They often reflect the scenario in the world. Thankfully, the puzzles usually come at a regular clip and don’t necessarily follow a linear progression of difficulty. Picross is the inflection point that makes this whole crazy adventure work. It’s noticeable that the plot drags when it’s a long stretch of dialogue without puzzles. But aside from the solid writing, the story also works because it does a great job of integrating Picross puzzles as your engagement with the world. The inane scenarios regularly claw at human emotions in a way that elevates the text just enough to not be a total joke. It manages to thread the needle of being incredibly bizarre and borderline preposterous while still having enough of a warm, beating heart. While dating is indeed something that happens in this game, it’s much more a charming and cute narrative that you occasionally diverge on a side quest of sorts with specific characters. There’s a mysterious Villain who has ties to Pixel Girl and then a giant Puzzle Tower starts reigning terror and, well, it’s a whole ridiculous thing. Through a retro-styled world map, you pick which character you want to spend time with and a handful of date sequences sprout up as you work your way through a relatively straightforward story. The other heroes are shy gamer Sudoku, the methodical leader Chess, the stoic Crossword, and the horrific mutant alien puzzle piece Piecea. You control Pixel Girl, a new superhero who joins the Puzzle League. The puzzles are good, but what about the dating sim wrapper? It’s incredibly tongue-in-cheek, laden with silly gags and references. These can be changed easily and do a fantastic job of making the game more approachable or less forgiving, depending on your preference. You can have rows auto-fill in when you fill in squares. If time pressures worry you, you can take the timer away. On top of the control options, the difficulty can also be customized. Those controls are well implemented here, though I ultimately prefer button controls, which are as good as ever. Pixel Puzzle Makeout League features touchscreen controls - something that hasn’t been present in a Jupiter-made Switch release. The developers at Rude Ghost are rivaling the throne, at least by besting them in control options. Many have come at the throne most have missed. The gold standard for Picross is Jupiter’s Picross S series. The flexibility and layout of the puzzles is top notch, however. Most are found along the way in the story with a maze introduced early that is the only way to mainline Picross. Skymap Games believes in crafting ambitious and compelling experiences for players.With more than 250 puzzles, the amount of Picross to play here is significant, though it’s worth pointing out that if you’re just here for the puzzles, it takes a while to get access to just puzzles. Skymap Games is a video game development and publishing company based in Manchester, NH. From its Boston-based headquarters, Rude Ghost creates new game narratives to surprise unsuspecting players. Rude Ghost is the haunted indie studio that conjures fun from beyond the deep end of game development. A "first date" demo is available today on Steam as part of Steam’s Autumn Festival! Wishlist the game now on Steam and the Nintendo eShop before it launches on October 30th. D A T E A G I A N T P U Z Z L E P I E C E.Over 250 pixel puzzles to solve: your superpowers make puzzles a part of the narrativeĪ supernatural plot weaving in multiple dates with each characterĮxotic date locations: a café, the library, mountain climbing, and the center of the earth?! Join and date the Puzzle League: a group of 4 superheroes based on crossword, sudoku, chess, and jigsaw puzzles It's silly, sweet, and full of as many surprises as the team could fit in!"ĭating sim meets puzzle game in this cordial superhero adventure “Pixel Puzzle Makeout League is a game I've been dreaming about for a long time-mixing pixel puzzles with a heartfelt story about dating a cast of puzzle-themed superheroes.
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