![]() While this means you can feel pretty lost at times, when you do figure out what the game is wanting you to do there’s a tremendous feeling of satisfaction and a wonderful “Aha!" moment. Sometimes it’s pretty apparent which two objects are meant to connect together, but other times you’ll spend a ton of time swiveling each scene around just hoping something sticks out. The way the scenes connect to each other is so clever, and oftentimes quite challenging. The crux of the game is about manipulating the cube in such a way that one scene aligns with another scene so the two can connect and bring an object to life that changes something in one or both of the scenes. Moving the cube around also changes the perspectives you get on each scene, allowing you to see “inside" it. These scenes are fully 3D and the side of the cube acts as sort of a window into each scene. Moncage features a special cube where on each side of the cube is a different scene. That’s still true! But let me give it a shot anyway. Well this week Moncage launched on PC and mobile, and I indeed was the very first person to download the game! Well, that’s probably not true, but I did grab Moncage as soon as possible and I couldn’t be more impressed and delighted with it so far.Īlso in that post from last month, I explained that Moncage was a tricky game to put into words, and it’s probably easier to just watch the trailer to see what the heck it’s all about. £2.It was in October of last year that publisher XD Network announced that they’d be bringing developer Optillusion’s unique perspective-based puzzler Moncage to multiple platforms including mobile, and when they formally announced a release date for the game last month I said at the time that I’d be first in line to pick up the game. Its problem is that without any goals or score it swiftly starts to feel formless. It plays like a rhythm action game and while tricky at first, once you get the hang of its timing pulling off sequences of tricks as you pop out of each side of the ramp is rewarding in itself. When they take to the air you swipe to perform tricks or hit the grind button. Score: 9/10 The Ramp iOS & Android, Free (Crescent Moon Games) Accurately billed as a minimalist skateboarding game, The Ramp has you tapping and releasing the screen as your skater passes through different sections of a halfpipe. It's a useful way of circumventing frustration and ensuring as many players as possible can progress through its mellow, mysterious puzzles and reach its emotionally poignant conclusion. ![]() ![]() It can also sometimes be a little too obscure for its own good, a feature mitigated by a series of increasingly directional hints, culminating in a short video that just tells you what to do. It's a slow, meticulous, and enormously satisfying process. Moncage glories in playing with scale, perspective, and interactions between background and foreground objects, the cube's precise angle letting you align apparently disparate props from different sides. Tap to zoom in or out, your goal being to find elements of different faces that line up, in the style of 2017's classic, Gorogoa. Network) The whole of Moncage takes place across the five visible faces of a cube, that you rotate to peer into perfectly rendered 3D dioramas visible through each of its planes. Moncage – one of the best mobile games of the year (pic: Optillusion Games) With 2021 finally in its death throes and Christmas just round the corner, it's time to take stock of this month's touchscreen extravaganzas, which range from the Apple Watch-based lock breaking antics of Un:safe to the beauty and weirdness of Moncage, and the inventiveness of melancholy silhouetted platformer In My Shadow.
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