‘Podvodsk’ Plays Cards Carefully to Build Undersea Structures

Podvodsk wants you to make sensible choices about the way you construct underwater constructions additional and additional beneath the waves.

You begin off on a platform over the ocean and you’ll want to see how far down you may construct earlier than you run out of factors. Every flip, you’re given two totally different schematics you may construct, and whoever has designed these constructions is de facto going out of their approach to problem the way you lay out this place. Every schematic has a wild form to it made out of squares that you’ll want to 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’ve will maintain your thoughts occupied.

That mentioned, ensuring this facility is a lovely form is the least of your worries (kinda). Every construction has a degree value, and for those who run out of factors, you’re carried out 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 constructions. Others offers you bonuses primarily based 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 actually 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 easy it was to choose up and play. It stored me enjoying with how complicated it might get as I attempted to squeeze each attainable level out of my obtainable placements, too. It’s a kind of glorious puzzle video games that you could wile away a number of hours simply messing with.

Podvodsk is obtainable now (at no cost) on itch.io.

About The Creator

Joel Couture

Joel has been protecting indie video games for varied 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 continually looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games will be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.