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Review by NiekZndt all reviews by NiekZndt

Very cool idea for a game. Overall it was very enjoyable, the art was cool and a great use of 3d space.
The game did have some bugs for example you could move blocks through walls and pull them out of the otherside to use them in other levels. At some point I could get my partner character stuck on a block and move him by moving the blocks. But overall the bugs didn't bother me too much.
The humor was basic but charming. I did find it annoying that the dialogue would prevent you from interacting with objects. So often I would just skip through the dialogue so that I could continue playing.
The controls were a bit confusing and it took me some time to figure them out. I feel like the game did miss some mechanics to fully utilise the game idea. I practically beat the game with only one character and didn't need to drop any items.
Another small design oversight was that you could finish all of the vertical levels with only the stairs. So you could just stick all the stairs in order from small to big and you would have your solution.

Luckily most of these points are easy fixes and I do think that with some more interesting levels and environments the game could be something bigger. Pretty good game.

Also I created this absolute masterpiece (pretty sure it's the highest score anyone can achieve): https://streamable.com/d55lcl

Scores: Overall 5 Artistical 5 Technical 4 Genre 3

Review by NiekZndt all reviews by NiekZndt

The text based style didn't really hit me but that's more something personal. I have a hard time to get emerged in the game.
The showing of the rooms was a cool mechanic. And so were the items but it could have been utilised a bit more.
Overall the game was fine and the characters were definitely the most enjoyable part of the game.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 2 Technical 4 Genre 2

Review by NiekZndt all reviews by NiekZndt

I really liked the art style of the game. I think it could be used for something bigger and it definitely made it feel polished at first.
The gameplay itself is a bit lacking however. After finding out that the only the entire map is empty apart from the exit tile I just started mashing left click to find the exit as quickly as possible. Maby if the map would be filled with more objectives then just the exit it would keep the player exploring instead of focusing on getting out of the game as quickly as possible.
The rules should have been a bit more apparent aswell. While MC Escher does use tessellation in his art the technique does not originate from him. But the rule was a very difficult one so I get where the game is coming from.
The humor didn't really hit hard for me aswell. The music was kind of cool but it didn't have anything to do with the game. And I frankly don't see the humor in the title card.

Don't be discouraged, since you were only given a weekend to create the game its understandable the game is lacking in some places. You could improve the game by adding more stuff to explore. Improving player movement might also be a good idea, letting the player move further then 1 tile using an animation. The art style is cool and the game has been set up for something bigger then this. You just need some spice in the gameplay :D

Scores: Overall 2 Artistical 4 Technical 2 Genre 1