Flip (2016)

[h1] Puzzle game where you spin columns to get them in the right order in designated number of moves. [/h1]

a formerly paid puzzler that went free a couple of years after its 2016 release. the clue's in the name, mouse-based rotating to recreate patterns shown on top, ideally in the set number of moves. the button has to be held, can't click, move the mouse, then click again. not ideal. there are 4 puzzle types (see below), each with multiple levels. unfortunately, only the first two for the first type are unlocked at the beginning, everything else needs stars. 25 total opens the first level everywhere and it can be had in a matter of minutes, and by the time you perfect the two initial ones with very little effort, almost half the game will be unlocked. could be worse. each level contains a certain number of puzzles for the same pattern, all to be done in one move, for instance. [b]there are about 1500(!) puzzles total[/b], probably every iteration, and while there's a certain flow to the whole thing, less would definitely have been more. [b]asking to do 100 of almost everything is way too much.[/b] then random mode unlocks after perfecting each pack, offering even more configurations. on smaller levels there's not much variety to begin with and it's not possible to re-do the default …

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Flip is a simple puzzle game that takes a very basic idea and manages to make it more difficult than it first looks. I am given chains of pieces that need to be rearranged until they match the required pattern, and the challenge is doing that in as few moves as possible. It is the kind of game I can understand almost immediately, but getting good at it is a different story. I like that because there is no complicated tutorial getting in the way. I can just start solving puzzles and gradually work out the best way to approach them. There are four different puzzle types, which helps quite a bit. The Simple puzzles are about matching colours, while Sided adds orientation into the mix. Wired puzzles ask me to follow cables and untangle the pieces, and Image puzzles have me rebuilding pictures from broken sections. I like the way these variations change what I need to pay attention to. The basic movement stays familiar, but the information I need to read from the puzzle changes, so it does not feel like I am solving exactly the same thing every time. The star system also gives me a reason to care about how well I solve each puzzle. Completing puzzles earns stars, and those stars unloc…

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You much flip and switch two/multiple pieces to match a pattern or make the piece go in ascending order in the minimum number of moves possible which is one less then total pieces.