RETURERS/Stephen Lam and ClassDojo & Ad Astra Conundrums Elon Musk‘s Ad Astra school and educational software developer ClassDojo are introducing a set of “Conundrums” for elementary and middle school students. The Conundrums involve open-ended critical thinking and ethics challenges. They address questions that children may not normally encounter in a standard curriculum. ClassDojo shared a […]
Tag: Puzzles
Liminal Turns Gravity On Its Side Through Brain-Bending Spatial Puzzles
Gravitational orientation becomes your plaything in Liminal, a polished student project available on Steam that combines space-shifting doorways and a twisting sci-fi puzzle labyrinth. Liminal‘s main method of gravity manipulation lies in the relationship between “Krobs”, robotic spiders that double as keys, and space-bending doorways that let you pass through them like portals. Walking through […]
Take On Co-Operative Puzzles In The Rabbit And The Owl
Enjoy a good brain-teasing, platforming puzzle? What about one you solve with a friend? Look no further than The Rabbit And The Owl, a game where players will be able to control both of these light and dark entities and attempt some tricky challenges. In solving these confounding levels, you’ll unveil the truth as to […]
‘Starman’ Offers Clever Puzzles In Lovely Black & White Places
Starman takes you to a soothing black and white world of mysterious structures and surreal locales, having you figure out environmental puzzles while taking in the striking landscapes where these confounding contraptions exist. Starman takes you to varied places filled with complex mechanisms, and it’s up to you to use your ability to grab stuff, […]
‘Homo Machina’ Makes Mechanical Puzzles Of The Human Body
Inspired by the artwork of Fritz Khan, Homo Machina turns the human body into a machine filled with puzzles, taking you through a regular day in the life of a person by helping keep their inner workings in top shape. Turning the human body into a 1920’s factory, Homo Machina gives you various puzzles as […]
Solve Sci-Fi Programming Puzzles In Prime Mover
Post-SpaceChem, puzzler fans have had a bevy of programming and pseudo-programming games to test their solution-crafting prowess and the new game Prime Mover looks to scratch that itch as well, with its blend of circuit board construction and input manipulation. Reminiscent of a cross between Human Resource Machine and SpaceChem, Prime Mover has you transporting […]
Slice And Slash To Solve Combat Puzzles In Ori Hunter
Crafted for Ludum 41, Ori Hunter is a small but clever puzzler, where you must manage limited slices to annihilate rooms of demons as a futuristic ninja. As the high-tech sword-wielder, you must clear each screen in five slashes, with the last blade-tipped dash leaving you at the level’s exit elevator. These challenges start out […]
‘Tomb Raider’ Clips: Lara Croft Has Meetings, Solves Puzzles, Fights Walton Goggins, Raids Zero Tombs
Hey, a new Tomb Raider movie is a thing that’s happening this week. Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne, Ex Machina) stars as Lara Croft, the main character from the long-running video game franchise that follows an explorer who always seems to get caught up in danger and intrigue among historical artifacts and ruins. Four new Tomb […]
Photographs demo shows off clever puzzles and a tragic story
EightyEight Games’s introspective puzzler Photographs is due out later this year for PC, iOS, and Android. In a demo, I saw how it uses minigames to tell its myriad tales. Each of the chapters centers on one character. A series of puzzles correspond with their story, featuring mechanics that match what’s happening in the tale as […]
Empires & Puzzles maker Small Giant Games raises $41 million for mobile titles
EXCLUSIVE: Finnish gaming companies have a strong record of on mobile, and the latest example is Small Giant Games, which is announcing today that it has raised $ 41 million in funding. The Helsinki-based studio of Empires & Puzzles has seen its first game generate more than 10 million downloads and $ 33 million in […]