzzlelovers]Steam group[/url].[/quote]

滑得好块

タイトル通り、本当にオンリー・スライディング・パズル集。氷の床のスライドパズルの、めっちゃくちゃ良くできた問題集×メトロイドヴァニア的な探索要素。 氷のパズルなんてもう飽きたよ！という人にもぜひ触ってみてほしい逸品。アンドゥ機能が無いことによる謎の緊張感もオマケでついてきます。なんで？ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x11bI3UfOXc&t=1186s

I didn't think I liked sliding puzzles that much, it turned out that indeed I don't. This is one of those cases where I'm not sure whether it's fair to leave a negative review given that the game is pretty straightforward about wht it's going to be. But I don't think the title fully equips the customer to make their decision, They still have to ask, isn't the fact that an experienced game developer got this into sliding puzzles a clue that there might be something really magical here? And my answer is, I don't think so. I don't see it, anyway.

Portponky watched me play all the way through. Feel free to be jealous

エラー画面が出てきてゲームを起動できない時は以下のことを試してみては（自分用にも備忘録的に残す）？ (1) ※コマンドプロンプトを開く (2) "cd"コマンドで"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Only Sliding"ディレクトリまで移動する (3) "only-sliding.exe --rendering-driver opengl3"と入力する ※コマンドプロンプトって何？って人はおとなしくValveに返品することをお勧めする。

やっとトロコン出来た あ、でも記録時間は付けたまま放置してる時間もあったので5-30hくらいかな・・・？かなりボーっとプレイした時間が長くて実プレイ時間のカウントの仕方がよく分からん 得意な人なら2-3hでもクリア出来るのかな 探索+ルールがシンプルなパズルゲーム 操作自体はかなり単純 簡単な問題が2割、操作が単純なのもあって結構考える前に動かしてしまって解けるかも 妥当そうな動きで動かしていれば解けるのが4割、それでもパズルが得意な人以外なら楽しめそう 残りの4割はちゃんとしっかり考えて解く必要がある、という感じのしっかりしたパズルゲーム 操作の単純さに対してちゃんと難易度があって、引き算の芸術を感じるゲーム。 セールで290円で購入。やすい。

i spent 14 hours doing nothing but only sliding. this game has been haunting my thoughts and my actual dreams, until i finished it. it's a great game with some banger soundtracks, and it is surprising how much mileage can you get from only sliding. unfortunately, it is only sliding, and it will only be only sliding, some puzzles are just going in circles, only sliding. only sliding.