Games featuring a central evolving puzzle mechanism - an IFDB Poll
by Lance Campbell
RSS FeedLooking for any games that feature a core puzzle mechanism that the player masters and expands upon throughout the game. The puzzle mechanism should start out simple, and evolve and expand in an organic way, supporting the game and story as the player progresses (I am adding a few to get things started).
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short 4 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...  Vote for this game | |
| Suveh Nux, by David Fisher 3 votes "The magical language the player has to learn." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca 2 votes "Well...the wand is the central puzzle to The Wand." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes "The central..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson 2 votes "I don't want to spoil it. " [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Metamorphoses, by Emily Short 2 votes "Learning how to use the different machines." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Vain Empires, by Thomas Mack and Xavid 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey 2 votes "The entire game is a centralized, evolving puzzle." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Basilica de Sangre, by Bitter Karella 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Fifteen Minutes, by Ade McT 1 vote "Very complicated time travel system" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| First Things First, by J. Robinson Wheeler 1 vote "Not sure if time travel qualifies? " [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Bibliophile, by Marshal Tenner Winter 1 vote "Expanding magic system" [+]... Vote for this game | |