Chiseler

Chiseler is a clever and relaxing logic puzzle that will feel instantly familiar to anyone who enjoys Minesweeper. Both games rely on careful deduction, but they express that logic in very different ways. Instead of the diagonal radius of Minesweeper, Chiseler provides clues for the edges to reveal the hidden shape and asks you to reveal the full silhouette without breaking it. The result is a puzzle style that feels like a first cousin to Minesweeper rather than an imitation. The core idea is simple. You chip away tiles to uncover the outline of an object. Every tile you remove gives you information about where the boundary is. Instead of counting adjacency, you are reading geometry. The logic is always fair. Every puzzle can be solved without guessing, which is something Minesweeper fans will appreciate. The difficulty increases smoothly. Early puzzles teach you how edges behave. Later puzzles introduce more complex sizes that require multi-step reasoning. Nothing ever feels random or unfair. The game rewards patience and observation, and it gives you that same satisfying moment when a deduction clicks into place. The game also includes a full editor that lets players design t…

Man, I don't know what the guy who left the negative review is talking about. I'm having a great time with this game. It's a clever mix of Picross and Minesweeper that feels pretty simple in the early puzzles but getting to the second chapter in the campaign mode is already starting to make me think about my moves more carefully. And that's another thing. The negative review talks about the lack of a story in the game but there definitely is a campaign mode, complete with comic book style panel art. I don't think that person really explored the game at all. The art is undeniably crude but I like it. It makes me think of Aline Kominsky-Crumb's early work but if she had gotten started her drawing in the MSPaint era. The fact that you can tell an actual human being is responsible for it instead of AI is [i]positive[/i] thing these days. You can tell this game is a labor of love and I really dig that kind of stuff. I'm glad I took a chance on this game.

Alright cope brothers. This is a reasonable idea for a puzzle game. Pretty crappy packaging, especially considering what AI could output today in a few hours... The main problem is your game gets repetitive very quickly. It's the same idea over and over 200 times. Make new mechanics. Come up with a story, it's basically free for clankers.. Make it interesting, make it worth spending money on over the many other options out there. It's a fine first try but iterate quickly, do testing sessions with real new players and find how to make your games more engaging.