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What Makes A Good Puzzle?
Something that looks simple, but is hard to solve.
This game has been devoted to the question, "What makes a good puzzle?" I believe good puzzles generally look simple, are easy to understand at a glance, but hard to solve. Clean in design and the problem clearly conveyed. It teaches anyone how to play, helps grow your puzzle solving skills, accessible to anyone but challenging to everyone, gradually increasing difficulty at the right pace. And that difficulty should be created by requiring tough puzzle solving techniques, not by introducing larger puzzles with more elements. I have done my best to achieve this.
What Is The Goal?
The puzzle is simple - push the correct coloured block onto the correct coloured cross. Red blocks on red crosses, green blocks on green crosses, etc. And there are moveable boulders that have no destination, but are simply obstacles to your goal.
Can you win?
Can you win?
Active Brain
Puzzles are good for keeping your brain active.
I have seen young and old alike enjoy my puzzles, but some of my biggest fans have been mature aged people who have played my puzzles many, many times, saying they felt like their brain was waking up. This is not the same as saying puzzle games will make you smarter, but there is anecdotal evidence that they can help your brain feel more alive and active.
I have seen young and old alike enjoy my puzzles, but some of my biggest fans have been mature aged people who have played my puzzles many, many times, saying they felt like their brain was waking up. This is not the same as saying puzzle games will make you smarter, but there is anecdotal evidence that they can help your brain feel more alive and active.
Don't Like Puzzles? Not A Gamer?
I have heard a lot of people tell me they either don't like puzzles or don't like video games. And people from both of those camps have played this game and told me they loved it.
I believe people think they don't like puzzles because a lot of puzzle games get too hard too quick, they don't equip players properly with the techniques to solve their puzzles, or the problems are too vague and aren't communicated properly.
Many puzzle games use larger levels, with more elements, ie, more blocks to push, as their way to increase difficulty, but I see many people at this point throw up their hands and say, "This is too hard!" In fact usually the puzzle is not too hard, but there is too much information to take in at a glance, making the problem and solutions too vague, and this causes people to give up.
This is why I say a good puzzle is something that, "Looks simple, but is hard to solve," where the problem and potential solutions should be obvious at a glance. Because this is the type of puzzle that makes you want to engage and have a go. I have done my best to achieve this with Puzzledorf.
I believe people think they don't like puzzles because a lot of puzzle games get too hard too quick, they don't equip players properly with the techniques to solve their puzzles, or the problems are too vague and aren't communicated properly.
Many puzzle games use larger levels, with more elements, ie, more blocks to push, as their way to increase difficulty, but I see many people at this point throw up their hands and say, "This is too hard!" In fact usually the puzzle is not too hard, but there is too much information to take in at a glance, making the problem and solutions too vague, and this causes people to give up.
This is why I say a good puzzle is something that, "Looks simple, but is hard to solve," where the problem and potential solutions should be obvious at a glance. Because this is the type of puzzle that makes you want to engage and have a go. I have done my best to achieve this with Puzzledorf.
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(c) Stuart's Pixel Games 2019
(c) Stuart's Pixel Games 2019
