Machineers - Episode 1: Tivoli Town

The introductory episode of Machineers is awfully short. 72 minutes to complete in a very leisurely fashion. I was really expecting twice as much content, even for $5. There is a small amount of replayability or non-puzzle interaction. For example, once you (partially) fix a Space Invaders game, you can play it. Once you fix a DJ console, you can mix a track. And if you choose not to complete the 1st episode by traveling to River City, you can take a vehicle to the race track to compete against the clock. One lap takes about one minute; the best players do it in 49 seconds. This replay value isn't much, but it's more than most pure puzzle games give you. If you are looking for a very short, very casual puzzle game, Machineers would be a good choice. Kid friendly for mechanically-oriented kids. But I can't recommend it as good value for $5.

A nice simple game. Not much story, but that can be a good thing. The graphics are okay. The puzzles are quite good, and even though there are only about a half dozen parts they all feel different from one another. I enjoyed myself and look forward to more chapters, if any are planned.

Interesting graphics, simple game play, puzzles pretty basic but still fun if you like gear/pulley/physics based puzzles

The puzzles seem similar to older games like crazy machines. You put missing parts in machines and fix them. The game always gives you clear instructions what the machine should do, there is never any confusion about the goal. Most of the problems are timing related, which can be solved by trial and error, but also with a little bit of thinking ahead. For someone who loves games like spacechem and infinifactory, the puzzles are pretty easy to solve, but still fun. There is not much of a story so far, but this is only episode 1. The artwork looks pretty good, and suits the game perfectly. The same can be said about the music and sounds. It just has this nice atmosphere, that fits perfectly with the game. But, without rushing, reading every dialog, and playing around with the machines after i build them, it still only took me about one hour to finish the game. Mostly because of the easy puzzles, I never had to think to hard or was stuck for longer then 30 seconds. The whole game jus...

Took me just 1.2 hrs to beat the first episode. Given how easy it was, I'm not sure I'm going to spend another $5 for the next episode... It's a nice game, has cohesive atmosphere, unique setting and characters. For some, this might be a good intro to these sorts of logic/mechanical puzzle games. For others with more experience, this might be a bit of a let-down.

Fun and challenging puzzle game that focuses on logical and technical puzzles. Give it a try. Worth your money!

Great game, cool little puzzles :)

The puzzles are amazing even for adult. This game is somewhat underrated!! Puzzle lovers and thinker would love this.

This is great fun. I recommend it for puzzlers.

nice but short, get it if it's on sale if you can