KnotBot

KnotBot

BeetBomb · 2020 · Indie, Simulation, Programming, Puzzle, Logic

PC
Mixed63% · 35 📈 Making a comeback 80%
Best price
$11.99
lowest tracked $4.31
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Standard Edition · Steam
$11.99
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About KnotBot

Program your little KnotBot to solve unique handcrafted levels in a fun and accessible way~
Solve the levels however you want, or go for the challenge to collect all the Golden Socks!

  • Solve Coding problems with knots and yarn-balls instead of text and numbers Everyone can understand it, even if you have no coding knowledge!
  • Play through different areas, each with a unique mechanic to experiment with.
  • Each area contains a series of handcrafted puzzles with cute aesthetic graphics and a relaxing soundtrack.

An extra challenge for more experienced players:
  • Get a rising challenge of difficulty on the final puzzles.
  • Solve the puzzles under a certain amount of moves and collect all the Golden Socks!

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise the game's charming art style, cute aesthetic, and polished presentation with a relaxing soundtrack, noting it works smoothly with no technical issues. However, the consensus is that the game is too short and lacks sufficient depth, with too few levels that don't escalate in difficulty, making it feel like an incomplete tutorial rather than a full game—most players feel the ten dollar price point is unjustified for the limited content and missing features like an editor.

Recommended Mar 20, 2021
[code][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33025671-Missi-the-Achievement-Huntress/] Please see my curator page for more games that are well worth your time[/url][/code] [b]Approximate amount of time to 100%:[/b] With a guide the completion time is under 1h, without it can increase quite a lot [b]Estimated achievement difficulty:[/b] 1/10 with a guide 7/10 without a guide [b]Minimum number of playthroughs needed:[/b] 1 [b]Has it been in a bundle:[/b] No [b]Is there a good guide available:[/b] Yes, [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2089143625] Brachragon made this very nice guide [/url] [b]How many people have completed this game at the time I'm writing this review:[/b] 3 on Astats [b]Multiplayer achievements:[/b] No [b]Missable achievements:[/b] No [b]Grinding Achievements:[/b] No [b]DLC-Only achievements:[/b] No [b]Time-gated achievements:[/b] No [b]RNG-achievements:[/b] No [b]Does difficulty affect achievements:[/b] No difficulty option [b]Unobtainable/glitched achievements:[/b] No This is a very cute programming game, which gets quite challenging if you try to go for the achievements and with that for all the gold socks. You start out very bas…
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Not recommended May 15, 2022
Cute art bad mechanism
Not recommended Sep 18, 2021
This is really the tutorial for the ten dollar version of this game that doesn't exist. It's an interesting implementation that appears like an attempt at combining programming with a physical space problem (your code blocks have to fit within a certain size box), but it's never really capitalized on. What is there is well polished and works well; you can even see the setup for combining various basic programming problems (pathfinding, towers of hanoi, etc.) into more complex solutions... but then you finish a level, get dumped out to the map and spend several minutes looking to see if you missed a path only to realize that you hit the end. No victory screen, just a map with nothing else to do. It's almost like the developer just got bored and threw the thing up there. $10 is way too much for this game, but if I try to come up with what I think is a fair price the answer is any amount is unfair; it's like paying for the first chapter of a book that never gets finished. Ultimately there are better options, some free, that provide a better experience. If you can find Manufactoria (if you can find it and get it running, yay Flash) is what this most felt like; Spacechem would probabl…
Recommended Sep 6, 2021
Its good but needs to be longer. Like every other area being as long as the blue area. But its good. Also it needs an editor.
Recommended Aug 29, 2020
A short and easy game. Almost too short and easy. The core idea of the game is solid, but I think there weren't enough levels to have explored it fully. At the same time, what levels the game does have barely increase in difficulty. This doesn't mean it's bad, of course; if you're new to programming games and don't want too much challenge, then this game is perfectly fine. That being said, there are some things about the game that bug me - like how the placing of pieces feels janky at times, the level ending animation is just a bit too slow, and the way the world map reacts to the mouse is disorienting. These small issues for me personally detracted from the enjoyment of what was otherwise a straightforwardly cute game. Had I gotten it at full price, I wouldn't recommend it at all.
Recommended Aug 25, 2020
Just found this while browsing through the on sale list of steam, the image instantly caught my eye. - It's super cute, the soundtrack is just lovely and relaxing (that's also coming from someone with chronic migraines where the slightest sound can set it off), - The artwork is smooth and beautiful to look at game runs smoothly, i haven't crossed any annoying little bits, or bad controls, everything is working just as intended and in the cutest way possible! This was made by 2 people, 2. definitely worth the listed pricing. will also be keeping my eye on any future creations!

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