A minimalist game in which Alice is depicted as a cube falling through Wonderland, passages of the novel would be read out as you play and words would form up as obstacles inhibiting your progress. A creative take on an otherwise old formula that’s been done plenty of times on Steam. What was initially a fun concept turned into a mighty struggle against repetition, it was a chore in exercise when I was barely minutes into the game.

First of all, this game only contain parts of the novel and not the entire thing, I fail to grasp why that is the case besides laziness. Secondly, the stages will always play out the same since it was fixed in stone by what was written in novel, so you’ll hear certain lines so often that you’ll come to hate them and Lewis Carroll (no offence to the great author). Lastly this game only featured a practice mode (stage select) and a ranked mode (leader board), which is the same thing in reality, thus there is no replay value what so ever.

The biggest bane of this game came from its atrocious controls. Tapping the arrow keys moves too slow in the faster stages, but holding the shift key moves way too fast. The animation would also turn jerky as you move, so the game essentially forces you to hug the top or bottom lane for much of its duration and to limit movement unless absolutely necessary.

Camera angles also worked against you in the worst manner possible, most evident when the game decided to make sharp corners just to spite you. By the time the next word (obstacle) appeared on screen, you will be too late to react but to start anew from the beginning. In fact, I beat the game solely by writing down the key sequence I used to dodge, and beat it on trial and error alone.

I really wanted to say something good about this, but the concept was its only saving grace, which is nowhere near enough for me to recommend a purchase. If you see this on sale with a huge discount, you’ll still be better off with some other game.

A minimalist game in which Alice is depicted as a cube falling through Wonderland, passages of the novel would be read out as you play and words would form up as obstacles inhibiting your progress. A creative take on an otherwise old formula that’s been done plenty of times on Steam. What was initially a fun concept turned into a mighty struggle against repetition, it was a chore in exercise when I was barely minutes into the game. First of all, this game only contain parts of the novel and not the entire thing, I fail to grasp why that is the case besides laziness. Secondly, the stages will always play out the same since it was fixed in stone by what was written in novel, so you’ll hear certain lines so often that you’ll come to hate them and Lewis Carroll (no offence to the great author). Lastly this game only featured a practice mode (stage select) and a ranked mode (leader board), which is the same thing in reality, thus there is no replay value what so ever. The biggest bane of this game came from its atrocious controls. Tapping the arrow keys moves too slow in the faster stages, but holding the shift key moves way too fast. The animation would also turn jerky as you move, so the game essentially forces you to hug the top or bottom lane for much of its duration and to limit movement unless absolutely necessary. Camera angles also worked against you in the worst manner possible, most evident when the game decided to make sharp corners just to spite you. By the time the next word (obstacle) appeared on screen, you will be too late to react but to start anew from the beginning. In fact, I beat the game solely by writing down the key sequence I used to dodge, and beat it on trial and error alone. I really wanted to say something good about this, but the concept was its only saving grace, which is nowhere near enough for me to recommend a purchase. If you see this on sale with a huge discount, you’ll still be better off with some other game.