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xpct • today at 4:38 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

My favorite thing about puzzle games is meta, cognition stuff. What mindset can I put myself in, so that I can solve this faster? What should I think about, and how, to reduce complexity of the problem?

I tried the same last summer with Baba Is You and had an absolute blast. Playing through OotSS now, and momentum has been solid for the past ~20 hours. Skipping Stones has been my favorite!


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AnthonBerg • today at 7:31 AM

I have to say, I would love to tap into those thought processes. If they are tappable-into?

I remember the feeling of playing Baba is You. The wonder and the sense of… a sort of abyssal depth of the mechanics, once you start to get a feeling for how they expand. And then how that yields to intuition. Hadn't come to such a lovely crack in the metacognitive vessel!, to deliberately pry at. Thanks!

The perspective you offer here makes me want to find or bring about a venue for… this.

soulofmischief • today at 8:16 AM

Check out Supraworld. David Münnich is building the most peak 3D puzzle platformer you will ever play.