Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a phenomenal experience from start to finish! My playthrough clocked in at around 13 hours, and I had a great time the whole way through. The puzzles were incredibly satisfying to solve. The game recommends you use a physical notebook to write things down, and while my notebook ended up looking like the scrawls of a madman, having something simple to look through on the fly was really useful. None of the puzzles are too difficult, but there was so much variety and always another puzzle to be solved if one was giving me trouble. The controls are extremely simple, with just directional inputs and an action button (though a back button would have been nice). This game just oozes style. I loved the fixed camera angles and the game goes a lot of places (both physically and story-wise) that I was not expecting. Enhancing the experience was the incredible soundtrack, and some of those songs will definitely be joining my playlist. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a gorgeous puzzle game that I would recommend to anyone who is in to games where you have to think, but it still manages to be an approachable, wonderful experience.

This game is truly something special. Animal Well is a truly mesmerising and enchanting experience that fully immerses you into an absurd, horrifyingly beautiful world and allows you to explore to your heart's content. Nothing is told to you directly, in fact there are no words outside of menus as far as I remember, and solving puzzles to progress makes you feel like a genius. Those eureka moments are a shot of pure joy. After about 8 hours I rolled credits, but it feels like there is still so much more to do. I highly recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of platformers or metroidvanias, but even if you aren't usually a fan of either genre, I think there's something here that you'll enjoy. Also, the fact that this game is like less than 40MB is nothing short of a technical miracle. Truly amazing.