PuzzGun

Great puzzle platformer with unique gameplay and cool music. I just finished 21 levels but I can see where this is going,the puzzle elements are briliantly done. One thing I dont like is the platforming,it is clumsy and takes away from overall exsperince,just hope it doesnt get in the way later in the game.

In this game, you play as a lone cowboy infiltrating a wizard's castle. However, he is wise to you and has set up traps to keep you contained. In each level, you must reach the gem to progress to the next challenge. You do this by shooting your gun at the bricks. However, only the gray bricks can be affected. Different ammo has different effects from cloning bricks to altering gravity. There are eight or so different ammo types introduced gradually throughout the game. There is a hint system (shown along the top). Every four minutes, the type of ammo that should be used is shown. I liked this hint system as it gave some indication of the ammo type you should be using, but four minutes can be a long time. There were several puzzles I couldn't figure out and the hint system was helpful. Pacing for the game is generally good. New ammo types are presented at an appropriate pace. Once they are introduced, there are several puzzles that show different ways that the ammo type works and interacts with the environment and other ammo. The first 30 or so puzzles serve as in introduction with the last 30 or so puzzles bending your mind to its limits. There are some very clever puzzles hidden …

PuzzGun is a puzzle platformer, where you use a special gun to solve puzzles. The gameplay is pretty unique, said special gun is capable of changing grey blocks' properties depending on the ammo type you use, for example you can change a block into a spring that can bounce you up, delete blocks, freeze them so they can be affected by gravity and can be pushed and so on, and I haven't seen anything like this before (I do know there are Portal games where you use a portal gun, but it's not quite the same). The game has a decent variety, with new ammo types, and the last set of levels introduces a neat gimmick of a switch that switches grey and brown blocks. The story is pretty basic, you're a treasure hunter who had aquired aformentioned gun to find a treasure in wizard's castle. And that's it, the story isn't a focus of this game, rather it's level design. The puzzle difficulty can feel a little inconsistent, some of them can have massive breaks, skipping majority of the puzzle, which I don't really mind, it does feel nice to outsmart the puzzle, and it does open up potential for speedrunning. Others, I had to look up a playthorough (the only thing I found was a speedrun actually, …

PuzzGun is a great hidden gem for the puzzle/puzzle platformer fans out there. It is a lot of fun to use the different ammo in the game as puzzle pieces and new mechanics get introduced at a good pace. You can read my full thoughts here: https://whatevo.com/post/237/steam-summer-sale-retrospective

The titular "puzzgun" mechanic puts a novel spin on well-trodden puzzle-platformer tropes like gravity shifting, block-pushing, and teleportation, and serves them up through a nice progression of well-designed puzzles. Level design is constrained by unalterable tiles, usually leaving only one intended solution to be deduced by the player, but the variety of block modifiers create a possibility space large enough that solving the puzzles remains challenging and satisfying. That said, some of the levels did seem to have an alternate easier solution that allowed me to avoid parts of the level anA hidden gem.

Nice game, I wish more people play it.