Cipher Monk

A short and not that challenging puzzle game. It can still be nice if you're looking for exactly this kind of thing. You can definitely finish it in one sitting after 20-30 minutes. One little thing - the final achievement has been updated so you get it only when you finish the whole 35 levels, but its text didn't change, so it says you get it after finishing 30 levels. It confused me, so I hope you won't get confused. Here's my gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIL-g6fuXY

A mildly clever and cleanly (if simply) produced bite-size cipher exercise, where you are tasked with… well, deciphering a number system someone might have forged from a box of matches in an hour of boredom decades back. You’re tasked with working from the base vertical line two “matches” high, rotating and placing pieces comprised of one to four straight segments into four quadrants. Each quadrant corresponds to a place value (single digits, tens, hundreds, thousands): the 35 stages walk you through generating numbers from 1 to 9,999. One last welcome wrinkle: red pieces are negative, subtracting their value from the total of your cipher. The system is logical and consistent, and will click with you after 5 to 10 minutes. And that’s the rub: this would be an enjoyable element in a bigger game—or perhaps a mini-game in a point-and-click or hidden object title—but working through the 20+ minutes of problems feels more like an elementary school homework assignment than a proper game. Can’t complain much for a dollar, but Heavy Sheep could have easily added additional elements or twists that would have kept this fresh for 50-100 stages. Not recommended at full price, and then only if…

It's not bad. 35 easy math-geometric puzzles. Very relaxing game for mind stimulation. It's under 30 minutes gameplay, but game itself is cheap and I wish achievements were not profile-limited (that just means game hasn't sold much copies). I did receive it from a giveaway on SteamGifts, so I don't know whether I'd buy it myself or not, but doesn't change the fact that game is very well made. Would definitely love if it had more levels with new geometric options. Thank you developer, I really enjoyed playing it and thanks to the person who gifted me the game as well.

Would be a cute little short puzzle game but the controls are so buggy it just ends up being frustrating.

Kinda ok for the price. Would be more appealing if there is any context of ancient numeral systems to be more educational (babylonian i.e.). Controls are a little frustrating. Picking up a tile can be very off and you'll end up with another piece. For the price okayish

A nice and relaxing puzzle game that combines symbols and math to create a satisfying challenge. At first, the symbols seem like an incomprehensible mess, but the game's progression does a great job of teaching you how they work and how their values change based on position. I was a little sad when I reached the end—hopefully, we get some new levels in the future!