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Dungeon And Puzzles is a lovely, efficient puzzle gameIt’ll make you think you could make games
It’ll make you think you could make games
Dungeon and Puzzles Trailer 20200925Watch on YouTube
Dungeon and Puzzles Trailer 20200925
A brief introduction explains the rules: once you move in a direction, you can’t stop until you bump into something; and the enemies never attack you, even as you run around stabbing all their mates. The challenge instead is to use those enemies as walls to stop your momentum, slash them to bits in the correct order, and line yourself up with the exit for your escape.
It then starts to layer on new abilities that force you to reconsider these rules. After the sword comes the bow and arrow, which lets you defeat enemies from a far. You can pick up the arrow to re-use it, but a dropped arrow therefore acts as a wall to stop your momentum, so you can fire it strategically to help you move around the level. A shield lets you shove enemies, gloves let you pull them, and soon you’re using all of these in tandem to clear puzzles.
It’s lovely, basically. Dungeon And Puzzles is a simple game, but it’s thoroughly charming, one of the better sokobans I’ve played, andit costs all of £5.79/€8/$8 on Steam.
