Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

The game works, is very stylish, I love how the machines look, and the puzzles are quite good, after you remember to hover your mouse over everything, even in rooms you thought you were done with. I really wish the game had provided more detail, not in the "how do the machines work" way, but more in the "here's some backstory on this country's wars and how the day-to-day life of the people works", because the amount of stuff I was expected to understand, not question, and just intuit on my own without any narrative reason was surprising. I know this is a steampunk game, so we will, at some point, pilot an airship, but the game and protagonist expect you to just know instinctively that you need to steal one, and don't bother letting you in on this, to the point where I had to use a hint to figure out what the heck I NEEDED all this stuff for. The only other problem I really have is that the character art is really ugly, and when they developers animated it, they chose the creepiest possible way to do it.

A good one. The steampunk worldbuilding is excellent, the puzzles are beyond average, some of them original, all of them fitting the theme very well. Story is good, characters and voice acting again above average. The only niggle I have is with the hidden objects - they are either on the fairly easy side or (the golem parts!) completely undoable without resort to hints or blind clicking about.

Nice little puzzle game with two sides of the story and some seek and find mini games also.

another artifex mundi banger. charming and very committed to the aesthetic. the little bug descriptions were a very fun find

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink is a fantastic hidden-object adventure with a really memorable steampunk atmosphere. The hidden-object scenes and puzzles are enjoyable, and I liked exploring the different locations to figure out what was going on. The atmosphere, artwork, and overall presentation make it worth playing if you enjoy this genre. Enjoy :)

Relaxing puzzling, wholesome, entertaining.