Recently, I downloaded a mobile game for gold. When I entered it, I got a first-time top-up gift package, automatic pathfinding, and automatic killing of monsters. I thought this was not a game playing on me, but me working for the game, right? I suppressed my anger and decided to uninstall it. When I was flipping through my phone, I found a small game called "Logic Drawing" that I had saved before. I played it until three in the morning. I was so angry that I almost smashed my phone. It wasn't a garbage game, it was so fun that I couldn't stop playing it!
This game is a cross-number puzzle that looks like a distant relative of Sudoku. You are given a series of numbers on the left and above, such as 3, 2, 1, which means that this row or column should be blackened with 3 spaces, spaces, 2 spaces, spaces, and 1 spaces. You have to rely on logical reasoning to fill in the pixel blocks in the right positions, and finally spell out a hidden pixel painting. Sounds mundane, right? But as soon as I started using it, I was stunned. The feeling of reasoning out one by one was 10,000 times better than drawing an SSR! 😤
The most amazing thing is that each level is purely stand-alone, no need to connect to the Internet, no need to charge money, no need to add friends to help you gain some energy. You can even play offline. No signal on the subway? Still hi. How many games these days dare you to play offline? Online game manufacturers are eager to tie you to the server 24 hours a day and have activities every day to drive you crazy. And what about "Logic Drawing"? 0 yuan, 100% content, just enjoy it.
To be honest, I have been playing online games for more than ten years. From World of Warcraft to Genshin Impact, I have earned enough money to buy three PS5s. But in the end, I discovered that real happiness is often hidden in these humble stand-alone games. They have no social pressure, no rankings, and no orange equipment for a first deposit of 6 yuan. What they have is just the pure satisfaction of thinking and solving puzzles. You don't need to compare your progress with anyone, and you don't need to go online regularly to play guild battles. You can play whenever and for as long as you want.
Moreover, the developer of "Logic Paint", Nanjing Moxie Network Technology Co., Ltd., has not even made a dime of krypton gold entrance. This is a real gamer! Unlike some major manufacturers that shout "for players" every day, the result is that the screen is filled with recharge pop-ups. Please, are you making games or printing money?
I'm not against online games, but today's online games are so deformed that they make people sick. When you open the App Store, the top 100 are all for cash-generating cards. How many of them really rely on gameplay to make a living? The stand-alone game market has been squeezed to such an extent that even simple logic puzzles are buried in the garbage. I hope this post of mine can make people see that good games don't have to cost a lot of money. Just like "Logic Painting", it is free, fun, and can even bring back the purity of playing Huarong Dao when you were a child.
One final word: If you are tired of liver and krypton and want to try a game that really tests your brain, go download "Logic Drawing". Don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank you. There are still people in this world who are making stand-alone games that are not worth the money. 🙏