SHENZHEN I/O

SHENZHEN I/O

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Lambent Mist Nov 4, 2016 @ 12:58am
Length and replay value?
This game looks interesting, but before I but it I want to know how many hours I can get out of it? How long is it and is there replay value?

Also, are there any plans to add more puzzles in the future?
Last edited by Lambent Mist; Nov 4, 2016 @ 3:42am
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jeff Nov 4, 2016 @ 3:39am 
I'm at ~20 hours and finished the last puzzle (but still have some earlier ones uncompleted). I did play quite a bit of solitaire and optimized some early puzzles though.

Replay value is quite high since you can redo old puzzles to try to get a more optimized solution, and there's three different metrics to optimize for. There are usually multiple viable solutions for each puzzle.
Lambent Mist Nov 4, 2016 @ 3:42am 
I see, thank you. Are there any plans to add more puzzles in the future?
KeyKon Nov 4, 2016 @ 4:26am 
They might add some extra puzzles after the main campaign.
They also plan to add a puzzle editor and a way to exchange those.

Took me 30 hours to solve all Puzzles, but approx half of that time I was optimizing already solved ones^^
Frozen Ray Nov 4, 2016 @ 5:26am 
I'm at 170 hours now, and it's not an idle time. The potential replay value is insane, but it depends on how competitive you are. You can probably just create some mediocre solutions for every puzzle and be done, but IMO that's not what this game is about.

Every time someone beats your top1 score (which you optimized as far as you could), you basically start a completely new puzzle, because your old approach was obviously suboptimal, and you have to re-invent something new. And then you do it, but someone says that there is a guy that you should add to friends list who did it like 2p better, and you add him, and you see his scores, and you feel miserable, and you spend another 2 hours trying to guess how the hell he did that, and then you do it, and then it's the best moment of your week.
And then he gets upset and beats you again, and it starts all over.

This game is amazing.
Last edited by Frozen Ray; Nov 4, 2016 @ 5:27am
AlexMBrennan Nov 4, 2016 @ 5:27am 
I see, thank you. Are there any plans to add more puzzles in the future?
There is going to be a bonus campaign: spoiler warning
Lambent Mist Nov 4, 2016 @ 9:08am 
Thank you everyone.
Anrock Nov 5, 2016 @ 5:37am 
I'm not a clever guy, so i've already spent 40hr and that's probably only half of puzzles.
manystarredcloak Nov 6, 2016 @ 6:50am 
I just beat the main quest line with 81 hours spent. I'm a newbie on Zachtronic games. Replay value is extremely high if you are a perfectionist. Most of my design are actually sub-par and have tons of rooms to improve.
Last edited by manystarredcloak; Nov 6, 2016 @ 9:56am
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Date Posted: Nov 4, 2016 @ 12:58am
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