Tetris Effect (by the same developer as Lumines Arise) was a breakthrough puzzle game in the way it utterly transformed how we look at action puzzle games as audiovisual experiences. It was, essentially, an interactive music video with some of the coolest, most rhythmically vibrant music. The way it inspired the fingers to dance across the controller, pulling you totally…
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is an enormously important game – arguably, you could trace the lineage of so many puzzle blend RPGs back to Puzzle Quest (Puzzle & Dragons, for example). The game itself, released way back in 2007 on the PSP and Nintendo DS by the same…
“If a little is good, more must be better.” That’s how the…
The third in the now-trilogy that started with AI: The Somnium Files…
Tetris Effect (by the same developer as Lumines Arise) was a breakthrough puzzle game in the way it utterly transformed how we look at action puzzle games as audiovisual experiences. It was, essentially, an interactive music video with some of the coolest, most rhythmically vibrant music. The way it inspired…
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Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is an enormously important game – arguably, you could trace the lineage of so many puzzle blend RPGs back to Puzzle Quest (Puzzle & Dragons, for example). The game itself, released way back in 2007 on the PSP and Nintendo DS by the same…
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“If a little is good, more must be better.” That’s how the saying goes, right? That certainly seems to be the approach that the developers have taken with Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S+, in that they’ve taken the previous quality take on the Picross formula (itself an already big game),…
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The third in the now-trilogy that started with AI: The Somnium Files is the first that Kotaro Uchikoshi took a back seat to. He still had a supervisory role, but it’s one of Uchikoshi’s mentees, Kazuya Yamada, who gets the creative credit for this one. The good news is that…
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It’s been two years since first-person instant camera puzzle adventure game Viewfinder launched for PC, and close to two years since its PlayStation debut. The rest of its prospective players have been left waiting… and waiting… until now! Or should I say, until soon? To celebrate the game’s second anniversary,…
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The title of the innovative puzzle game Tournamentris describes it well: it is a falling-block game where you build a tournament bracket and compete for the high score. Players must combine numbered panels to build their bracket; when its champion is crowned, the panels merge and vanish. The flow of…
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More Miku! More puzzles! Thank you for your collaboration, vocaloid and puzzle game gods! Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S+ is the sequel to the 2020 game, which was an expansion to a mobile title. DDNet Editor-in-Chief Matt loved that game, writing in his review that the game is more than…
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Nearly three years post-launch, cozy puzzle game A Little to the Left has no more messes left to conquer — but today’s Packed Update brings a bit more to the fans with a handful of new drawer levels, one new Daily Tidy level, and quality-of-life updates like colour assist mode…
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Solo developer Thomas Waterzooi worked for AAA development studios in the past, including Larian Studios (Baldur’s Gate 3) and IO-Interactive (Hitman). He left because he wanted to create wholesome, casual indie games — and I’d say he’s found his sweet spot showcasing real-world artworks in an approachable manner. He invited…
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I fell in love with Squeakross: Home Squeak Home during last year’s Wholesome Direct, so much so that I couldn’t stop thinking about it a week after its PC announcement. At the time, I pointed out that it was the perfect game for Nintendo Switch… and now it’s available for…
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