Zen With A Pen

Zen With A Pen

Felix Arnestrand · March 28, 2024 · Arcade, Difficult, Indie, Precision Platformer, Action

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Zen With A Pen price by region

Zen With A Pen costs $0.90 in Georgia (USD), £0.95 in the United Kingdom, $0.99 in the United States, €1.09 in Europe (EUR), CA$1.19 in Canada, A$1.40 in Australia, NZ$1.59 in New Zealand, R$3.99 in Brazil and zł4.15 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Zen With A Pen offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $0.90 $0.90 — 1
United Kingdom £0.95 £0.95 — 1
United Statesyour region $0.99 $0.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €1.09 €1.09 — 1
Canada CA$1.19 CA$1.19 — 1
Australia A$1.40 A$1.40 — 1
New Zealand NZ$1.59 NZ$1.59 — 1
Brazil R$3.99 R$3.99 — 1
Poland zł4.15 zł4.15 — 1

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About Zen With A Pen

Step into the intense world of Zen With A Pen, where serenity collides head-on with a mind-bending arcade challenge! Get ready to take command of your virtual pen and embark on an enthralling journey through a variety of levels filled with obstacles to overcome.

What's in Store for You?


In this offbeat indie game, your mission is crystal clear: guide the enso symbol, the Zen embodiment, to its serene destination. But beware! The path is riddled with ingeniously designed obstacles, engineered to test even the steeliest of nerves. It's a tightrope walk between tranquility and rage as you sketch guiding lines on parchment to navigate the enso through intricate terrains.

Key Features:


🖌️ Craft guiding lines to maneuver the enso symbol through intricate maps
🎨 Immerse yourself in a visually pleasing minimalistic art style that soothes the soul
😂 Confront obstacles that will push not only your steady hand but also your sanity
🌟 Embark on a journey through multiple maps, each with varying levels of difficulty
⚡️ Experience the perfect blend of casual arcade gameplay and hair-tearing frustration

Experience the enchantment of minimalistic art as you journey through a captivating array of maps. Each map unveils a unique set of challenges, handcrafted to both sharpen your skills and keep you on the edge of your seat. To succeed at the challenge you need to use your wit, patience and calm inner self. This together with some special powers and you have all the tools neccessary, even for the more challenging difficulties!

Moreover, Zen With A Pen immerses you in an auditory experience with its collection of calming and mesmerizing music tracks. Dive into a realm of tranquility, as each stroke of your pen is accompanied by soothing melodies that effortlessly meld with the game's serene atmosphere. Let these gentle tunes wash over you, elevating your gaming experience to new heights of relaxation (or perhaps a touch of frustration).

So, are you ready to unleash your inner Zen artist and conquer the enso? Zen With A Pen eagerly awaits your artistic touch! Brace yourself for a challenge that leaves you feeling both serene and victorious, and most certainly frustrated. Grab your pen, take a deep breath, and let the Zen flow through your fingertips!

Zen With A Pen — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Zen with a Pen offers a deceptively simple premise of guiding a ball through obstacle courses using mouse-based ink drawing mechanics, but ramps up to genuinely challenging difficulty that appeals to fans of demanding physics-based games. Players praise the creative gameplay concept and physics interactions, though many find the difficulty spike steep enough to be frustrating, with some hitting walls as early as level 4 despite experience with similar challenging titles.

Recommended Apr 7, 2024
Zen with a Pen is quite a misleading name for a game that becomes very challenging, very fast. I'm not easily frustrated after years of playing Super Hexagon, Boson X and other fail-or-finish games; however, this little fun right here made for a very infuriating Sunday morning, which I find very enjoyable. The premise is easy to understand and execute: Guide a small ball through an increasingly difficult path of obstacles, with your mouse working as a fountain pen. Left click to apply ink, right click to remove it but be aware that the ink itself vanishes on its own. Physics are active and a constant stream of air pushes you forward, most of the time right into a spiky ending. I admit in all honesty that this is a pretty hard game, at least for me. I had to take a break in level 4 because I was stuck at the final checkpoint. In order to overcome a couple of corners, it was mandatory to apply the force of a certain power-up. Couple this with a slight degree of randomness, you'll always get when a ball hits a plane, and suddenly it feels like a game of chance rather than of skill. Speaking of power-ups: there are four of them, with varying effects. One makes the ball very small, t…
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