Youlogic

4/10. I'm not terribly impressed. It's a cross between a pinball game and a logic puzzle that feels a bit like a very fussy Angy Birds game. You place various bumpers on one of several open spots on a level, and then drag an icon to determine how much power the ball is expelled with (there is no aiming, unlike Angry Birds). This design would be fine, but the difference between shooting the ball with the right amount of power, and failure, seems to be a few pixels, leading to a lot of repetition to get it right even when the solution is clear. And often elements are moving, adding another factor to consider, with very narrow criteria for success. Which is to say while some thought might be required to play, mostly it's just an extremely fiddly action game. It seems competently designed (early issues with crashing seem fixed) so if you like this kind of game then it might be worth checking out. But for me personally, it's zero fun.

Youlogic is a physics-based puzzle game where the objective is simple: guide a ball to a marked goal using various tools and mechanics. On paper, it sounds like a neat and straightforward concept, one that has the potential to offer satisfying, brain-teasing challenges. In practice, though, it feels like a clever idea that didn’t quite reach its full potential. [h3]Pros:[/h3] - [b]smooth physics[/b] - the ball’s movement feels natural and satisfying, making it enjoyable to experiment with the puzzles - [b]cannon design[/b] - I really like how the cannon shows how strained it is - it’s a nice little detail that gives the game some personality [h3]Cons:[/h3] - [b]kind of rough graphics[/b] - the visual style doesn’t feel very cohesive, and it looks a bit cheap - [b]creepy character design[/b] - the facial expressions of the female character felt unsettling - [b]off-putting lady[/b] - at one point, she literally told me to close the game if I wasn’t motivated enough, and then the game made me return to the main menu?! - [b]chaotic storytelling[/b] - the exposition is random and messy, with scenes that feel disconnected from one another - [b]crashes unexpectedly[/b] - I encoun…

6.5/10 Pinball-inspired puzzle with humor and minigames TLDR: Puzzles start getting difficult fast, yet mostly because of the extreme precision clicks requierd to execute the solution. The story is funny and there are lots of interactive things and even minigames in the environment. Yet the overall careless/shabby presentation make this game feel worse than it actually is. Good: + varied puzzle levels + a pretty funny story: you come to some office, and a lady gives you "intelligence tests". As you solve the levels, you get the opportunity to interact with the objects in the environment + lots of very simple minigames, they get unlocked in the environment as you solve levels So-so: +/- the low-poly models would seemingly fit the light, humorous theme of this game. However, the game looks pretty shabby overall because of the dull, gray-ish color palette. That was probably intentional, to mimic the colors you'd see in cities and boring offices. But it just doesn't work IMO. Stanley's Parable comes to mind, but at least there the objects were realistic and high-detail. And other joke games about offices like The Human Resource Machine tend to be colorful. Or maybe dark and dystopia…

Youlogic is a really unusual puzzle game that I found surprisingly fun once I understood how it wanted me to think. The basic goal is simple. I have to get a sphere to its destination, but doing that involves much more than just pointing it in the right direction. The game mixes logic puzzles with physics, timing and a little bit of platforming, so I often had to think about both the solution and how I was going to actually execute it. The main mechanic revolves around launching spheres through different puzzle setups. At first I am mostly concerned with controlling the strength and direction of a launch, but things become more interesting when additional launchers, ramps, buttons and other interactive objects are introduced. I liked how quickly the game starts building on its basic idea. A puzzle can look fairly simple at first, then I realise that several objects have to interact in exactly the right order. The physics are probably what I enjoyed most. The spheres do not simply travel along predetermined paths, so I have to consider momentum and timing when planning a solution. Some puzzles are purely about working out the correct sequence, while others require me to be much mo…

-rep noob