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Parallel Experiment by Eleven Puzzles: “Put your heart into it and players will notice”

PreMortem.Games

Polish indie studio Eleven Puzzles has been making a name for themselves as the creators of some fine cooperative puzzle games, like Unsolved Case and Unboxing the Cryptic Killer. Co-founded by Adrian Olczyk and Karolina Pytka, the fully remote studio has been crafting unique multiplayer puzzle experiences since its inception in 2020.

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The challenges of laying worlds upon worlds in puzzle game COCOON

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Developers Jeppe Carlsen, Jakob Schmid, and Erwin Kho speak about the various difficulties that came from creating a puzzle game where multiple independent worlds were used to solve and navigate complex puzzles.

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American Arcadia is a multidimensional puzzle platformer with a cool '70s vibe

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The makers of this 2D-3D puzzle platformer created a retro visual style with a little help from their own personal memory banks.

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Designing the mind-bending puzzles in Patrick's Parabox

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Patrick’s Parabox is both an evolution of the block-pushing puzzle game, and something new and unique to itself.

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Mental staircases and paradoxical suitcases: Crafting the world-hopping puzzles of Cocoon

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"I think I've got to a point where I evaluate puzzles on more parameters than just 'is this challenging?'" '"

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Isles of Sea and Sky uses limitations and theme to inspire creativity in puzzle crafting

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Isles of Sea and Sky developer Jason Newman talks about how working within certain limitations helped spark some creative ideas in puzzle crafting.

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Early Return to Monkey Island Puzzle Dependency Chart

Grumpy Gamer

There are some fun puzzles in here but they all were cut for a reason, mostly pacing but sometimes because it wasn't as interesting as we thought. ** SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET. Game design isn't a destination, it's a journey and this was one of the stops along the way.

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