IFO

IFO is a good, unique, themed contraption exploration puzzle game. + Good hidden mechanics with more and less obvious hints * ~30 min playthrough

It's a cute concept of a game, similar to Chants of Sennaar in that the "language" of the game is a mystery and deciphering it is the puzzle in itself but it's broken and buggy to a point where it's unenjoyable and more a hassle to play than fun. This point was made very clear when opening the game, and clicking on buttons to ascertain their function, and then the game resolution being warped in such a way that in later puzzles, crucial information was off screen and i didn't even know and assumed i was somehow missing a gimmick culminating in what i can assume is the final puzzle of a section, and there are more issues, in that upon exiting and reentering the puzzle, the setup of tiles to use and play around with changed. and this kept happening, to a point where i had to put the game away and stop myself fretting over a puzzle that i may not even be able to solve given the items at my disposal, and i can't even know if i have everything available at any one time overall, it is a ch...

Really, really fun - I adored figuring out all the little puzzles in this game!