Hexoscope

[h1]Random? Yes. Unsolvable? Nope. Addictive? Herp derp derpity derp. *Drools*[/h1] I bought this for 89 cents this morning, intending to play a puzzle or two and quit. Now it's 4 hours later, I'm 20 or so puzzles in, and I. Am. Addicted. Hexoscope is a tile puzzle game with the goal being to build a red tiled path between two or more specific tiles. All tiles in between have different directional lines etched into them, allowing you to create one, continuous path. This is a design trope going back all the way to Pipe Mania (and can be seen in games as current as Loop and klocki), but Hexoscope throws in a couple of creative twists. First, you cannot use a "black" tile unless you turn it blue...but you cannot turn a tile blue unless you successfully create a path into it with at least 1 red tile (or more in later levels). This results in some apparent roadblocks that might lead one to think that a board is unsolvable: Don't fall for it, because that is [i]exactly[/i] what this evil...

Hexoscope has some nice simple mechanics that certainly has some depth, but it's reliance on randomly generated boards often makes the individual puzzles feel dull and lifeless. I found that if I got stuck I could just reset the level until a board came up that was easy to solve. I would also be given boards that were unsolvable from the start. The random generation also really impacts the difficulty curve as you might get a real tough layout for one level then get a real easy one for the following one. It would have been a better game if the puzzles were premade entirely with the random generated boards being their own mode. Still, if you're looking for a puzzle game that has some real nice music/sound design, a great presentation, and is inexpensive then you should consider picking this up. Just be aware that it is very possible to get lay outs that are either impossible to solve or beyond your current understanding of the mechanics.

[h1]Short version:[/h1] Hexoscope combines hex-grid pattern-matching/swapping with pipeline type puzzles to create a really soothing, comfortable little game with an astonishing electronic soundtrack. [h1]Long version:[/h1] It is difficult to come up with new basic concepts for a puzzle game, but sometimes combining two already existing ones results in something great. Hexoscope is like that; it mixes tile swapping with pipeline/plumbing puzzles, and glues them together with a nice little trick as a base rule: you need to build the pipeline in order to activate more tiles to swap. The game offers 6×12 stages of increasing difficulty, where each stage only determines the shape of the board and the puzzles themselves are randomly generated. Sometimes the result is almost obvious, sometimes you need to build your pipeline in a certain direction to acquire a tile you need to progress towards your real goal. This means the replay value is quite high, and thanks to the great electronic so...

Quite pleasing puzzler with good mechanics. More than worth the asking price.

This is a pleasing puzzle game. It only costs $1, and there is a fair amount of brain teasing content in return. The art is simple but good looking, the background track is mellow, and the controls are responsive and smooth. The boards are randomly generated and can lead to some really difficult solutions or really easy ones, so it is not a smooth progression. Still, you will breeze through the easy levels, and put some thought into the harder ones. I felt I got my money's worth.

This puzzle game is one of the creative ones i've ever seen, it has a fun gameplay and very good soundtrack (which I already bought and downloaded to my phone). HOWEVER, there are some serious flaws that must be considered: 1. Perhaps it is just me, but my mouse just can't move the 'caos pieces' (the bubbles that must be moved to solve the levels). I've checked the settings for the mouse and game and still nothing. Luckily I have a touch screan on my laptop through I manage to play this but still, it's my #1 problem with the game. 2. The random layout of each level is too random sometimes, and while I tried to solve the very first level for 5-10 mins the second one took me a minute or two. 3. This one is a minor problem but still is there - The is a pts. system in the game that I find nearly usefull, there's nothing you can do with the points you get from each level other but watching them climb up. So you solved a level in a minute faster that your previews attempt, you got 150+ po...

A fine casual puzzle game - simple means, functional graphics, but an effective and entertaining training of your geometrical imagination.

a constant challenge but still constant fun, great if you have some spare time overall 10/10 best puzzle game ive ever played, even bought it for 2 other friends edit: the feeling of completing puzzles is very satisfying, so satisfying i set my steam name as "puzzle master" edit (after beating the game): i have never been so satisfied with a puzzle game the best puzzles i've ever solved (the last 2 levels are too easy though) without anymore puzzles, what else do i have?

Let´s talk about this nice little riddle game. Hexoscope is a hard tile swichting and connection riddle game with an variating interasting gameplay mechanic. The Game itself contain a few worlds with a few riddles. Each riddle has a different layout and different rules to solve it. But here comes there first problem. The tiles you need to moved a randomly generated everytime you start a level or it has been restart. This lead us to the problem that everytime it is to hard you can recreate the so called Chaos to hope for an easier one until you solved it. This makes the level design somehow useless. The next useless thing on the list are the points you earn for completing a level. The amount of points you earn is exactly the same in each worlds and there is no use for them. I recommend this game not because of the hard behaviour more because the mechanics are quite cool to play with and i had my fun with it. But it should not be the best game out there of this genre. So stoppong on t...

Great little puzzle game. Took me about 12 hours to beat, which for only a dollar, that's incredible value. Also, to clear up any confusion, some reviewers say they had to reset continously to beat a puzzle (levels are randomized each time) but that's not true, all puzzles are solvable. It is possible to make a move that will result in it no longer being solvable but that's why the undo button exists. But from the very start of the level, there is always a way to complete it.