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LOK Digital (PC) Status: Playing I started playing this game on Sunday 24 August, 2025
Current opinion of this game
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September 1, 2025 12:29:20 PM
Really enjoyed it, got to the end - only to learn, there's MORE! So, I've been slowly whittling away at the game - I still don't have the 8 keys, so who knows what THAT will unlock, but I've been doing the red birds. I think what's so amazing - especially in the context of the red birds, is that the carefully tuned puzzles sometimes serve more than one purpose! So, tuned for the puzzle within it's world/area, but there's a 2nd puzzle on top (is there a secret red bird here?). I think that's pretty wild!
August 25, 2025 07:19:41 PM
I heard people sing it's praises - but usually for a puzzle game I find that means that I think it's "fine" - and then move on. But, I must say that for a straight up mostly abstract puzzle game there's a lot of REALLY clever game design going on here! This is a game where you need to "select" a word from a jumble of tiles - but the word is special (unique to the game), once selected the word provides a secondary selection, and then you have to select a new word until the tiles on each level have all been selected. It's pretty simple - but as you make progress new words are introduced with different secondary selection effects and the layout of the tiles changes such that the rules for selection also begin to open up (e.g. what counts as adjacent for selection purposes). It's a clever game - and I even have the paper copy that I now really want to play. The onboarding is really tight - with new things introduced such that you're both surprised (when you figure it out) and get a sense of the new thing and how it works. And then, there's new things that make you go "what? this can't possibly work" but it does. I'm particularly appreciative of: a. The endgame adds a new word, giving you a reason to go back to find it in order to unlock a bunch of bonus levels. I know there's more to find yet - but I'm still working through. b. The hint system is basically the list of words you need to select - but it doesn't tell you WHAT you need to select after each word. So, it's helpful - but if you were really stuck you'd still be screwed. But it's helped me confirm that I figured out the solution without figuring out the full details. So, like I'm "on track" rather than barking up the wrong tree. c. The undo system is wonderful - it's fast and easy to use - making it really smooth and easy to try out ideas as you're trying to solve each puzzle.

LOK Digital (PC)