So walls become floors and floors become ceilings. In Manifold Garden, you’re manipulating gravity to complete puzzles.

However, pay very close attention to the structures around you because it took me a bit to realize that I was falling in a loop. I admit I felt my stomach drop when I accidentally fell off the side of a structure, thinking I was about to die when in fact you just fall endlessly.

I love how the world looks and how you interact with it. The visuals, though simple, are quite stunning. It re-imagines physics, gravity, and infinity all in a neat and clean package. Manifold Garden is a physics based Escher-esque puzzle game released in October 2019 for Windows, MacOS, iOS and now the Nintendo Switch. This puzzle game will quite literally make your head spin upside down. Don’t be fooled by how simplistic and calming it looks. Artistically sound lines, shapes, and structures that appear to repeat into infinity. Nothing to ruin the experience entirely, but it is really noticeable.Manifold Garden by William Chyr Studio is simply endless. Note that it does not run at 30 frames (on Nintendo Switch) and sometimes it is possible to see some performance breaks in both “undocked” and “docked” modes. I cannot fail to mention the performance of this title. An experience that lasted a few hours, but is so dense and strenuous that I took several breaks between game sessions. That said, it would make it easier to have a button that would do this automatically and without major problems. The only solution in these cases and I had to pray that the game did not autosave, is to return to the save in the previous area or on the previous occasion. There are points, as already indicated, in which it is necessary to transport the objects and in some situations, I came across the problem of being stuck or fell to infinity, or even putting myself in situations where the puzzle is simply impossible to solve in that situation. It would be interesting to have some way to go back in time, a bit like a “restart” button. Another example is that of a ball being trapped inside tubes and it needs to reach from point A to point B, the only way is to find an alternative to change the gravity. It is necessary to play with the environment, or with other cubes of other colors with their own gravities. This red cube has its own gravity so it is not possible to simply grab and transport it to the required location. A world to lose sight ofīut to make it easier to understand this level of complexity, imagine that opening a door requires a red cube. This title manages to move to another level when it presents the player with images that literally extended out of sight. That said, it is thus possible to walk on 6 different planes, making everything around you follow this trajectory.ĭo you know that pleasant moment that exists after completing a puzzle that looks almost impossible? That feeling of finally discovering the solution and being able to replicate what the creator of the title imagined is simply magnificent.

Not forgetting the detail that makes all the difference, the possibility of changing gravity.

There is no middle ground, some are super easy and others are quite complex. Solving some puzzles can be a hard task leading to moments of frustration. The majority of abstract buildings repeat themselves endlessly and sometimes make the player feel completely surrounded by a kind of infinite limbo. But the more you study the geometry of this environment, the more disconcerting it becomes, it can even disturb you. Imagine the possibility of changing gravity and moving between floor, wall, and ceiling with a simple press of a button. Honestly, this was a title that never crossed my mind, but soon it grabbed me for its complexity. Manifold Garden is a 3D puzzle title that re-imagines the laws of physics while dazzling the player with simple yet impressive visuals.

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