Syke

A bit empty and boring gameplay-wise, but super fun to walk around. This should be a concept. I could have more games using that kind of world shapes.

Nice concept but gave me motion sickness. After completing the library section, I returned to the hub and, passing by the library again, saw that the door was open and went inside. Realizing I couldn't go back and all my progress in the library had been reset, I uninstalled the game.

I've never really played puzzle games, and as my first one it was really fun, the atmosphere was enyojable. The puzzles were not too hard, but still possessed a certain degree of difficulty.

Here is my review for Syke: This is a first person puzzle game with the main gimmick of walking on walls. There are four main puzzle areas which are each themed to a certain puzzle type. These include setting clocks properly, going through mazes, solving a cypher, and following instructions. This leads to final section which has you recall the story you discovered in the previous areas. As for the story, it follows a couple who met in college, moved in together, then split up. Ending on watching the wedding video. So at least it's somewhat somber. The main issue with the game is bugs and lack of optimization. The framerate is jittery and there's an overall sluggishness for a game with such simple graphics. It's something you can get used to, but not an ideal performance. There were a few times my character randomly teleported to the start of a room, or fell off a roof for no reason. Didn't kill the game for me, but was quite unwelcome. Overall, the puzzles are nothing special, and the walking on walls really doesn't add anything to the game aside from some disorientation. Totally a skippable game.

Quite a profound experience for a free game, I enjoyed it. It's mostly a maze game/walking sim with light puzzling, except for maybe one or two midly obscure puzzles. The gravity effect could have been smoother and felt a bit jarring at times.

Escher style artistic direction and puzzle solving. It's definitely an interesting one and something i haven't really encountered before. Worth a few hrs of your day as a free game.