‘Podvodsk’ Performs Playing cards Fastidiously to Construct Undersea Constructions

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

You begin off on a platform over the ocean and it’s worthwhile to see how far down you possibly can construct earlier than you run out of factors. Every flip, you’re given two completely different schematics you possibly can construct, and whoever has designed these constructions is admittedly 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 it’s worthwhile to match into your present constructing and across the odd twists and turns of this undersea cave. Simply making this factor match whereas benefiting from the area you have got will maintain your thoughts occupied.

That stated, 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 achieved constructing. That stated, every schematic additionally has some guidelines about the way it works. Whereas scaffolding is affordable 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 completely different constructions. Others offers you bonuses primarily based on touching close by floor or coming near seaweed. The sport exhibits 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 wish to put one thing so that you don’t run out of factors.

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

Podvodsk is offered now (free of charge) on itch.io.

About The Writer

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 may be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.