Space Sprouts

Дуже чарівна гра. Після першого дослідження корабля переходить в погоню за досягненнями, яких тут більше сотні. Не довга, але дуже насичена і комічна. Бачу, що на момент написання пройшов три чверті гри за 3 години, але вражень ніби грав в неї значно більше. В грі є часове обмеження в 15 хвилин за раунд, і воно додає потрібної напруги. Дуже рекомендую усім хто в житті любить робити речі "просто щоб побачити що станеться". 10 ударів штангою по голові з 10. Якщо виникнуть труднощі з досягненнями, то подивіться досягнення в стімі. Вони прямим текстом пояснюють, що треба зробити. Але спочатку обов'язково перепробуйте усе можливе. Більшість завдань дуже інтуїтивна.

Very cute game involving short time loops framed as the retellings of a grandma to her excited grandchild, each time remembering a little more of how her journey to reach the planet she now lives on went. Goal is largely just to find everything you can do on the ship, thereby unlocking new "memories" you'd forgotten previously and extending the time it takes to tell the story (and thus that you have to run around each loop to do new things). Simple fun, good for at least a couple of hours.

This game is fantastic! It has metroidvania bones (unlocking knowledge allows you to get further) without any combat, The design choices are so smart, from the memory highlighting to the longer time for exploring based on how far you are. Can occasionally be a little bit buggy but definitely worth the time and money.

A super fun time loop puzzler that lends itself perfectly to short play sessions and comic chaos. I adore this game, and I've had such a great time getting lost and distracted that I bet it will take me a long while yet to finish! The art is beautiful, the sound design is lovely, the puzzle mechanics are intuitive but used in creatively challenging ways. My only wish is that you could save tool recipes between runs.

I like this game. There is a lot going on here. It's a platforming puzzle game with object puzzles, code puzzles, gravity puzzles and laser reflecting puzzles and maybe more that I haven't seen yet. There is also a time loop element but I can't say much about it because I am terrible at this kind of game. It's cool on sale and would also be good at full price IMHO. And I have a cat named Sprouts.

A fun, "Metroidbrainia," "Outer Wilds-Like," whatever this genre is called. You are in a time loop of sorts, in that you're retelling the story of your first travel on a space ship. You're telling a child this story and she wants to know all the trouble you're getting up to. It's pretty chill, I'm about 80% of the way there and so far it's just me getting up into shenagains around the space ship. I'm not entirely sure what to call this. Is is a puzzle platformer? A physics puzzler? You do stuff like move crystals around, reroute lasers, acquire tools, etc. But most of the game is about circumventing the "normal" way to get past something. You will find a room that is near the end of a long path, and you'll be running out of time before you get there. But there is a faster way to do it if you can figure out how to get past one laser barrier. It feels like there are 3-4 ways to get past just about any problem. There are a couple ways that you make progression: * You will get hints on what to do. The child will ask you questions like "Have you ever tried a new look?" and it nudges you towards the solution. * Each time you solve (or "relive") a memory, it adds a few seconds to your trip. It starts with about 5 minutes, and as you relive memories, it gets longer and longer. I'm up to about 14 minutes on my loop. * There is a replicator near the beginning. You will find different codes you can enter in there to replicate items you want. If you decide you need a jetpack and laser gun to solve a particular memory, you can just type the code in there and get it at the start. * And of course, you have the usual "Knowledge gating" stuff too. You can find shortcuts and tricks to keep moving through old areas faster. It feels a lot lighter than most of these kind of games. You're not solving a murder or trying to keep the city from disappearing or any of the usual stuff. You're just vibing in a spaceship. If there is a big, chilling mystery at the heart of this game, I haven't caught a whiff of it yet. You just mess around and try to get 100% of the memories. I don't know if I would consider this one a "must play." It's fun and a cool concept, but it also feels a bit "What now?" at times. Not because there's not other things to do, but because I don't feel like I'm being pulled towards a strong conclusion. Like in Outer Wilds, there was a strong conclusion you were heading towards, even if for a large part of that game, you didn't know what precisely that was. You were peeling back layers of the onion, seeking a deeper mystery. This one, it's more like running down a checklist. "Can I do this thing? Yep. Cross it off and on to the next." That's not a bad thing, but it also means sometimes I finish a loop and it's like "Do I really need to keep playing or am I good here?" I'm still recommending the game. It's fun and charming and you still get some of those "I can do that? This changes EVERYTHING!" moments that make these kind of games special. I'm just not sure if I'm going to remember it super strongly in a month's time.