Picross Floof

Some of the things I disliked about Picross Floof: -Color of the paint is pure black so are the lines. It's really difficult to count the tile because of this (you don't see the difference between paint and lines). There is no option to change paint or grid lines color. -Some of the puzzles need guessing, but I just read from the stored page that they already wrote it in a disclaimer. (The good news is because the game uses lives, you can use a life to guess and not fail the puzzle! This is good) -You don't see title of composite level on mouse hover after completing them, only the images are displayed. -I wonder if they can use copyrighted image like pikachu and such. I know some picross game that use them but is it legal? -Highlight of rows and colums doesnt highlight hints rows and columns which make them hard to know in which row/column you are Things I liked about the game: +Composite level are fun to reveal, they are fun to play +Composite title are also fragmented lol +I like to see stats like number of puzzles done, number of tiles colored +'x' are placed automatically on row/column with hint zero. Also placed automatically when row*column hints are all done +Price is okay I might visit it again to play some of the composite level because I feel like it's the most fun part of the game. I can't currently recommend it until they do some upgrade on the UI/color/highlight which is the core loop of the game!

The other reviews are right. I don't get the impression that the creators understand what makes picross fun and just assumed fun sprite art (and possibly offensive, like "fat man", and copyrighted content like PacMan and Tetris) was enough. Some of the levels will force you to guess repeatedly and then kick you from your game because you couldn't guess correctly. I realize that the description states this, but that just feels like lazy game design when you're actually playing it. "Calm and relaxing" isn't this. It feels like phone shovelware that would be plastered with ads. Even for a dollar I'd say skip it.

Good background music, cute red panda, poor implementation of the game. Certain levels require guesswork to progress, not a good implementation of puzzles.

Many puzzles don't have unique solutions. There are no options to make it easier to see when you're working on larger filled areas. There are no options to change the way you keep track of what you've finished. Puzzles are way too easy. But, I payed $1 for it while on sale, so not a huge waste of money.

This is not a good Picross - the puzzles are not solvable by pure logic. You have to guess a lot depending on the expected shape of the puzzle. Not a very good fit. No controller compatibility. Achievements require 100% completion which takes *a long time*.

---{Graphics}--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☑ Paint.exe ---{Gameplay}--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Starring at walls is better ☐ Just don‘t ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☑ Ear rape ---{Audience}--- ☑ Kids ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Human ☑ Red pandas ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☑ Rich boiiiiii ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulty}--- ☑ Just press ‚A‘ ☐ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☑ You‘ll need a second life for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ Story? ☐ Text or Audio floating around ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It‘ll replace your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{Bugs}--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs It's picross.

If Picross is your thing then I'd suppose it would be alright. But I know I've played much better Picross based games so I can't recommend this particular interation. It doesn't necessarily do anyhthing wrong, it's just bland.

Picross Floof is a "Picross" puzzle game, which is to say it's a Sudoku/Minesweeper like game where you must deduce where to put blocks on a 2D grid based on clues on each axis. The resultant block placement pattern forms a simple 2D image, what fun. Basically the business model for this game is to compete with the puzzle section at the back of a newspaper, only badly. The game itself is 3D rendered, but that low poly rendering just adds a backdrop to the browser like interface here... it's very poorly done. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics. The controls can't be customised because the game has such a dumbed down, simplified interface that it's just iPhone screen tapping stuff. The fact that the interface is this dumbed down might be seen as a problem in itself, however... this is a fairly shallow experience if you're the kind of gamer that likes to play games with deep, rich control schemes and interaction. You'll get none of that here. This looks and feels like a mobile app, but I wasn't able to find it on the app stores. Maybe it was removed, maybe it was rejected by Apple and Google (they do have more rigorous quality standards than Valve does for Steam, after all). Regardless, for all intents and purposes this is a mobile app, it has the same limitations and dumbed down qualities. It's impossible to recommend such a game to PC gamers. We don't spend all this money building gaming rigs so we can pretend they're iPhones. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the game only ever reached a peak player count of only 3 players. That's right, only 3. This is a pitiful enough number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is remarkable, but also to be expected. This complete and utter rejection of the game from gamers should be a keen information point for anyone considering buying shovelware like this. Gamers just didn't take this seriously, and for good reason. Picross Floof is relatively cheap at $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend. Because this is the kind of game you can just play for free on mobile phones and on the web, it's impossible to recommend anyone should pay money for the same experience on Steam.

Its like Madden NFL 2003 if it was a puzzle game with no connection to sport

Look, if you like picross games and are a collector like me, listen to me, it isn't worth it. The puzzles seem to be randomly generated and some of them are not intuitive at all. I'm an experienced picross player and at some puzzles I found myself GUESSING where the next pixel would be because the puzzles had more than one solution. Just trust the other reviews.