‘Podvodsk’ Performs Playing cards Rigorously to Construct Undersea Buildings

Podvodsk wants you to make good selections about the way you construct underwater buildings additional and additional beneath the waves.

You begin off on a platform over the ocean and it is advisable see how far down you possibly can construct earlier than you run out of factors. Every flip, you’re given two totally different schematics you possibly can construct, and whoever has designed these buildings is absolutely going out of their technique to problem the way you lay out this place. Every schematic has a wild form to it made out of squares that it is advisable match into your present constructing and across the odd twists and turns of this undersea cave. Simply making this factor match whereas taking advantage of the area you have got will hold your thoughts occupied.

That mentioned, ensuring this facility is a lovely form is the least of your worries (kinda). Every construction has a degree price, and for those who run out of factors, you’re executed constructing. That mentioned, every schematic additionally has some guidelines about the way it works. Whereas scaffolding is reasonable and simply provides some connective elements, most different schematics allow you to recoup factors relying on how they’re positioned. Some offers you factors for constructing near totally different buildings. Others offers you bonuses based mostly on touching close by floor or coming near seaweed. The sport reveals you what number of factors you’ll recoup as you drag your schematic round so it’s by no means a shock what you’ll get. You simply have to essentially take into consideration the place you need to put one thing so that you don’t run out of factors.

Podvodsk rapidly pulled me in with how simple it was to choose up and play. It stored me enjoying with how complicated it may get as I attempted to squeeze each doable level out of my out there placements, too. It’s a type of wonderful puzzle video games you can wile away a number of hours simply messing with.

Podvodsk is out there now (without cost) on itch.io.

About The Writer

Joel Couture

Joel has been overlaying indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games may be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.