Brilliant little game. Good learning curve but I did struggle with one particular mechanic. completed the main game without the need of a guide which always makes me appreciate a game that much more. Got it on sale and a very good purchase. Finished it in a few days and will likely revisit the extras Highly recommended.

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Description:
Linelight is a minimalist indie puzzle game where you control a small rectangle of light that moves in predetermined paths to reach the end of the level. Along the way you’ll have to solve puzzles and avoid obstacles by using switches that activate a few different mechanics that vary in each of the 6 + 2 levels available in the game.

Personally, I’m a fan of the minimalist look of the game with the pieces glowing over a dark simple background. The game has only the key elements needed for you to understand the mechanics and the puzzle itself, with no fillers or unnecessary visual effects, giving it a clean and elegant visual style that looks beautiful and unique. The music is soft and relaxing, and creates a good mood to tackle the puzzles without getting annoying.

Regarding gameplay, in each level a new mechanic is introduced and you get a few very easy puzzles to get familiar with how it works. Overall, the puzzles are simple and cleverly designed, but a few get tricky to solve if you don’t completely understand how some mechanics work and all their possibilities and limitations. On the other hand, in a few puzzles you will need good reflexes and dexterity to avoid all the enemy pieces and using a controller will help completing these puzzles more easily.

IMPORTANT: The game might bug when you’re carrying objects and die, sometimes those objects don’t respawn right away, but don’t manic, pressing the restart button all the way till the end will force a hard reset that will return the puzzles to its original state.


Achievements:
How many: 25 Achievements.
How much time: Around 10 hours, mostly on my own.
Game difficulty: Easy, but expect a few hard puzzles once in a while that will take more time to solve unless you follow a guide.
Achievements’ Difficulty: Medium.There are no missables because you can replay the levels. To get 100% you need to complete all the levels and collect all yellow and green stars. The yellow ones are visible and easily obtainable and the green ones are hidden, but if you open the map you can see small shining stars near the parts of the level you have already completed and that means a green star is there. Once you find them, you just need to find the path to them, and it’s usually a straight line from the sides or above or below, but expect a few very well hidden entrances.


Overall opinion:
Linelight is a beautiful, minimalist indie puzzle with cleverly designed puzzles with a lot of different mechanics. The simple shining shapes over a dark background look great and the music is calm and relaxing.


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Fantastic puzzle game. Has a gorgeous soundtrack that is somehow able to evoke emotional responses in a game where all the "characters" are literally just a line. Short but sweet, small enough to be beaten in an afternoon, but still long enough to be a wholly satisfying experience. One of the few games that I have actually cared to beat more than once. 10/10, would highly recommend.

Although you play as a single line for the entire game, many other lines are going to help you get through the levels. It feels good when all kinds of lines come together to help you get to the ending.

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This is one of my top five puzzle games. It might be the best puzzle game I've ever played, from a certain angle. It's what makes a puzzle game good (the feeling of "aha!") distilled almost the simplest possible format: one line moving on another line.
If you like puzzles game AT ALL, play this.

A brilliant game.

Linelight looks, sounds, and feels great and is overall a very soothing and chill puzzle game. The whole game has an extremely nice flow that starts with the controls and ends with the cleverly designed puzzles that had just the right difficulty for the mood I was in when playing the game. And while there are only a few essential mechanics throughout the game, they are often combined in new and surprising ways till the very end.

great game well done !