A magical puzzle platformer made with PICO-8. Be thinky to get the legendary treasure.
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A massive amount of challenge compacted in such a tight space. An impressive feat of puzzle design that flexes it's muscles to those who love puzzles. Perhaps a pinnacle in puzzle games.
Magicube is one of the simplest and hardest puzzle games I've ever played. You play a wizard who can push blocks, jump 1 tile high, and shoot a magic cube that comes into existence against whatever object it hits and replaces any previous magic cube you had made. The goal is to get the magic cube on a pedestal. There's a handful of mechanics introduced as the levels progress -- skulls that stop bricks but not you, buttons that make barriers appear while something is on top of them, etc, but that's it.
The levels are tiny and look like they'll be easy, but they almost never are. The solutions to the levels require you to understand every interaction (e.g. what happens if you're standing in a barrier when it's created?) and frequently seem impossible at first glance. It legitimately feels excellent when you finally figure it out, though!
It's taken me 12 hours to finish 34/50 puzzles, but I've started hitting the point where I'll turn on the game for half an hour and feel like I haven't achieved anything. I really like the game and plan to eventually finish it, but I'm going to at least shift the focus of my puzzle time to some easier games for now.
The levels are tiny and look like they'll be easy, but they almost never are. The solutions to the levels require you to understand every interaction (e.g. what happens if you're standing in a barrier when it's created?) and frequently seem impossible at first glance. It legitimately feels excellent when you finally figure it out, though!
It's taken me 12 hours to finish 34/50 puzzles, but I've started hitting the point where I'll turn on the game for half an hour and feel like I haven't achieved anything. I really like the game and plan to eventually finish it, but I'm going to at least shift the focus of my puzzle time to some easier games for now.
DISCLAIMER:
This review is entirely for my own sake. You are welcome to read it but it may or may not contain spoilers for the whole game.
Expected a simple puzzle game. The difficulty shot up WAY high since level 1. Simple but clever and hard to find solutions with new mechanics coming up often enough to stay fresh. Only got stuck on 2 out of 50 puzzles.
Overall, very fun and hard.
This review is entirely for my own sake. You are welcome to read it but it may or may not contain spoilers for the whole game.
Expected a simple puzzle game. The difficulty shot up WAY high since level 1. Simple but clever and hard to find solutions with new mechanics coming up often enough to stay fresh. Only got stuck on 2 out of 50 puzzles.
Overall, very fun and hard.