Tricone Lab

Tricone is a pretty sweet puzzle game. The idea is to create a molucule(or molecules) of tricone, a mysterious substance. To do so you need to connect a red, green, and blue tricone chip together with an assembler. To win each level you need to do the right actions in the right order. The game tutorializes through gameplay really well and is constantly adding new mechanics to keep the puzzles interesting. There is no time limit and you have unlimited restarts/undos. This creates a "go at your own pace" feeling to the game. Currently there are over 100 levels and it seems like there will only be more in the future. I think this is a pretty sweet game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0muq-6kyawQ

Note before starting. The creator of the game gave this to me to try it out, but did NOT solicit a review. I have played this I would say about half way through, so I have seen most (but not all) of the puzzle mechanics on their own, but I have only worked with them together for a little bit. From what I have seen, the game is very smooth and very clever. The game even contains what I would call convenience features that allow you to shortcut some procedures that could become tedious. The gameplay is structured into discrete areas that, at the beginning, are dedicated to one mechanic each. If you have played The Witness, you will be familiar with this elegant style of introducing puzzle elements. As you complete these areas you earn a symbol that allows you to unlock other areas requiring that mechanic. So, as you complete multiple areas other areas open that require several of those mechanics to solve. Once I really got playing, the design and mechanics were so rock solid that I forgot it was supposed to be early access. I also appreciated that there the system for how things work remains consistent and true to what you have learned, but there are a few twists along the way that require you to experiment and think outside the box. So, when I say that I have completed half of the game, it is only by level count. With most of the mechanics under my belt, the levels are ramping up in difficulty rapidly. So, if you feel that you are breezing through the game easily, wait... your time will come. All in all, a truly excellent effort very worth adding to your library even if you are not a puzzle junky. Just don't expect to finish it quickly.

Drag various pieces to various locations for various effects and ultimately construct your tricones. At first you wonder how much of a puzzle game it can really be, but as the mechanics build up and cell structure gets more complicated it can get really tricky by the later levels. It does need Java to play which is irritating, and whenever I loaded it it always said it couldnt connect to server so I dont appear to have access to any additional content, but I rarely spend much time looking at user edited content, and the game has plenty of levels built in for the money you pay. Ultimately its a a really quite unique, challenging, puzzle game with decent enough sound and graphics to get across the satisfying game play. A seemingly underappreciated gem amongst the budget puzzlers.

Partickhill Games brings us Tricone Lab, a deceivingly simple, quasi-minimalist looking puzzle game that will make you use all your lateral thinking abilities in order to proceed though the increasingly difficult levels. In Tricone Lab you interact with microscopic organisms in what appears to be a cellular-like environment. Your goal? To create as many “tricones” as the level needs to let you proceed. Tricones are created by joining three colored cones (red, green and blue) into a master template, but several things will get in your way: not only the membranes, but also other organisms that might either aid or hinder you in your quest to complete the levels. The graphics of the game might be quite simple, but there’s a certain charm to the simplicity of the game, and I greatly appreciate the almost monochrome tonality of most of the game, for these type of puzzle games tend to end up in bright colors to make up for the lack of “proper” graphics. Not here! The graphic style seems to fit perfect with the game. The music and sounds are pretty good, almost relaxing, I rather enjoyed them even if I kept them at a very low level. Playing it is simple enough – you mostly will use your mouse to connect things and navigate, but there are also keyboard shortcuts should you not want to go entirely with the mouse. The levels, as I’ve already stated, appear to be quite simple when you begin, but as you progress they get increasingly difficult, and often times I would get stuck by not thinking things through properly before launching into what looked like a simple puzzle, but ended up being something more… even when the difficulty was marked as low. So the game really makes you pay attention to what you’re doing. There are neither tips nor guides in-game (there are tutorials though, like with every puzzle game, introducing you what new items do), though I’ve found often the level names are tips on their own. As you get through the levels you will unlock keys that will allow you to open even more levels for a whooping total of 100. Yes, you read that right. Tricone Lab boasts of 100+ levels, and if that were not enough for you, they also have a level editor. You can upload any maps you create with it, and others will be able to play them. Can you see the possibilities here? I can. And the game is still in development! Tricone Labs is an entertaining, challenging game that, although it might not be a graphical masterpiece, is truly worth your time. I’m the kind of person that gets easily frustrated with games, and I have to say, while I did get stuck here and there, Tricone was never stressful nor frustrating to play through. Do I recommend it? It’s a sound YES! You’re sure not to regret the purchase.

As a concept, it's a unique puzzle-cell game that challenges you to find innovative solutions for which you have to use a lot of your lateral thinking. It also has a level editor that allows you to create your own puzzles. It is fully worth buying and playing it.

游戏特点： ·非常多的bug。想要给dev报bug的时候发现dev社区置顶了一个已知bug总结帖…可以说是很有自知之明了。[strike]还好我当初没学生化，原来生化bug这么多[/strike] [strike]以及bug总结贴是2016年的，基本可以确定制作者是弃坑了[/strike] ·纯粹理性[strike]原教旨主义[/strike]解谜游戏。 ·规则很新鲜，且有趣。 ·倾向于使用推理而非枚举来得到解答。 ·比较简单，估计游戏时间6小时，单个小关用时很难超过半个小时，平均大约不到5分钟。 ·完美主义倾向。即关卡设计倾向于没有多余资源且解法相对唯一。 *但实际有很多关卡并非唯一解或有冗余资源。大概是作者没想太多的原因？ ·因有完美主义倾向所以在解谜时考虑作者意图会有助于解答。 ·慢热。玩完大概一半的关卡才会碰到些许有趣的关卡。 当然也可以换种说法说学习曲线十分平滑……对于新要素的引入教学十分细致入微。 以及自带关卡感觉上并没有发挥出这个规则下的谜题深度，就像是教学完毕以后根本没做题就进下一章感觉各种不爽——但是服务器又连不上玩不到自定义关卡，十分让人难受。

This game is very simple but also very fun. It is extremely addictive and I don't even really like puzzle games. I hate puzzle games that always seem to rush you with timers and crap but this is actually really neat and rewrds simple, smart thinking rather than anything else.

Great puzzle game! This is a wonderful and near the end very complex puzzler.It starts of very easy and slowly introduces you to new mechanics and let me tell you there are a lot of mechanics to lean.This game doesnt hold your hand to most of the time you will have to figure out things on your own.When you reach last 6 stages you will have to combine all the things you learn and the game is nicely balanced so there are not many puzzles you will think its unsolvable.I was stuck on one puzzle for 2 hours but trial and error did the job.I really cant find nothing wrong with this game,its a hidden gem for sure and deserves more praise. 10/10

Disclaimer: I was given a key by the developer due to my having enjoyed other, similar games, which was a first for me, and was pretty cool. :) No request was made in exchange for this key other than general beta-level feedback. This review is simply because I genuinely enjoyed the game. Tricone Lab is a 2D puzzle game where you seek to create a certain number of "tricones" by joining three individually cones into a catalyst. A variety of obstacles may be in your way, whether barriers, other catalyzers which will steal the cones, or needing to transport/clone/etc various tools in order to establish the final set of cones necessary in the proper location. A few of the levels are quite difficult, but there's an excellent series of tutorial levels which ramp the difficulty in a way that allows you to explore each newly-introduced mechanic. The game is still in early access, and there's a few known bugs on the forum which are getting ironed out, but none of the ones which I ran into are gamebreaking or mess with the experience whatsoever - typically a graphical glitch, or the like, which can be solved by reloading the level. The game has a complete set of authoring tools, allowing users to create their own levels which can be shared via the Tricone Labs website. All in all, it took me roughly 5 hours to complete all the levels that came with the game, and it left me wanting more - I'm actually trying my hand at making a level or two right now, which is something I practically never do, and as I got the game for free, I bought an extra copy to gift to a friend, which is some of the highest praise I can offer. If you enjoy puzzle games, this is likely right up your alley.

Disclaimer: While I'm pretty sure I received a key from the developer to review this game, I can't find any trace of such a thing happening. I suppose I'll find out once I publish this review. Tricone Lab is an original puzzle game, with a novel mechanic and subject matter. Tricone Lab is set in the inside of a cell (of an organism, not a jail), as you can tell by the screenshots, and it is this that gives rise to the gameplay. Players must use the tricone enzymes to create tricone molecules using one each of a red, green, and blue cone. (The game has a colourblind mode if you're colourblind.) Further, cell walls can be broken with breaker enzymes to allow the tricone molecules to pass; the interferer enzyme steals your cones, not allowing them to be linked to a tricone enzyme; and to counteract this, there is the builder enzyme, which builds walls. There are other mechanics, of course, but these should allow for a short explanation as to what the game is about. The control scheme is simple; just click and drag. The puzzles are nice, though I'm not entirely convinced that they explore the puzzle space very well. (Then again, I last played this game last year, so it's probably changed quite a fair bit since then, so why am I even writing a review?). Regardless, the unique theme that Tricone Lab brings to the table definitely forces one to think quite differently from most other puzzles, and for this I've put it into my list of recommended puzzle games. Also, the game has a level editor. Pretty sure it also has a catalogue of fanmade levels, though again, I forget. Man, I really need to review games just after I've played them. Hmm.