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A somewhat niche genre of games I call "make your own ugly contraption game", using the game's system of simple pulleys, pretty much allowing you to transfer the momentum to create anything with wheels or rotation, such as cars, catapults, forklifts, detachable objects, and all kind of other abominations. It reminds me a little of the Gish's level editor, it feels closer to a creative tool than a video game. Dude, is that a Walker in the trailer, looks a little complicated, no? It's a hard game lol, may look simple, but even making a line with 2 wheels is not as easy as it looks, let alone have things that detach and grab objects while you move around, it's actually a physics game with a lot of trial and error, you need to know how to create your own fun here, otherwise I think you may find it pretty frustrating. You can technically skip any level, but what is the point of buying the game then if you not gona play it, with that said, I wish the game was more rewarding for solving those hard stages, perhaps more achievements or at least better visual progression, the game sadly looks the same the entire way. You can attach various behaviors to the objects which sort of allows you to make transformers, like you could make a car with a detachable hook, emphasis on you "could make", not saying you will be able to. There is definitely a bit of a learning curve to it, don't expect things to work as you expect them to. [h1] Pros: [/h1] (+) It's a game that does a good job allowing you to express your creativity to solve puzzles in unique ways, however, I don't think it's an easy game to pick up, and it's more for people that can create their own fun, I think. (+) I think you did a good job creating unique challenges, I kind of like that game is not going easy on you, you actually have to brainstorm some of the puzzles, potentially for multiple hours. [h1] Feedback: [/h1] For the jumping momentum, try to give the player more mid-air control, you made the momentum conservation a bit too heavy. It's a good idea to give the game some visual progression, while I like the puzzles, it's not very satisfying if the entire game looks the same and you don't feel rewarded moving forward. I personally would have preferred an achievement for each stage after tutorial, just because so many of them are hard and don't reward you for putting in the time. [b] Overall Thoughts: 7/10 [/b] I think it's an awesome puzzle game for the right person. I use to love game editors like the one that came with the GISH, it's very much a physics tool that allows you to create basic machines, and it's not an easy game you can pick up and expect fast results. Like I said, you have to make your own fun with it, it's a game for creative people, not so much a chill puzzle game for the average player. Could have been a bit more rewarding with the progression I think, but I had my fun with it (think I will try to make that Walker one day) [code]Niche, obscure and underrated games: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/31294838-Hidden-Gem-Discovery/ [/code]