Puzzle One

u know what? This game gives me a different perspective on group theory.

Puzzle One is a 2D minimalist mobile app-like tile matching puzzle inspired by a Rubik's Cube theme, or perhaps that old Nokia mobile phone game from the mid 1990's where you rotate numbers around a grid until you get them all to line up. Gameplay consists of rotating puzzle sections around until all the colours match and are in the right positions, that's all there is to it. On the upsides this is a bit more sophisticated than most mobile apps that get dumped on Steam pretending to be mobile apps, but that's really a lot like bragging about being pretty tall for a midget. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics. The implementation here is of such poor quality, the developer couldn't work out how to make the game display in fullscreen, it onl…

When I was a kid, I got a Rubik's Cube, got really excited, threw it up in the air, it hit the ceiling, and then I broke it. Thanks to Puzzle One, I can now attempt to solve colorful group theory puzzles from the comfort of a 2D monitor, without risk of destruction to plastic objects. The orientation markers are helpful for me to get my bearings. I'm a fan of puzzles, but color swippy-swappy puzzles are still kind of new to me.

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This is a fun yet simple puzzle game. It resembles multiple twisty puzzles in 2D. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys puzzles like the rubik's cube.

6/10