A Little to the Left’s Tidy Puzzles Are a Soothing Brain Balm
In A Little to the Left, developer Max Inferno has wonderfully encapsulated the elation of tidying a space to a level of aggressive order, contrasted with the occasional dose of…
How To Stop God Of War Ragnarok Companions From Solving Puzzles For You
God of War Ragnarok isn't just a game of familial bonding and bone-crunching brutality, as it often throws puzzles at Kratos and Atreus. Similar to 2018's God of War, these…
Complex puzzles, intricate room flows: how Escape Academy’s Escape from Anti-Escape Island DLC was built
Hello there, PlayStation puzzlers! My name is Blair Lachlan Scott, Writer & Producer at Coin Crew Games. I’m stoked to tell you about how our design approach evolved to bring…
If You Love Escape Rooms, You’ll Love the Elaborate Puzzles of Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Nine participants awaken in a facility, imprisoned with a strange black bracelet on their wrists. The exit of the facility is a massive iron door. A masked figure appears and…
Escape Academy interview: The art of building optical illusion puzzles
Escape Academy Art Director Michelle Huttunen talks to Shacknews about the use of art in enhancing many of the game's puzzles.