![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily, developer Sunhead Games kept surprising me with novel spins on this concept. On its own, that's very cool, but probably wouldn't carry an entire game. ![]() For example, arranging tiles to form a lake so characters can have a fishing competition. They can be moved and rotated freely in order to solve puzzles. For me, it was the ingenious gameplay.Ĭarto's core gameplay loop involves manipulating the tiles that comprise the world map. ![]() Some will gravitate to the charming art style, the cute writing, or the pleasant music. They once again released buyable physical reference materials which bring fun physicality to a digital game.Įxapunks is available on most PC storefronts It also continues the Zachtronics streak of "having just enough story to thematically unite the game" without bogging the player down with following a complex plot. One level finds you hacking a console to break the DRM chip, which felt appropriately on brand. It wears its Hackers inspiration on it sleeve and there's a great "stick it to the man" vibe running throughout. This opens the game up dramatically, allowing players to stop anywhere in the path of "make it work, make it fast, make it pretty". Like OM, it ditches the line-of-code and number-of-pieces restrictions in favor of self-imposed challenges. Similarly, EXAPUNKS follows in the tracks of TIS-100 and SHENZHEN I/O as a very code-heavy game. In my 2018 post I wrote about Opus Magnum, which was an evolution to the Space Chem visual programming formula. They encapsulate the enjoyable parts of my programming passion (puzzle solving, incremental improvements) without any of the downsides (workplace politics, unclear business requirements, etc). Longtime readers of this series will know that I'm a sucker for Zachtronics games. It let me try lots of games I had had my eye on on without having to buy them all very awesome. It's not for everyone, but as someone who plays most games just the once, it was perfect for me. 2 It came with a few free months of Microsoft's Game Pass service, giving me unlimited access to a host of PC games. Let's get to it!Īcross 12 months, I played 58 games (beat 46 out of 53 beatable games) for a total clock time of 674 hours (up from 42 games in 612 hours in 2019).Īfter returning home from travels, I built a gaming rig. Honorable mentions may not have, but did something unique or special worth mentioning 1Īs always, I track all the media in Airtable each section links to the full list of nominees if you want to see the full list of ratings and micro-reviews for each category. Everything is graded on my 4 point scale.Any book/game/movie/season of TV that I finished for the first time during calendar 2020 is eligible.I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. I like to take the time to celebrate my favorite movies, books, games, and shows that I've experienced in the preceding 12 months. This is my 5th annual (!!) favorite media of the year post. While there's a lot to say about the year that was, you don't need that from me. Lookback books movies television videogames AirtableĢ020 was an odd year for media consumption, for obvious reasons. ![]()
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