Разработчик: Mykhail Konokh
Описание
My next game
About the Game
Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.Use the magnets to control the balls, attract or push - they must fall into the hole! Score the required number of goals to complete a level.
It's like billiards or golf, but with magnets as a tool!
Key Features:
- Unique physics puzzle game.
- 50 levels with different colour schemes.
- Relaxing visual and sound atmosphere.
- No stories, just puzzles and lots of balls!
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher
- Processor: Dual Core 3.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (1 GB Memory) or equivalent discrete card (INTEGRATED CARDS WILL NOT WORK)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 700 MB available space
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher
- Processor: Quad Core 3.4 GHz or more
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB Memory) or equivalent discrete card (INTEGRATED CARDS WILL NOT WORK)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
the day i bought balls and magnets was the day i was saved
You can get letters as achievements to make a pretty steam profile! OwO
the day i bought balls and magnets was the day i was saved
Simple, but fun. The mechanics are well implemented, not broken or haphazard (i.e. skill, not luck based). I'd say this is a great way to pass an hour or two.
A Mysteriously Satisfying Game
It's cheap, it's short, and the achievements might have you turning away thinking that's the selling point here, but I really don't think so. It starts off easy so you can kind of get the swing of things but as you progress it gets more and more difficult. Some of them felt nearly impossible. I usually find those obnoxious and maybe a cheap way to make you feel like you earned them. I found myself feeling actually accomplished though.
So the stars of our game here are the balls, "magnets" and platforms they give you to work with. The magnets are more like ghostly devices you use to push and pull the balls though. You can hold or tap these "magnets to manipulate the movements of the balls never really touching or interacting with the balls themselves.
Getting all of the balls into the goal would be impossible, so luckily each stage has a set number of them you need to get in. I would still advise you to try to keep as many balls in play as you can, but sacrifices will have to be made. If you sacrifice too many just to get one in though don't worry there's a handy reset switch. So really this game is quite simple and user friendly.
I will warn you though it does take patients and strategy. As I've said previously some of the levels do feel impossible. I can confidently say that they can all be done however. I have gotten 100% of the achievements and I really feel like I earned them.
With that said it's rather short so I'd recommend getting it on sale. It was a nice detour for me anyways and I think I'm starting to take a shine to simpler games again.
Pros:
+A simple game that provides more of a challenge while advancing
+User friendly design makes it less stressful
+The difficulty hike does make it feel more like you've earned the achievements
Cons:
-requires patience
-Best to get on sale since it is short
-Getting two achievements per level probably gives it a bad look
Interesting puzzle at first, but after 20 levels it get harder and harder, but also more boring and more boring.
It's a game you will play for a few minutes and then lose interest in. Not worth the € 0,79 I paid for it on sale. Do not buy this game.
The good: Can be completed with 100% achievements in only an hour.
The bad: Can be completed with 100% achievements in only an hour.
Overall I suppose it was worth the 79 cents I paid for it to get a quick and easy perfect game on my profile. Plus it was relaxing to play while I waited for something else to download.
Pros:
+ It starts up, showing that it's not a complete rip off.
+ The asking price is less than $1,000,000
+ Playing this game won't kill you.
Cons:
- This game exists.
- It costs more than $0.00
- Playing this game won't kill you.
Review
If you have ever played a physics puzzle game, especially the awful kind found in flash/android games, then you have played this game. It's the very embodiment of a physics puzzle game. If you do not enjoy physics puzzle games, you need to avoid this game like the plague, as it will give you cancer, and the cancer will force you to draw gravity-affected lines to roll a ball into a bucket for all of eternity.
This game is ridiculously boring, bland, dull, and thoroughly unpleasant to play, even for a "physics puzzle" game, which, granted, is a genre I dislike in general, but this game...ugh. Imagine all of the absolute worst aspects of physics puzzle games you've played on Newgrounds / Google Play, and dial it up to 11. Oh, you'll be sitting there fighting with the controls and the garbage physics engine well past the limit of your patience.
You play the game by clicking on the magnets (the transparent floating blue cubes) to attract nearby balls. With the mouse. Do I need to say more? How about the fact that if you slide the cursor off while holding the mouse button, the magnet will deactivate? Or how about the fact that the magnets give zero feed back for when they are or aren't active?
This game is so infuriatingly bad, my wallet is so sad, and I am so mad, that I've actually passed on other games by the developer, because I see the same colorscheme and font for the other games' promo material, and this game has already formed a bad first impression in my mind, such that I am weary of it and expect a horrible game.
Maybe the other games are way better. I'll never know, because the copy/paste design philosophy tells me that the art isn't the only thing the dev copied and pasted.
Don't buy this. Not for the $2 asking price. Not on sale. Not even if it was released for free.
I did, and now I'm stuck with this game cause I waited longer than two weeks to play it.
Fuck me, right?
Anyways, since I'm stuck with the game now, I might as well see it through to the end, as much as the thought makes my stomach hurt. I'll be damned if I don't get my money's worth. Who knows, maybe I'll magically grasp the "subtleties" of this game and start to enjoy it. I mean it's practically a 0% chance of happening, but we can dream, can't we? After all, I want to like this game.
Update
Unfortunately, after mustering up the will to finish this game, I didn't grasp the "subtleties" of this game--as there were none--and I didn't enjoy it.
It took me 3 hours in-game and 2 MONTHS (look at the post and update dates) real-time, over 10+ sessions to beat the mere 50 levels this game has to offer. This alone should speak volumes about how dreadful this game is, and how reluctant I was to play it. This game is a chore.
But I finished it.
Despite losing my patience and having to spread said 3 hours over said 2 months out of sheer reluctance.
Despite the achievement spamming.
Despite the unreasonably low framerate.
Despite the horrible in-game mouse cursor.
Despite said low framerate exasperating said horrible cursor making it even more horrible.
Despite the sluggish, unrealistic and inconsistent physics simulation.
Despite having to fight with the physics simulation.
Despite the subpar level design.
Despite the unresponsive developer.
Despite the python.
Despite the boredom.
Despite my utter hatred of every single minute of playing this game.
Despite all of that, I managed to masochist my way through all 50 levels. And after beating this horrid game, I can finally conclude, without a doubt, that this is one of the worst games I have ever played. Worse than To The Moon. Much worse. Despite everything I hate about TTM, the game is at least playable.
Entertaining physics puzzle with a chaotic element. The levels are thoughtfully made and the ambient music is pleasant. Fun for an hour or two, worth the low price.
An oddly satisfying little game. It takes a while to get used to the subtleties of the physics (in some ways the "magnets" behave more like fans) but once you get the hang of it it all becomes quite fluid. Only a handful of levels are likely to cause any short-term frustration, otherwise it's a relaxing little brain-teaser. Nothing too challenging and not much in the way of longevity of repeatability, but if you like chill-out puzzlers it might provide an hour or two of zen-like focus for the price of a bag of chips.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Mykhail Konokh |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 80% положительных (10) |