Freshly Frosted

released on Jun 10, 2022

Place conveyor belts to solve puzzles in the world's most adorable donut factory!


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Magnum Opus's adorable little brother, Freshly Frosted has small engineering/building puzzles wrapped into delicious vibes. Gets suprisingly tough towards the end!

Solid puzzle game focused on relaxing vibes where you organize conveyor belts of donuts. It fits among games like Unpacking or A Little To The Left.

There are enough puzzles to last a good 8-ish hours, give or take. There were a few later puzzles I struggled with, but there is a logic to it, and once you learn how to deduct what goes where, you usually figure it out.

Most of the puzzles are easy though, I can count on one hand the puzzles I spent more than 15 minutes on, which generally I enjoy, as it means the game progresses fast and there are always new puzzles around the corner.

Was quite shocked by how challenging the levels got so quickly. It became not fun anymore and I ended up quitting the game and deleting it. I absolutely loveeddddd the narrator's voice. I want her to talk to me all day. I love the concept, it's cutesy and a unique puzzle game. But if I literally can't figure it out then I WILL rage quit.

hey girl. i mean they. you deserve a donut

Freshly Frosted is a logic-based engineering puzzle game about building conveyor belts through various contraptions to deliver donuts to the right counters. Starting from simple A to B premises and quickly evolving to include multiple toppings, split paths, walls, and portals, Freshly Frosted keeps its puzzles delightful and approachable while easing the player into each of its mechanics. There are 12 chapters in the game, with 12 puzzles each. The first half of each chapter serves as an easier kickstart to understanding the intricacies of a new idea, which is then quickly expanded upon for much harder challenges. While I flew through many of the levels, several stumped me to my core, and developer QAG really got use out of every quirk present in their donut-making process. Even if you get stuck, the game doesn't allow you to be frustrated for long. You can skip a level at basically any time, and you aren't gated from moving to the next chapter if you haven't solved all the previous puzzles. Also, there's a great hint system which starts your conveyors, but doesn't hand you the solution or penalize the hint in the first place. While I wasn't expecting a story at all from Freshly Frosted, there's a light narrative element in the VO, a woman dreaming about an endless donut shop. This definitely added to the game's charismatic and cute aesthetic, but while I think the VO was well-done, it didn't add anything to the experience and could sometimes be annoying. Additionally, a handful of puzzles had solutions that seemed arbitrary, changing seemingly nothing, but getting different results. This is felt most in the "gates" chapter, which I struggled with often visualizing since you cannot edit the conveyors while the donuts are moving on them. Apart from this though, Freshly Frosted is a much appreciated pure puzzle game that is perfect for someone who doesn't want anything too hard or intimidating to relax with for a few hours.

A cute little puzzle game that is all about those sugary treats. Divided into 12 chapters, a new mechanic is regularly introduced, explored, and puzzle after puzzle something new gets added, and just when it starts to slowly but surely feel a bit draggy, the next mechanic is already introduced. The clever puzzles are a great icing one the donut, while the charming presentation and dialogues are sugar sprinkles on top of it. As another blob of cream, the donut factories get more diffucult in a well balanced pacing, while everything is pretty smooth at the beginning, it gets much more challenging later on without ever getting too hard.

So why not throw a cherry on top as well? Well, somehow Freshly Frosted could use a bit more depth. And even though everything is really competently done, the game as a whole doesn't offer much new that we don't already know from similar titles. But that doesn't change the fact that Freshly Frosted is a treat for all puzzle-loving donut fans.