Let me give you some background first. I commute two hours back and forth every day. The signal on the subway is sometimes good and sometimes bad. I basically say goodbye to online games. I just like to find some inventory that can be played offline. I picked up this game during my lunch break yesterday. I saw it was free and it was made by Zhongzhihui, a company in Nanchang, so I downloaded it immediately. As a result, I almost stopped on the subway this morning. I understand everything 😅
The game is actually about helping a young lady repair her house. The windows are leaking in the winter, the stove cannot be lit, and the house is like an ice cellar. How to put it this way, the gameplay is to find faults and solve puzzles. You have to observe the nooks and crannies in the scene, mend the windows, use firewood to make a fire, and warm the house step by step. The picture is not complicated, but the icy and snowy atmosphere is quite well done. Seeing the young lady huddled up in a ball, I, a working worker, instantly sympathized with me. Isn't this the same me who has to get up and work overtime when there is no heating on weekends😭
Here's the point, this game is particularly suitable for playing in fragmented time. A level only takes a few minutes. Sometimes you can just fix a window and light a fire, and you don't need to remember any complicated plot. It just stops when you stop, and the next level will continue. I took it out and clicked it twice while waiting for the elevator in the morning. After lunch, I played two levels to eliminate food. In the evening, when I was tired from overtime work, I sat on the sofa and played a few more levels. It perfectly fits the rhythm of social animals like us who have no time to play games.
The gameplay is actually a bit like the "let's find differences" that we played in elementary school, but it doesn't simply let you find differences, you have to figure out how to use each prop. For example, in one level, I didn't realize there was a flint hidden in the pile of firewood next to the stove. I stared at the screen for two minutes before I realized what I was doing. As an office worker, my brain has been exhausted by Excel and PPT. This kind of puzzle solving is just an eye exercise for my brain🧠
I have played more than ten levels now, and I have not been bombarded by advertisements. I must praise this. I know that nowadays free games often pop up 30-second ads, but this game is quite conscientious in this regard. Occasionally, if it gets stuck, a prompt will pop up. But if they start playing ads like crazy later, I'll scold them later, but I'll just enjoy it for now.
By the way, if you are the kind of ruthless person who likes to clear the levels in one go, this game may not be enough. After all, the levels are all jumping, and there is no continuous plot above. But if you're like me and just want some mindless fun during your commute, or take your eyes off the report for a while during your lunch break, you can really give it a try.
Okay, let's not talk anymore. The subway has arrived. The fire on the stove just now hasn't been lit yet. Let's fight again tomorrow🔥