Trails

《TRAILS》是一款独立游戏，刚打开游戏就有一张沙漠地图出现在我的眼前，地图上是前进的路线，游戏中有不同的机关使得游戏添色不少，而且每打完几关就会出现额外的独立关卡，红色的标志与不同的字母标示着挑战性和难度。 游戏的核心机制围绕沙船航线规划展开，你需要规划路线，确保沙船到达目的地。随着关卡的推进，从刚开始的一艘沙船慢慢变成三艘沙船，而后续的关卡还会有崩塌的地形，障碍物等机关等等。不同的机关加上多艘沙船再加上地形和路线规划，这真是一场脑力风暴啊，还得考虑携带水源前往补给站到达目的地。 后续的关卡还能给船安装上翅膀，可以飞跃崩塌的地形，还能用钥匙打开一扇大门，用钥匙和不用钥匙还能解锁不同成就，另外成就的名字还挺有意思的，游戏中足足有着71个关卡，设置中支持一键解锁和删除已储存的答案，游戏支持云存档和简中，还有23个成就，如果你喜欢益智解谜类型的独立游戏，不妨上手试试，如果觉得困难不妨抄下作业或者挑战自我 [table][td]欢迎关注鉴赏家[url= https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45519015/]“无趣评测”[/url][/td][/table]

The first few puzzles were really simple, so I was a bit annoyed to have to go through all of them in order. But then I noticed that it is possible to unlock all puzzles in the settings. After that I picked a random one from further down the path. That one was a real challenge and it took me quite a while to find the solution, even though all the individual mechanics are straight forward. I wouldn't recommend playing this whole game in one sitting, unless you are trying to melt your brain. Instead, it is perfect for doing one or two challenging puzzle when you are in the mood. One thing I would criticise is that the CPU on my laptop went way up, even when nothing on the screen was moving. Since you will spend a lot of the time thinking, there is quite a lot of idle time, so I think this could be better optimized.

Beautifully crafted puzzle game. The sound design is fantastic - it almost makes me forget how often I mess up on the tougher levels. The difficulty ramps up in a really satisfying way. The core rules are simple and easy to grasp, but the game pulls off an impressive amount of variety just from those fundamentals.

If you enjoy calm and cosy puzzle games, I recommend this one. The art is really pretty, the music calm. I highly appreciate that the more difficult puzzles are in side paths, like side quests, so you can keep to the main path, in case you don't want to challenge yourself too much that day. Very good game for a relaxed puzzle afternoon.

I am not very good at puzzles, but the nice setting, warm colors and relaxing music gives me the feeling that I have all the time in the world to solve them. Good job Purple Sloth!

Trails is a cute little puzzle game. Simple mechanics, but the puzzles can still get somewhat tricky. A bit like Masyu.

Spannendes Puzzlespiel. Wird zum Ende hin ganz schön herausfordernd. Macht viel Spaß und ist wärmstens zu empfehlen 👍 Wird direkt an puzzleliebende Freunde verschenkt :)

Very nice little puzzle game! Quite easy going and cozy at first, but then getting more and more challenging towards the end. And it's incredibly rewarding to see a solution finally work out, so you just wanna keep going. Also, love the art style! <3 Very much recommended!

[quote]I wrote this review for the [url=https://thinkygames.com/games/]Thinky Games Database.[/url] Check out the Thinky Games [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44830649-Thinky-Games/]curation group[/url] for more reviews on Steam![/quote] [b][i]Trails[/i][/b] is a line-drawing puzzle game about giving directions to sand ships across the desert. The paths from each ship may overlap when drawing routes on the map, but you must avoid collisions by making sure that no two ships ever meet on the same tile. It’s a serene game that includes both gentle puzzles and tricky optional content, with reflective tones set by tranquil visuals and an acoustic guitar soundtrack. The ships start at fixed positions on a grid-based map; they must be guided to specific finish tiles by drawing color-coded paths. Ships cannot visit the same tile twice (i.e. they cannot cross their own path), however the paths from two ships may overlap, as long as they don’t visit the same tile at the same moment. Once you’ve drawn the appropriate lines, you hit play to watch the ships follow their paths in parallel, one tile at a time. If they’re able to make it to their respective ends without any untimely, disastrous crossing, then the puzzle is cleared! While the core challenge is almost always about avoiding crashes, [i]Trails[/i] has some tricks up its sleeve to spice up its turn-based conundrums. For instance, some levels include outposts that must be supplied with food or water, but loading these resources on a ship requires you to stop for a moment on dedicated tiles. These tiles prompt a one-turn delay which sometimes feel like the only barrier to success, until you realize they're actually the crux of a perfect, collision-free route. The level progression is similar to the all-round model of [i]Patrick’s Parabox[/i]. There’s a linear main path which introduces each new mechanic with fairly easy levels, followed by a short difficulty ramp-up, and then it switches to the next mechanic. However, hardened puzzlers may choose to spend more time on many remarkable optional levels, which can be as twisty and clever as the most difficult [i]Cosmic Express[/i] challenges.

Great puzzle games! Super quick start without need for tutorials or introduction to complex mechanics, but then increases complexity smoothly level by level. Very nice graphics and level design. Only downside: makes it hard to "just casually play 5 minutes..." :)