0PLAYER
A downloadable playable game
A playable game
Development team:
Creative Director / Mechanics Director / World Design / Puzzle Design - Katelyn Delta
3D Modeling / World Design / Puzzle Design / Mechanics Refinement - Cerise Talis
Initial 2D Tileset / Puzzle Design - Seren✩
Puzzle Design / Mechanics Refinement / 3D Shader Improvements - Panic
Puzzle Design / Mechanics Refinement - Deusovi
Puzzle Feedback / Design Feedback - Abi
In memory of Jack Lance
Playtesters
- autumn and glossawy
- Blaž Urban Gracar
- chris
- Cirion02
- Eden
- EssentiallyFalse
- Ethan Clark
- Gravel
- Henrietta
- inbetweenhonor
- Kaia
- Noneuclidean
- Prod
- Raz
- Septacube
- Sloss
- Sophie
- TheGreatEscaper
- thezachman
- Zimoclo
Level editor
It's a Blender file :3 (minimum Blender version 4.5.0)
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Development log
- Afternoon updateAug 13, 2025
- Late night updateAug 13, 2025
- TransplantsAug 07, 2025
- Performance updateAug 05, 2025
- Very minor fixAug 02, 2025
- Communication improvementsJul 31, 2025
- More tiny tweaksJul 29, 2025
- A few small tweaksJul 28, 2025
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incredible experience. this was so so wonderful
bug fix?
Actually, that is not incorrect. If you have not already, play a bit longer and see if you can figure out how you can do things.
this is a deeply stupid mechanic to include in a newspaper/magazine, "anti interactivity" puzzle
I really like the puzzles in this, but to be honest, this is not the worst of it. I really wish this were an interactive game.
rot13
npghnyyl vg frrzf nf gubhtu gur fyvqvat punetr zrpunavp vfag arprffnel sbe guvf
gurer vf n pncnpvgbe qverpgyl gb gur evtug bs guvf oybpx juvpu jbhyq or vafgnagyl ghearq ba naq erghea gur punetr onpx urer
v fgvyy qba'g yvxr gung zrpunavp nf vgf n irel npgvir vagrenpgvir zrpunavp sbe n abavagrenpgvir chmmyr
i beat it, all hearts
it was amazeing
this was a verry fun 2 days spend solveing puzzles, i pretty much enevr needed to look up solucioins exept for purple, and i lobved solveing it all
this is perfect
i cannot read cursive i dont understand any of the puzzle labels
For a static image, this game is actually really dynamic. Loved playing through it <3
when i first started playing i thought that the png thing was a gimmick but as i went on i realised how well this game utilises its format; it cannot be effectively expressed in an interactive medium. though i feel some mechanics were not as well explained as they could be especially in bottom centre, top right, and bottom right, the hints photos were really good in clearing it up and the final puzzles were so satisfying <3
Spoilers for the red and blue sections encrypted with Rot13:
Ng svefg V jnf pbashfrq ubj gur oyhr chmmyr "genafsre" pbrkvfgf jvgu gur erq chmmyr "cbfvgvivgl". Vg frrzrq yvxr pbirerq pncnpvgbef arrq gb fgnl ba sbe gur oyhr chmmyr ohg arrq gb ghea bss sbe gur erq chmmyr. Ohg vg gheaf bhg vs lbh nyjnlf fyvqr gur oyhr oybpx yrsg gb evtug, vg qbrfa'g npghnyyl znggre. Lbh pna eryvtug gur pncnpvgbe hfvat gur punetr sebz gur abegu chmmyr, be lbh pna whfg yrnir vg pbirerq jvgu lbhe svany zbir, vg qbrfag' znxr n qvssrerapr.
Rot13: Jung vf gur cbvag bs zbfg bs gur Rkbobgnavpnyf nern? Nyy lbh arrq vf bar bs gur 1k1 fyvqvat pncnpvgbef ng gur gbc pragre gb or gbhpuvat gur bhgfvqr zngrevny naq nal bs gur jnlf gb synfu gur bhgfvqr zngrevny jvyy erfhyg va vg fgnlvat ba gunaxf gb gung pncnpvgbe.
Rqvg: Sbe nalbar guvaxvat gur fnzr nf zr, gurer'f n uvqqra 8gu urneg lbh pna qvfpbire va Rkbobgnavpnyf.
Ner lbh gnyxvat nobhg ubj lbh pna nffrzoyr gur 6 qvssrerag pbyberq cvrprf vagb gur funcr bs n urneg? Gung qbrfa'g frrz gb or urycshy va nal jnl, gubhtu, juvyr fgergpuvat gurz vagb n yvar nyybjf lbh gb creznaragyl yvtug gur rkgrevbe ertvba.
Game needs an undo feature. Some of the red puzzles are soft-lockable without it.
bro
its an image
just hit ctrl+z, thats your undo
joke flew below your head
ORDER MY BEHATED
Id love if there was an interactive version that just let you move the tiles and change line colors, visualizing slide puzzles is not my wheelhouse
Same! I already beat the game, but I really really want to play this in a way where I can see these really neat things happening. Optimally, a full interactive game, but at the least something where I can drag things around. I suppose one thing that is difficult about that is unless the game contextually knows when to do things, the red mechanic might be spoiled by having controls for that.
I also do wish there were an interactive version. One that is fully interactive is probably not ideal, because 1. the game intends you to discover the mechanisms and a full interactive version undermines that, 2. spoilers, as you mentioned. Also it will have technical hurdles making it harder-than-expected to implement. If it's just the ability to drag things around, the intended method is probably with an image editor that has layer support, but I found my way with using Blender to open the project file, and had AI write me a script that adds buttons to move selected object(s) one tile at a time.
Great experience, a bit confused on the two win conditions as vg frrzf lbh pna yvtug gur prageny urneg (naq nyy bgure urnegf) jvgubhg fbyivat rkbobgnavpnyf ol whfg yrnivat bar bs gur ybbc cvrprf sebz punetr va gur hccre fybg? V ubcr V'z zvffvat fbzrguvat orpnhfr gur "zrgn" chmmyr gb bcra hc punetr jnf ernyyl fhcreo
V qvq ernyvmr gung vg jnf cbffvoyr gb yvtug nyy oynpx zngrevny (gvyrf, abg yvarf) ol fbyivat rkbobgnavpnyf fb orsber ernqvat jva.gkg V nffhzrq gung jnf gur "gehr raqvat"
Very fun! Took around 4 hours in MS Paint. I only looked up the hint for the ZHYF mechanic, everything else was pretty easy to follow. I wish there were more puzzles utilizing that mechanic though.
Is there any reason for level labels being in cursive?
í like how this pops up one of those scam alert popups when it's literally just a harmless image file. either way, incredibly creative and good :D
DEAR GOD HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU DRAG THEM
Easily one of t he best puzzle games I've ever played
Gb trg gehr raqvat, jung qbrfa'g jbex jvgu whfg yvtugvat bar bs gur 4 cvrprf lbh yvtug ng gur gbc naq yrnir vg fvggvat ng gur gbc ?
Vg srryf ynzr ohg cbffvoyr.
Vs vg vf vaqrrq purrfr gung lbh jnag gb svk, na vqrn pbhyq or gb znxr gur envaobj frpgvba yrnq gb n urneg vafgrnq bs n 5gu tybony rayvtugrazrag
EDIT :
BU. ZL. TBQ.
Gur frperg urneg npghnyyl arrqf lbh gb yvtug hc gur oynpx frn bs gur envaobj nern. Fb lbh pna'g purrfr vs lbh jnag gur gehre raqvat.
Guvf tnzr vf whfg cresrpg V'z fb unccl V jnf gbyq bs vgf rkvfgrapr
OMG I didn't consider what you put in your EDIT
I liked the game. It is overall well polished and most of the mechanics were inferable as the goal surely was. I'm confident I know how each puzzle is solved within the ruleset now that I know the full ruleset. I like a good bit of the puzzles, particularly scorpion, positivity, ergo, and corner. I do have a gripe with one mechanic. ROT13 spoilers:
Fryrpgbef orvat grzcbenevyl phg nybatfvqr oybpxf gb trg zhygvcyr fryrpgbef, juvyr n ernfbanoyr vqrn, V sbhaq vzcbffvoyr gb vasre. ensgref + gur tngr orgjrra gnyytenff naq cranygl pnaabg or pbzcyrgrq vs nyy phg oybpxf zbir nf bar nyjnlf. 2SN + zlpbona + pbeare pnaabg or pbzcyrgrq jvgubhg zhygvcyr oybpxf zbivat ng bapr fbzrgvzrf. Gur bgure chmmyrf npghnyyl jbex jvgu rvgure be. Guvf perngrq ybgf bs pbashfvba nf gb ubj lbh pbhyq qb bayl n yvggyr flapuebabhf zbirzrag.
V oryvrir guvf vf n ceboyrz jvgu Synfuvat nf jryy. V fgnegrq gb whfg pbafvqre zbivat oybpxf naq sbetbg gung zbgvba jnf vzcbegnag. Jvgu Synfuvat vg jnf cbffvoyr gb pbapyhqr sebz gur chmmyr qrfvta V jnfa'g rkcrpgrq gb svther bhg ubj gb yrnir oybpxf ba gur rqtrf. Orpnhfr zbivat oybpxf jnf gur pber tnzrcynl ryrzrag V pbhyq vasre ubj gur zrpunavp jnf vagraqrq gb jbex.
Jvgu Zhygvfryrpg guvf jnfa'g gur pnfr. Fryrpgvat jnfa'g vzcbegnag ng nyy va nal bgure pvephzfgnapr. V'q sbetbggra nobhg vg hagvy V ernq n uvag. Juvyr gur vapyhfvba bs uvagf vf jbaqreshy V qb jvfu gurer jnf nabgure zrpunavp gung hgvyvmrq fryrpgvba. Sbe rknzcyr, n oybpx juvpu bayl pbaqhpgf cbjre juvyr fryrpgrq.
you made a little mistake which is where your confusion comes from.
Lbh qba'g fbzrgvzrf pubbfr gb pbageby frireny ng bapr be fbzrgvzrf pubbfr gb abg. Pbagebyyvat frireny cvrprf bayl unccraf jura lbh jrer va pbageby bs n cvrpr gung tbg phg. Nsgre gur phg, lbh pna pbageby obgu, ohg lbh pna nyfb fgbc pbageby obgu naq fryrpg n fvatyr bar bs gur cvrprf bg xrrc pbagebyyvat. Nsgre gung, lbh pna"g fryrpg obgu cvrprf nalzber, gubhtu.
Great game! I’m happy to have learned about it from Icely, spent solid three-four hours doodling stuff in pain, discovering tech etc.
There was one bit of confusion - when I first saw black floor, I thought it was void or something, so I started thinking whether it is even traversable, or maybe you can drop movable tiles into the void to create flooring - basically, went completely wrong direction.
Spoiler (specific things about specific puzzles)
UPDATE: I figured it out, thank you for hints/solutions provided.Exobotanicals has two things I wanted to mention
“Alias” seems impossible to me. You need to cross 4 vertically 2 horizontally while in motion, with four 1x1 this seems impossible. I can place final 1x1 at the end, then I need to cross 3 up + 1,5 right with three 1x1, same thing…
I kinda wish the final puzzle (live), ended with the final heart being permanently lit up, as for right now it can just flicker for a bit when you move the last tile up and down.
1. Hint : lbh'yy unir gb frg guvatf hc naq gura qb 1 zbirzrag gung jvyy zbir fgevpyl zber guna 2 cvrprf
2. Gurer vf n jnl gb xrrc gur pragre urneg yvg hc ! gurer vf bar engure ynzr jnl gb qb vg, ohg nyfb na ryrtnag bar, naq bayl gur ynggre pna yrnq gb trggvat gur gehre raqvat...
The hint for 1 did not help at all, but after rethinking it, I figured out how it’s solved. As for 2 - I take it back, it indeed does work nicely. HOORAY I COMPLETED THE GAME
You can get the last one permanently lit up, you just have to zbir gur ubevmbagny yvar crvpr va gur zvqqyr (obggbz bs svany nern) hc gb gur irel gbc gb pbzcyrgr gur obneq-fvmrq pncnpvgbe. Lbh pbhyq nyfb whfg yrnir bar bs gur pncnpvgbef sebz punetr va cynpr naq trg FHASYBJRE, ohg lbh pna'g qb guvf sbe ZBBASYBJRE, lbh'q fgvyy or zvffvat bar bs gur 8.
I fouund it through Icely too, solved it fully, and I have solutions and tips for the spoilers:
1. Fbyhgvba: Cynpr guerr oybpxf ba gur gbc bs gur pbyhza orgjrra vachg naq bhgchg. Gur sbhegu oybpx tbrf ba gur vachg. Cynpr gur tenl fvatyr oybpx ba gur gbc bs gur vachg pbyhza. Abj chfu gur jubyr frghc jvgu gur sbhe ol bar oybpx. Juvyr va zbgvba, gur oybpxf pnhfr n fcnex va gjb cynprf ng bapr: vachg - unys - shyy - shyy - unys - bhgchg
2. Gur urneg pna fgnl ba creznaragyl -> nyy oynpx pbybe gvyrf pbaqhpg cbjre -> gur punetvat tnc ng gur gbc unf 2 pbaarpgvbaf ba obgu fvqrf -> vf gurer n cvrpr gung pbhyq pbaarpg gurz fbzrjurer? -> va gur znva uho jvgu svir ol svir oybpxf gur friragu oybpx unf n zbinoyr oybpx jvgu n ubevmbagny yvar -> lbh pna zbir vg gb pbzcyrgr gur ybbc rapbzcnffvat gur ragver vzntr naq gura syvpx gur svany svany syvpxre ba gb xrrc vg yvg
I finished it, I have one complaint, and one thing that I thought was inconsistent but the hints explained it.
Anyway, very very engaging, good stuff!
Adding spacers to
move spoilers below
the expandy thing!
Spoilers below
But I know they're gonna get encrypted anyway.
The not really one: The sliced purple down the bottom right moving as one; it seemed like an arbitrary difference for specifically purple, because an earlier red puzzle was impossible if you applied the same behaviour; but the hints explained that it's because they remain selected after being severed and not just a telekinetic bond between them.
The real one: As far as I can tell, two puzzles in the top right require DIAGONAL power transmission between black blocks; this seems pretty sketchy to me, nothing else does anything diagonally, and they're only barely touching corners so it seems really unintuitive.
The two puzzles were the ones to release the purple piece and the blue piece. It seems impossible to move the purple loop across without shorting it unless you have diagonal connection. And the blue one just doesn't seem possible to bridge the gap without diagonal.
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Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Gbc evtug chmmyr pbybef ner abg neovgenel.
Gur oyhr cvrpr vf irel qbnoyr, lbh unir gb fubeg vg va gjb cynprf ng bapr, gur bar ol sbhe chfurf gur obggbz oynpx obk naq n gbc tenl obk chfuvat gur sbhegu oynpx obk.
Gur checyr cvrpr jnf gevpxl hagvy v ernyvmrq jul vg'f checyr. Vg'f gur phg fryrpgvba guvat ntnva. Lbh fryrpg gur ovt P cvrpr naq phg bss vgf gnvy, juvyr fgvy fryrpgrq. Gura lbh unir gb pbafgehpg n fdhner gbhpuvat gur fbhepr, ohg gur zvqqyr oybpx bs gur fdhner ZHFG or gur phg bss gnvy, gung jnl jura zbivat gb gur evtug gur fdhner ybbc jba'g pbyyncfr ba vgfrys. Ubjrire, ORSBER lbh qb gung lbh zhfg chfu bar bs gur 3 fgnegre oynpx obkrf gb gur svefg purpxcbvag, orphnfr vs lbh qba'g bapr lbh cbjre vg gur 2 pbearef jbhyq or ybfg gb gur jnyy. Bapr lbh cbjre gur purpxcbvag guebhtu gur rkgrafvba lbh pna erneenatr gr ybbc fb gung gur gnvy vf va gur gbc fcbg, juvpu yrgf lbh zbir gur ybbc qbja, nsgre ercbjrevat vg sebz gur purpxcbvag bs pbhefr. Gur erfg vf gur fnzr, qbja evtug hc naq obbz, ab qvntbanyf
Oh my god I can't believe I didn't consider using that on the purple piece after looking at the hints. I worked it out, some tricky movement involved.
And oh I see what you mean on the blue one. Wow that was obvious, how did I miss it?
Ubj qb lbh trg gur gnvy vagb gur pragre ntnva gb zbir gur ybbc gb gur evtug jvgubhg qrfryrpgvat gur P naq gnvy gb znxr n tnc va gur gjb ybbfr oybpxf sbe gur gnvy gb fybg vagb, be jvgubhg oevatvat gur guveq ybbfr oybpx qbja gb wbva gur gjb bguref?
For whatever reason, when not logged in, the expand thing doesn't exist for my phone's browser. Probably stick with ROT13
rot13: Avpr Zvpebona Ersrerapr
Alright, I'm confused.
Are you... encrypting your comments?
yes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT13
I don't get why, but fher! Yrg'f qb vg!
<3
Probably for spoiler reasons
Well done! I had a blast. The lack of solve confirmation other than from context was a pleasantly novel challenge, even if it meant needing to fix a few of my solves that I'd misinterpreted. All the rules eventually became crystal clear from context, which I appreciated.
What an interesting concept! For some parts I do wish it was a playable game - would have loved to see all the interactions come alive onscreen. Some criticism though: Needs some more purple tutorial puzzles - I was confused and thought I had misunderstood some earlier rules until I looked up the hint. Also could use some more tutorial puzzles around the oynpx pncnpvgbef - vg jnf abg pyrne vs gurl unq gb or fdhner funcrq, be pbhyq sbe rknzcyr or n 3k4 erpgnatyr. Nyfb abg dhvgr pyrne vs nal oynpx cvrprf ba gur fvqr jbhyq "oernx" gur pncnpvgbe cebcregl, gubhtu V thrff vg'f gur bayl jnl gb fbyir "Fvax".
Finally finished! V jnf nyzbfg fghzcrq ol 'retb', naq V nyzbfg tnir hc orsber ernyvmvat juvpu cvrpr pbhyq grzcbenevyl cyht gur checyr yrnx va 'yvir'. V nyfb unira'g tbar onpx gb fbyir 'fpbecvba' lrg orpnhfr vg uhegf zl oenva, ohg V nffhzr gung'f bcgvbany? V'ir cbjrerq nyy gur urnegf... Nyfb zl irefvba vf sebz orsber 'yngr avtug hcqngr' naq 'nsgreabba hcqngr', ohg V jnf arire pbashfrq nobhg gur zrpunavp va gur oyhr frpgvba, fb V nffhzr vg vf abg jbegu ercynlvat gubfr cnegf?
rot13: lrc, lbh fubhyq or tbbq gb tb :)
Awesome work! I left a proper review but couldn’t post a link to my final solution, so here is it.
***** HEAVY SPOILER *****
https://imgur.com/a/C9nvLIe
very cool, very fun, wish there was an actual controllable version but this was great either way!
love me a good pdf puzzl
also, for those hesitating, the only thing inside the files are text docs and pdfs. my computer is trunning ok. even if there was something, the game is fun enough to consider it
from anyone who played: is this game safe or no
you will not believe how safe this game is
I know three of the devs, they're quite active on Discord. No way they all got hacked.
This game looks intriguing but is still quarantined by itch currently. Can someone remind me when they have reviewed this so I can play without any doubt? thanks in advance!
It's just txt and png files
“Our system has flagged this page for additional review due to potential suspicious behavior from the page owner.”
itch’s warnings are because we created this account immediately before uploading the game. We probably have to wait for a manual review by itch staff.
I can't tell what this thing that I'm encountering pretty early on does--I have a hope/idea of what it might be, but there isn't a hint about it to confirm it. Can I get a nudge? https://imgur.com/a/mG1iXqT
There’s a hint which makes this interaction explicit, located in the hints folder (rot13) URQTR ZNMR haqre TNG
Thank you!
This was a fun game, thank you for making this. Very elegant!
I completed about 95% of it -- I thought I had a solution for the final (top-right, "Live") puzzle but later realized I don't, but, don't have the time to keep working on it. Here's a SPOILER-FULL picture of my final solve, dirty and full of temporary markings: spoiler warning in this imgur link
I enjoyed most of it. especially enjoyed the yellow and orange areas (after solving orange I had to retreat to yellow to fix some stuff!). Red had a good twist but I couldn't figure it out and had to spoil myself with a hint, because of some minor UX issues that I complained about at the time but probably can't be improved. Purple was annoying and also required me to spoil myself on the twist, but, that's because it felt too "gamey" -- I think I would not have figured it out either way. Black, final area, was excellent -- but the nonlinear form of it confused me (and I still have some lingering doubts about e.g. what to do with uh, Lithops Marumorata and Charge/Change).
Despite your wishes not to make this into an interactive videogame -- I really truly think it would be better that way. Some of the revelations would be worse, sure, but some would be better and it would be WAY more accessible. (the fact that it isn't an interactive videogame is why two of my friends gave up -- friends who did enjoy other image-only puzzles).
This is genuinely incredible
The level size to player ratio is too large.
Even after I realized what this really is, this game still continues to surprise me with ingenious mechanic progression and tight puzzle design, utilizing the strength of this unique format. Bravo!
part of the rule set is a bit cursed and hard to find out, but it is really fun to play (can this be actually called play?)
Spent the large majority of my day streaming it for the creator, the pogs just wouldn't stop coming so I couldn't put it down. A genuinely wonderful time, 10/10
it's one of the best puzzle games i have ever played, even though it's not really what might be called a game.
Wait, is this not a video game but just a single image file? Do you have any plans to turn it into a videogame in the future, or is this the final product?
rot13: Pbeerpg, vg’f n fvatyr vzntr svyr. Ab cynaf gb ghea vg vagb na vagrenpgvir ivqrbtnzr.
Would you agree that someone does that?
my playthrough videos