Sand - An Adventure Story 4+

Love puzzle games like this, but the map puzzle is honestly really difficult. You can’t zoom into the map to look at it closer and you can’t take it with you so you’re stuck having to go back and forth with the paper scraps. The scraps in themselves give no indication what to do, even after using the single hint, which does nothing if you’re already lost and put the game in easy mode. I’m completely locked and have no idea what to do but I love games like this so I don’t want to quit. It would be nice if there could be more than one hint, and the hints don’t have to still give you the answer, but at least not tell you what easy mode already had to do

Hi, please write to me at manuelamisani@gmail.com and I will be happy to help you.

**Updated—The developer replied to this review, which is kind of incredible. Apparently the two puzzle snags I mention in my original review aren’t snags, but intentional and don’t affect the game. So I gave another star, but they still seem distracting and odd imo. I would certainly try another of this developer’s games. Original review—I paid for the game, and having finished think it mostly delivers on the price. I enjoyed the style and tone of the story and game. The graphic novel-type art was great, the sound/music were good, and there were words when I tapped on almost everything, which seems like such an easy thing but so many games slack there. The puzzles were standard but solid; a little more challenge would have been nice but I’ve played a lot of these sorts of games. One problem is that you can advance without solving at least one puzzle (the stone rings), which begs the question of why it’s there. You can’t go back so presumably you miss part of the story, which in a short game is irksome. In the beginning there is also a window that is too high so the game says you’ll have to check it out from the other side—that either doesn’t or doesn’t have to happen because I didn’t find a way to investigate before the chapter ended. Those seem like two surprising mistakes in what is otherwise a pretty polished game imo.

Hi CaroCaro68, thanks for your feedback.
The ring game can be solved only collecting 3 hints that are hidden in the corridors and unless you solve all the games in the level, you cannot find the right combination.
The window in the first level is not actionable, the protagonist says it is too high, I need to check what is on the other side... and then he actually goes on the other side by the door.
We are very happy that you enjoyed the story and the drawings :)

So i like a lot about this game. Beautiful design/ artwork, generally easy to use, great puzzles. I wound up breaking out algebra skills I haven’t used in 30 years for the coin puzzle, then ditched the approach and went with a hunch which proved correct. Really makes me think, which I like in a game. My issue is that when you get to the wheel puzzle in the labyrinth (the one where you start with a cyan pie piece across the disks), I get stuck. I can place the sections from the wall diagram where they belong, but there’s no indication as to where the others should go. After trying a few logical possibilities, I realized either I was missing a piece of information or it was one I would have to brute force, which I dislike intensely. I looked up wikis and walkthroughs, but the ones I found stop at the end of the free section. There’s no option to get an easier puzzle here, or anything about where to look for more info. Also can’t find a way to message the creator for info… so, review it is. Again— good game. Just frustrating when you can’t find out how to work around a puzzle.

That puzzle is the last of the level and you need to explore all the corridors and solve all the other puzzles first. If you are really stuck and just want the solution write to me at manuelamisani@gmail.com.