A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
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“一款惊喜连连的滑块解谜游戏,也是2025年度逻辑解谜的有力竞争者。本作在核心的滑块机制之外设计了非常丰富的各种机制,包括多种可以被角色拾起并赋予特殊能力的物品等。从最基础的滑块、物品和解谜要素,到深层的隐藏机制到Meta机制,本作多层次的机制设计相辅相成,相得益彰。谜题大多为精巧的小谜题,有挑战性的同时又不太难,让人很有不停玩下去的动力。在游戏体验设计方面,本作也作出了一些创新。神作,强烈推荐”

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About This Game

Slide animals to save baby penguins and escape with walruses. Change the rules with simple items like a hammer, a spring, or a magnet. Discover emergent uses of these tools, and how they interact with other mechanics. Explore an open world of nested puzzles by gaining new capabilities and knowledge.

Puzzles are designed to showcase with a "simple, but difficult" philosophy, with each puzzle bringing a new idea. They're carefully designed to be instructive, tight, and deducible.

Featuring

  • Penguins, walruses, and fish! Each introduces opposing win criteria.

  • Rapidly expanding set of mechanics and interactions.

  • Over 300 diverse, hand-crafted levels. No filler!

  • An interconnected network of puzzles with item-based progression and metagame twists.

  • Journal for tracking mechanics, which also lists entries needed for the current puzzle.

  • A tiered hint system that teaches a deduction-based approach.

  • 16 biomes distinguishing areas and mechanics.

  • Original music.

Accessibility

  • No time-sensitive inputs, with undo and redo binds that work through resets.

  • Use a controller, keyboard, or mouse with customizable binds. (Note: Puzzle editor requires a mouse.)

  • Colorblind friendly with customizable colors.

  • Most puzzles are optional for progression, and a setting makes any puzzle skippable.

  • Warp navigation system for quickly returning to anywhere you've been.

  • Your old solutions and [redacted] and [redacted] are saved, so you don't have to repeat work to accomplish any meta goals.

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System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-7400, AMD Ryzen 5 1400, or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630, Radeon 530, or equivalent
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Consistent 60 FPS on all low @ 1080p. This is GPU bounded so you might be able to get away with lower specs as long as your GPU meets these. Please reach out if you have issues!
    Minimum:
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Storage: 1 GB available space

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