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The game is full of clever little connected animations like these, and while I greatly admire the intricacy and complexity of these constructs, I just didnвЂ™t derive any satisfaction from them. By then rearranging the pictures so that the rock was placed above the dome, Gorogoa automatically linked the two pictures and allowed the stone to travel between images and break the dome, leading to the next section of play. In another quadrant, a little poking around revealed a glass dome with a crack. In most cases, interaction consists of swapping frames to different positions on the board, or moving in and out of each squareвЂ™s foreground and background.ДЄt one point, I had one quadrant with an interior scene with nothing going on, but by clicking and going further into the scene, I found a rock falling and resetting infinitely. The player interacts with these by moving a cursor around and seeing what can be done. For example, in the upper right there might be a boy thinking about a star, in the lower right might be a book, in the other, a landscape, and so on. When it comes to gameplay, GorogoaвЂs mechanics are just as intricate and finely-wrought as the visuals, though they donвЂ™t have the same power.Д®ssentially, the screen is divided up into four quadrants, and itвЂ™s possible for a different hand-drawn scene to be in each area. The pencil work is lovely, and this could easily be a popular childrenвЂ™s title on a shelf somewhere if we were discussing only the aesthetics. The art is fairly stunning, and has a very storybook-like feel to it. ThatвЂ™s not to say that the pictures arenвЂ™t beautiful, though. ThereвЂ™s no dialogue or text in the game, so everything is communicated through pictures and it just wasnвЂ™t landing.

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There is apparently a boy (or a series of boys?) who are thinking about ideas and collecting some type of fruit, but thatвЂ™s as much as I could glean.

I wish I could explain what the story is, but I honestly donвЂ™t understand it, nor did I get much from it. However, after factoring in my appreciation for its unconventional mechanics, I found that I just didnвЂ™t have any feeling or connection to the work, and thatвЂ™s a bad place to be. ItвЂ™s fair to say that this recent Switch release is unlike anything IвЂ™ve played, and that counts for a lot. Without that, a neat idea can only go so far. Freshness and surprise count for a lot, but the reality is that no matter what neat twist a developer brings, there has to be a solid core underneath it - something to draw me in and feel connected with. WTF I have absolutely no idea what the story is about.ДЄs a critic who cherishes innovation and creative ideas, I sometimes want to like things more than I really do. LOW Flipping between screens for long periods without finding a solution. HIGH Impressively intricate parts coming together in neat ways.

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