Vignettes looks simple, but hides a deeper puzzle game
It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend.
Before I started playing Vignettes, I was expecting it to be a lot like Gnog, a puzzle game that turned puzzle boxes into toy-like dioramas. Maybe it was because the two games share the same brightly colored aesthetic, centered on an object floating in space. But where Gnog adds a lot to the enjoyment of its puzzles by turning them into toys you can fiddle with, Vignettes goes in the opposite direction: it starts as a toy before turning into a puzzle.
Most of Vignettes is predicated on a visual trick. You are presented with...
source https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/31/18282860/vignettes-puzzle-game-review-ios-steam-android-itchio
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