There's a simple joy that comes from being able to play a "draw the bitmap" type puzzle game, especially in color, that rewards just kinda feeling for it, and especially being able to paint wildly without punishment. Even just watching the paint tubes get spent is fun.
At first the minesweeper clues seem kinda clunky and redundant but eventually i found myself following them as they updated to confirm my hunches. (Maybe they could be conveyed better or replaced with an equivalent mechanic, though?)
Wish I could use the mouse though :P (I know that's an option even in pico-8) Also sometimes I accidentally paint over something I already painted and lose information that way, but I understand not being able to implement an undo.
PS: ironically i found this game through the minesweeper tag, even though i don't quite consider it the premier mechanic. Meanwhile "picture-solving" is a good name for this kind of genre but this is currently the only game in that tag. Discoverability is hard!
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I finished all the levels and I can say the game was very fun
There's a simple joy that comes from being able to play a "draw the bitmap" type puzzle game, especially in color, that rewards just kinda feeling for it, and especially being able to paint wildly without punishment. Even just watching the paint tubes get spent is fun.
At first the minesweeper clues seem kinda clunky and redundant but eventually i found myself following them as they updated to confirm my hunches. (Maybe they could be conveyed better or replaced with an equivalent mechanic, though?)
Wish I could use the mouse though :P (I know that's an option even in pico-8) Also sometimes I accidentally paint over something I already painted and lose information that way, but I understand not being able to implement an undo.
PS: ironically i found this game through the minesweeper tag, even though i don't quite consider it the premier mechanic. Meanwhile "picture-solving" is a good name for this kind of genre but this is currently the only game in that tag. Discoverability is hard!