Smart Moves

[h1]Grid- & turn-based puzzle game[/h1] [i]Smart Moves[/i] is a fun little puzzle tactics game. Our protagonist hero seeks to open all the treasure chests on the map, although for what purpose, there's no story to explain. When you move, the enemies move right after too, and you can't skip turns: If you drive yourself into a corner in a chess draw situation (if you move, you die), it's a game over and level restart. (Unless you reached a checkpoint) However, also each attack and interaction counts as a turn, making the enemies move: quite tactical, as both enemies and items become resources to tackle more enemies. Neat! [h1]Features[/h1] Enemies seem initially mechanically identical: they always move towards you and die from a single hit. Their apparent intelligence may surprise as in groups they can cooperate to corner you. Some enemy types have special properties though. Like how spiders leave bodies to clean up (a useful resource for hits!). There's an evil witch with nasty summoning powers, and totems that slowly fill the world. There are also periodically activating spike traps and walking bombs that hurl away when hit (for your bowling needs). The eight worlds each hav…

Simple puzzle game but very well put together. Has a ton of indie charm! Great little game to play on the side.

Like many games of the puzzle genre, the artwork may seem simplistic, but it works for this game. You're not here for the graphics anyway, but for the puzzles. I like how this game ramps slowly - showing you how to use opening chests as a way to "skip" a turn and get the baddies close to your sword. One thing to remember is that to complete a level you just have to get all the chests, not kill all the baddies. I struggle with a few levels until I realized I could just let the baddies chase me around the map while I moved to get the chest. I have only a few nitpicks 1) if I hold down the arrow, it should let me keep moving after a second or so. Always tapping is bothersome. 2) if the only thing left in a level is open the chests ( all baddies dead ) let me just click a "complete" button to skip all the tapping I have to do to get the chests 3) having even just a touch of story would be nice. why am I here out killing snakes and stuff?

(Backlog review.) Surprisingly fun little puzzle game.

Smart moves is a little puzzle game that is very simple in its presentaton, simplistic even, it sometimes feel like playing a flash game from the past. That simplicity just suits perfectly to the game, and don't let that make you too confident, because there are a few difficult levels toward the end. There's not much to say about it, except that it offers all that you can expect from a game. Entertainement. [h1](follow my curator page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33882793/]GenXPlayers[/url] for more retro and indie reviews)[/h1]

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