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August 23, 2018

softwood blocks [browser]

Complete all the wooden puzzles in the latest chill puzzle game by Elio Landa: Softwood Blocks.

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 August 2018 at 17:36

    This is pretty bad. There's no thinking required, which puzzle games should have. Instead, it's just a matter of searching through the pieces to see what fits. Usually, there's at least one unique choice, but when there's not, it's a small amount of trial-and-error in order to finish a level. It's a jigsaw puzzle without any picture or variation in knobs and gaps.

    That's all bad enough, but what's worst is the interface. Whenever you click on a piece, the game shifts it upward by a distance of about a full piece height. In one instance, I clicked a piece that was already placed and immediately released it, and the game placed it one spot up (because it fit there too). This clashes with years of drag-and-drop interface design. There's really just no excuse to do this, and it turns an otherwise boring puzzle game into something truly terrible.

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  2. palat23 August 2018 at 19:22

    @Anonymous There's a drag offset switch in the settings

    I enjoy a chill puzzle game like this one

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  3. Anonymous23 August 2018 at 20:51

    Oh, the settings menu that doesn't show up while you're playing the game, but only in the main menu, you mean. Of course, how could I have missed that? But it shouldn't even be a setting, let alone one that defaults to something so annoying.

    But this isn't a chill puzzle game. It's a mind-numbing exercise in tedium with 80 (!) levels, no level-select menu, and no variety.

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  4. jcfclark23 August 2018 at 21:28

    A zen-like game I'd thoroughly enjoy after a month of being snowed-in due to mid-winter blizzards.

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  5. Anonymous24 August 2018 at 02:00

    First thing I always do is find the option to turn off the sound.
    I noticed the offset choice but didn't clue in to what it was for.
    Why would it be there, & worse, it is defaulted to the bad version.
    There are level selecting arrows, but I never had to skip ahead.
    I have not made it to the max lv of 60 that has 25 pieces in a square.
    I expected some kind of change before lv 30.

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  6. Anonymous25 August 2018 at 14:38

    The higher levels have repeat shapes & little clue as to how to start.
    It just ends up an exercise in how to swap for progress.
    Normal puzzles have a picture and/or unique shapes.

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  7. Anonymous25 August 2018 at 15:00

    I just have to add.
    I don't want the music, offset or anti cavities.
    I also don't think pixel fireworks is much of a reward.

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  8. Anonymous27 August 2018 at 20:31

    I usually like Elio Landa's games... but this one is no more than a common jigsaw puzzle without even the satisfaction of a final picture. I'd buy a jigsaw puzzle in real life, if I wanted that, it'd be way more fun.

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