A standard picross game clone without deeper story nor meaning. It doesn't let you make mistakes which kinda ruined it to me. Cosmetics were nice addition and it was fun unlocking them even though cosmetics menu is kinda hard to navigate. I would rather play free equivalents than spend money on this.
It's picross. No added spice, just a collection of puzzles. I wish it had a larger variety of music, but in the end this became a simple podcast game for me.
Picross on the PC. It's a pretty straightforward logic puzzle game that draws pretty pixel pictures. It's not too hard once you figure out the logic and it took me a little over 39 hours to solve all 150 odd puzzles. The challenges are not all that challenging.
Exactly what it says on the tin and nothing more or less.
Exactly what it says on the tin and nothing more or less.
It's fun, not too challenging but has some interesting challenges you can enable.
The skins are a nice touch too, being able to change cosmetics is fun.
The skins are a nice touch too, being able to change cosmetics is fun.
Of course this would be the first game I play from the Ukraine Fundraiser Bundle, my appetite for Picross can never be quenched I suppose. Anyways, this is so far the most vibes Picross Game I’ve ever played. It went very hard in on customization and being a super relaxing experience. The puzzles are in general easier, but you can actually add extra challenges to your play if you want. As well, there’s a bunch of different visual styles you can unlock to change your game. Overall, it’s a very nice and chill package, it knows what it is and doesn’t do much more, which is perfectly acceptable and makes for a very fun 2-3 hour game.
This is actually a really solid Picross title with tons of love and polish in it! It also has line mode which fixes my core issue with most PC/Touch Picross games with penalty systems (as optional as this one is, even with there being an exploit where you can turn penalties off during the puzzle so you can solve it by just scribbling), it feels like it's tailor made to be a super Picross experience!
My only issue is the puzzles are rather basic and plain, as much as I enjoy the art of them. The biggest they get are 15x15 which even most Nintendo Picross games consider to be Medium. I don't mind it, but the lack of higher difficulty puzzles is notable.
Still, this is a must check out for any Picross fan!
My only issue is the puzzles are rather basic and plain, as much as I enjoy the art of them. The biggest they get are 15x15 which even most Nintendo Picross games consider to be Medium. I don't mind it, but the lack of higher difficulty puzzles is notable.
Still, this is a must check out for any Picross fan!
Love picross games in general, this one has sleek design, unlockable styles and cool pixel arts. However the puzzles themselves are quite lacklusters and even feature unsolvable ones : several solutions are possible but only one accepted.
What can I say? Kenney made a Picross game with unlockables and a ton of puzzles. 5 stars for being made by Kenney alone
Pretty fun puzzle game!! Nice break between classes with plenty of backgrounds to unlock!! If you like other forms of Picross or puzzles in general you'll probably enjoy this :)
Smoothest playing picross port I've played. The puzzles are not challenging. If you have the game set to automatically grey out numbers you have marked, it will reveal information you have no way of knowing yet.
Picross on Da Compy. It's cool but has some bland puzzle design; lots of overly-symmetrical objects with simplistic clue discovery.
If nothing else, the developer - Kenney, - is a massive contributor to the open source asset community. If you wanted to support them but don't have any need for gamedev tools, this is a nice treat worth messing with.
If nothing else, the developer - Kenney, - is a massive contributor to the open source asset community. If you wanted to support them but don't have any need for gamedev tools, this is a nice treat worth messing with.
It's Picross. It's an alright distraction.
However, this game has a pretty major flaw. The hint system isn't programmed correctly, and so it tells you numbers are finished before you can know for sure. Basically, it spoils the solutions a lot of the time.
Also not sure why the game needed some gacha machine thing for the extras, but oh well.
However, this game has a pretty major flaw. The hint system isn't programmed correctly, and so it tells you numbers are finished before you can know for sure. Basically, it spoils the solutions a lot of the time.
Also not sure why the game needed some gacha machine thing for the extras, but oh well.
Nice satisfying click clacks when filling in the board. Music is also nice, but loops way too quickly, to the point of me actually kinda loathing it now.
It's missing a pretty essential feature like graying out the numbers at the edges when you're playing. I was stumbling real bad the first couple of hours, but eventually learned to adapt.
The lives system i find is slightly ruining the fun of actually solving the boards, because you can cheat by wasting one whenever you're particularly stuck.
Also this just might be my terribly shaky hands, but the fact that you can't just hold left click, and let it only clear the strait line without swerving elsewhere. Is slightly aggravating.
(Well, end of this overly long rant about picross of all things)
[Edit: Nov 2nd]
I've been informed that there actually IS a feature to "draw" a strait line, but it's of course already too late sadly. But now i know.
It's missing a pretty essential feature like graying out the numbers at the edges when you're playing. I was stumbling real bad the first couple of hours, but eventually learned to adapt.
The lives system i find is slightly ruining the fun of actually solving the boards, because you can cheat by wasting one whenever you're particularly stuck.
Also this just might be my terribly shaky hands, but the fact that you can't just hold left click, and let it only clear the strait line without swerving elsewhere. Is slightly aggravating.
(Well, end of this overly long rant about picross of all things)
[Edit: Nov 2nd]
I've been informed that there actually IS a feature to "draw" a strait line, but it's of course already too late sadly. But now i know.
Perfectly serviceable version of picross. Always thought picross was better on the go via a phone app or like a DS game, though.