**VIDEO SPOILERS BELOW** Linelith Review, starting with what I liked: - This is the shortest game I've ever seen capable of setting up expectations and delivering not one, but several twists that lead into a satisfying conclusion. This is the ideal puzzle game experience distilled to its very basics and delivered in less than an hour without any filler. - The twists themselves were a wonderful shock, they should have been so obvious but still caught me by surprise. It's always special when a puzzle game can make me laugh from joy. - I love how everything could be done from the very beginning. The player must make the connection themselves rather than receiving some powerup or being spoon-fed the leap in logic. - This game gets a ton of little things right, such as keeping tally of the puzzle progress and making the solved puzzles a solid color. That's all it takes to prevent the player from wasting their time on a tedious puzzle search. - The background song is awfully pretty. It was just one song on loop for 45 straight minutes, and I didn't even get remotely tired of it. - I respect games so much when they end exactly when they're supposed to. If this game was any longer, it may have gotten tedious or could have tried to force some flawed or uninteresting ideas into the game. I would rather that the developer knows exactly what's fun than throwing everything at the wall, even if both games have the same amount of fun parts. There's something special about a constant drip of excellence that most developers sadly miss out on by padding their runtime. Of course, a consistent short game will never compare to a consistent long game. There's a reason my rating is 'Flawless' rather than 'Perfect'. What I didn't like: - Overall Rating: 10/10 (Flawless)
@@ygorcraft6943 nono, I very much agree with Alien, if the developers had tried to go TOO extravaganza, with more levels and mechanics, it might've just bloated out the game and it could have even brought the fun down. It's just that ONE itch of the loading bar that I REALLLLLLY lwas hoping would be scratched
This seems like a weird combo of The Witness's elegant mechanics, Patrick's simple yet fullfilling puzzles and "aha" moments and Baba with the self-puzzlers. I am ALL HERE for it
Oh man, that moment of sheer excitement when he realized you can solve the floors was priceless. I was grinning as soon as he figured it out as well. I'd expect nothing less from the creators of Patrick's Parabox! They're truly puzzle-game making geniuses.
Just finished the game before watching as recommended, i would ABSOLUTLEY recommend trying it out before watching. The twist was amazing to figure out, and now it's doing similar things to my vision that the end of witness does.
As much as I'd love to see this as something that got expanded on, I feel like it's better like this. It's the perfect puzzle game, and it's not even that long, if you put your mind to it. Props to the guy that made it, he really knows his stuff.
Bro this game looked really fun. I like the idea of just figuring everything out yourself, and the inclusion of even the void into the game. The twist is so unexpected, yet easy to find, which is important in why its appealing. I compare this game to the little shape fitting toys for toddlers, except it's for normal people, yet it is still entertaining.
Yeah love you can realize the full twist before seeing the dots in say the void but that that exists later on so you’d never be stuck. Really elegant, streamlined and just well designed game
Same, the moment i see invironmental puzzle my brain just scream "bro that's the witness!" Would recommend anyone who hasn't watch his playthrough of it yet to watch it
For once I am actually going to play this before watching the LP, I did a little bit of this already and it has already made me giggle like an idiot a few times EDIT: Beat it, that made me very happy, now time to watch the LP!
This game designer makes fantastic puzzle games! I watched one episode of your Patrick’s Parabox play through and immediately went and played it. I’m going to be keeping track of their games from now on! Thanks for showing me some really sick puzzle games.
This is an ideal example of a puzzle game MVP (minimum viable product). MVP is a concept of distilling your game into its truest and purest form. To see what's the essential of a game, to see what makes it "fun", and only focus on that. *[minor game spoilers below]* This game doesn't cramp meta UI/level selection stuff (eg Baba Is You) but instead being the meta itself. The dev doesn't include challenge levels or more complex mechanics (eg the Witness) instead they keep it concise. It really is a flawless game who solely focuses on making the full experience from start to finish a fun one. Great job. Props to the dev!
This simple looking game is one of the best puzzle games of all time. Nothing flashy, no crazy premise, just lines. And yet it manages to deliver so, so much more
Those first 10mins? Absolutely joyous :) I'd never seen or heard of the game, so it was a pleasure to go on that smiling journey with you 😁 Thanks for the upload!
Yo Aliensrock, thanks for asking me to purchase and play the game beforehand, I did that and it turned out to be one of my favorite puzzle games despite its short playtime. Without that disclaimer I likely would've bought it after watching the video with all the spoilers, and I wouldn't've been motivated to play the game, so I thank you for putting that disclaimer there
10:13 oh god, i can tell this is gonna Witness me in the way that i'm gonna be seeing puzzles everywhere i go in the same way witness made me see circles and lines everywhere i went...
This is incredible, there are literally 3 game mechanics: 1 some puzzle tiles are movable 2 lines must start and end at dead ends 3 vertices with dots must have exactly as many line-occupied tiles around them as they have dots and it's a better puzzle game than the majority of others, even many of the good ones.
bought game because of your glowing review at the start of the video so I wouldn't be spoiled watching your playthrough. took me roughly 1 hour, very worth the $3. You found most of the game mechanics before me lol. The only one I found prematurely was the green bricks/walls.
At first, I was confused by why you could move around a museum-like area over a standard level system. Then realising you could become part of the puzzle, it seemed so brilliant. From that I pieced together that the wall was probably a puzzle too, but to think that even the floor was a puzzle... Absolutely astounding design
Bought and played it before watching like suggested. The puzzle at 22:20 I actually solved by putting two blocks near the two dots, so the line could fulfill that requirement without getting trapped there, but too some tight line making to make sure I never blocked myself. Your solution looked much easier to make I don't know why I didn't try it that way rather than get stuck for a short time.
I'm glad I paid attention to the spoiler note at the beginning of the video and went off and completed the game myself before watching this video. Finding the twists myself was definitely worth it.
Slitherlinks are an amazing amount of fun. Check out 'Loopy' on Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection for an infinite Slitherlink puzzle generator. Also playing similar is Flow/Numberlink
I always think nah I wanna watch the great vid. then I'm always annoyed by how great these games are and that I have already watched so far and can't play them for myself anymore but then I want to also watch great videos... such a hard decision always. I hope there are more large things to discover (like game mechanics) in this game than what was shown until 10:29
It's one of those games where the magic of the game is completely lost by watching a video about it. Wish I had played this D: I have stopped watching a few of Tyler's videos to go and play the actual game featured, but by the time I understood the allure, the magic is lost with this game. Oh well, what I wonderful little game.
Just finished this game before watching and loved it from start to finish. The only missed opportunity for me is that the progress bar wasn’t also a puzzle.
This game is like a combination of like 3 puzzle games you've played Those games are 1: The Witness for it's line puzzles 2: Understand because it doesn't tell you how to play it 3: A Monster Exposition because you have all the abilities at the start but you only learn about them by playing the game TLDR it's a short game that's a combination of some of my favorite puzzle games
The Witness never tell you how to do puzzles either, you got to figure it out yourself. I'd say most of these graph theory puzzle games (for lack of a better term) that comes after The Witness got the inspiration from it.
@@FlameRat_YehLon you're the reason I almost included a line that was "(but super explosion the witness doesn't tell you how to play either)" next to the witness. KIND OF REGRET THAT NOW
Oh, the "one hour game" was surprisingly accurate for me! I didn't look at the clock when playing, but after finishing the game, steam said "60 minutes play time". XD
followed the advise and a really great short game. only problem at the end i was at 131 not because i was missing a very hidden puzzle jsut because i just ran past 1 random yellow one for no reason so i had to backtrack all the way back sadly i figured everything out almost immediatly (mainly thanks to another very famous puzzle game) so not many aha moments for me^^ still fun and creative
**VIDEO SPOILERS BELOW**
Linelith Review, starting with what I liked:
- This is the shortest game I've ever seen capable of setting up expectations and delivering not one, but several twists that lead into a satisfying conclusion. This is the ideal puzzle game experience distilled to its very basics and delivered in less than an hour without any filler.
- The twists themselves were a wonderful shock, they should have been so obvious but still caught me by surprise. It's always special when a puzzle game can make me laugh from joy.
- I love how everything could be done from the very beginning. The player must make the connection themselves rather than receiving some powerup or being spoon-fed the leap in logic.
- This game gets a ton of little things right, such as keeping tally of the puzzle progress and making the solved puzzles a solid color. That's all it takes to prevent the player from wasting their time on a tedious puzzle search.
- The background song is awfully pretty. It was just one song on loop for 45 straight minutes, and I didn't even get remotely tired of it.
- I respect games so much when they end exactly when they're supposed to. If this game was any longer, it may have gotten tedious or could have tried to force some flawed or uninteresting ideas into the game. I would rather that the developer knows exactly what's fun than throwing everything at the wall, even if both games have the same amount of fun parts. There's something special about a constant drip of excellence that most developers sadly miss out on by padding their runtime. Of course, a consistent short game will never compare to a consistent long game. There's a reason my rating is 'Flawless' rather than 'Perfect'.
What I didn't like:
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Overall Rating: 10/10 (Flawless)
10/10 wow
Wow thats like the 2nd 10/10 I've seen Tyler give. Also, if the game was just an hour long, then why not have an hour video?
Man, this is the 3rd 10/10 I’ve seen from Tyler after ElecHead and Frostpunk
Linelith reminds me of a game called the witness. Might be a good game to play if you haven’t already.
@@chaosscott5682 He's played it, theres a whole series on iy
Tyler: "Lets go back to regular puzzles now"
Tyler 2 seconds later: "Can I solve the void?"
"Oh my god I can solve the void"
9:55 here's the timestamps
🤔
"wait it's all puzzles?"
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BOI!!!
the pause makes it perfect.
"Let's go back to normal puzzles"
[The Witness instinct kicks in]
*"Can i solve the Void?"*
*yis.*
yis
His laugh was one of both hilarious discovery and foreboding evil realization
Aww man I gotta say I'm a smidge disappointed that the progress bar itself wasn't the final puzzle :(
damn that would be super huge
Same
Thats what i was thinking the whole game
Imagine if the game added worlds that added new mechanics, and the true ending is competing the whole map of the game
@@ygorcraft6943 nono, I very much agree with Alien, if the developers had tried to go TOO extravaganza, with more levels and mechanics, it might've just bloated out the game and it could have even brought the fun down. It's just that ONE itch of the loading bar that I REALLLLLLY lwas hoping would be scratched
This is one of those "The only thing I don't like is that I can't clear my memory of playing it and experience it again" games.
Thankfully your brain kinda sucks at remembering things, maybe try it now, a year latet
and interestingly its because of the mechanics instead of the story
What would be a list of those for you?
@@thelolman2000off the top of my head: FFXIV (yes, the whole thing), Outer Wilds, The Case of the Golden Idol, Project Wingman
idk why but it's terra tech for me, i just never got anywhere and so i think i need a fresh start and a fresh view
This seems like a weird combo of The Witness's elegant mechanics, Patrick's simple yet fullfilling puzzles and "aha" moments and Baba with the self-puzzlers.
I am ALL HERE for it
Also reminds me of Understand, although that game also took inspiration from The Witness
@@GermaphobeMusic what's that about?
Yup
@@GermaphobeMusic - 😲
Tyler's laugh when he solved the void at 10:05 was so maniacal, I loved it
So we went from "everyhing is a cake" to "everything is a puzzle"
Isn't everything a bucket too
@@dimserene Stanley nor the narrator is a bucket
What game was "everything is a cake"?
@@LoerisOtter Not a game, a meme.
@@LoerisOtter you are probably mixing it up with "the cake is a lie" from portal
This game went from “Oh cool concept” to “OH WOW” really fast
I stared for too long and now the rocks look like a minimalist art giga chad.
The final twist.
Halfway through playing the game I saw a bearded elven man and I haven't been able to see a rock since.
OH GOD NOW I SEE IT TOO
Taking *Quality over Quantity* in a next level be like:
True, this game is nothing but quality. But also I think you wanted to say "to the next level".
RUclips commenters trying not to add ‘be like’ to every comment
@@Alice1apple be like
@@Alice1apple that's just what youtube commenters be like
@@Alice1apple youtube commenters trying not to add be like be like:
I've been waiting for you to get to this one, seriously amazing game tbh
wo its the guy that does those funny drawing s ! (also keep up the great work!)
This feels like The Witness all over again, except literally everything can be solved.
The witness enviromental puzzles be likr
Oh man, that moment of sheer excitement when he realized you can solve the floors was priceless. I was grinning as soon as he figured it out as well. I'd expect nothing less from the creators of Patrick's Parabox! They're truly puzzle-game making geniuses.
to describe this game in short
point at anything
ask yourself "is this a puzzle?"
and answer yourself with "yes"
Is tylers facecam a puzzle?
@@someguywithdefaultpfp1605 yes
The progress bar was sadly not a puzzle
"Is anyone going to solve that?" and not wait for an answer.
puzzle is not the content, it is the question. the answer is "of course"
Just finished the game before watching as recommended, i would ABSOLUTLEY recommend trying it out before watching.
The twist was amazing to figure out, and now it's doing similar things to my vision that the end of witness does.
same
I want to solve my bathroom floor now
One of my favorite things about this channel is knowing I will never play these puzzle games and become immune to spoilers.
I love that the biggest puzzle is finding out what's a puzzle. It's so satisfying with every reveal.
As much as I'd love to see this as something that got expanded on, I feel like it's better like this. It's the perfect puzzle game, and it's not even that long, if you put your mind to it.
Props to the guy that made it, he really knows his stuff.
Bro this game looked really fun. I like the idea of just figuring everything out yourself, and the inclusion of even the void into the game. The twist is so unexpected, yet easy to find, which is important in why its appealing.
I compare this game to the little shape fitting toys for toddlers, except it's for normal people, yet it is still entertaining.
Yeah love you can realize the full twist before seeing the dots in say the void but that that exists later on so you’d never be stuck. Really elegant, streamlined and just well designed game
This is giving me massive The Witness flashbacks.
The Witness is probably my most favorite Aliensrock playtrough
Same, the moment i see invironmental puzzle my brain just scream "bro that's the witness!"
Would recommend anyone who hasn't watch his playthrough of it yet to watch it
@@nublord5648 alright, you convinced me
For once I am actually going to play this before watching the LP, I did a little bit of this already and it has already made me giggle like an idiot a few times
EDIT: Beat it, that made me very happy, now time to watch the LP!
yeah I'm glad I decided to play it before watching it was really good
"can I solve the void?"
Probably the best thing I have ever heard Tyler say
19:27 THE CUP hhahahahha I remembered the cursed cup lmaoo
What a incredibly fun revelation when we realized you could solve stuff like the walls,floor and even the freakin void
Wow Tyler I just watched this video on 25 times speed and I really enjoyed it! Commenting so the algorithm goes nuts for yet another banger my boy
how
@@Sleepyperso same thoughts
why am i even doing this?
funny ig
This game designer makes fantastic puzzle games! I watched one episode of your Patrick’s Parabox play through and immediately went and played it. I’m going to be keeping track of their games from now on! Thanks for showing me some really sick puzzle games.
This game looks insanely fun and I'm a little mad I didn't play it first lmao
THIS IS SO GOOD I REGRET NOT PLAYING IT
It’s almost like a scavenger hunt for the answer and the problem of the puzzle
I could totally see this being expanded into a much larger game. Definitely got Witness vibes especially when solving the void.
I loved it.
editor was right, I played for exacly 58 minutes and only had 4 missing which i looked back and couldnt find. Amazing blind playthrough experience
This is an ideal example of a puzzle game MVP (minimum viable product). MVP is a concept of distilling your game into its truest and purest form. To see what's the essential of a game, to see what makes it "fun", and only focus on that.
*[minor game spoilers below]*
This game doesn't cramp meta UI/level selection stuff (eg Baba Is You) but instead being the meta itself. The dev doesn't include challenge levels or more complex mechanics (eg the Witness) instead they keep it concise. It really is a flawless game who solely focuses on making the full experience from start to finish a fun one. Great job. Props to the dev!
Multiple times i was like “Ooooooooh” whenever i found something out xD
Great puzzle game.
When Tyler solving the floor makes you pop off with him you know it's a good game, also "you can solve the floor!" Was hilarious
i absolutely love the final path to the final puzzle that just yells *"BOSSFIGHT INCOMING"* straight into your brain.
the pure child like glee that both Tyler and I felt when he clicked on a new surface was so incredible, this really is the best 1 hr puzzle game wow
This simple looking game is one of the best puzzle games of all time. Nothing flashy, no crazy premise, just lines. And yet it manages to deliver so, so much more
Those first 10mins? Absolutely joyous :) I'd never seen or heard of the game, so it was a pleasure to go on that smiling journey with you 😁 Thanks for the upload!
Yo Aliensrock, thanks for asking me to purchase and play the game beforehand, I did that and it turned out to be one of my favorite puzzle games despite its short playtime. Without that disclaimer I likely would've bought it after watching the video with all the spoilers, and I wouldn't've been motivated to play the game, so I thank you for putting that disclaimer there
Thank you for the disclaimer for playing the game yourself, I loved it and came back to like the video
10:13 oh god, i can tell this is gonna Witness me in the way that i'm gonna be seeing puzzles everywhere i go in the same way witness made me see circles and lines everywhere i went...
This is incredible, there are literally 3 game mechanics:
1 some puzzle tiles are movable
2 lines must start and end at dead ends
3 vertices with dots must have exactly as many line-occupied tiles around them as they have dots
and it's a better puzzle game than the majority of others, even many of the good ones.
Retro Style "The Witness". Absolutely love it!
I'd say it's more like The Witness 2. Instead of that one "wow" moment now you get it in multiple stages.
The twist gave me baba vibes to discovering you could do something previously overlooked
bought game because of your glowing review at the start of the video so I wouldn't be spoiled watching your playthrough. took me roughly 1 hour, very worth the $3. You found most of the game mechanics before me lol. The only one I found prematurely was the green bricks/walls.
First video I'm pausing so I can play the game myself! Looks really cool.
Man I wish I listened to the note at the start
22:48 Wondering if the void is the very last thing while the puzzle he leaves for last is on the screen
At first, I was confused by why you could move around a museum-like area over a standard level system.
Then realising you could become part of the puzzle, it seemed so brilliant. From that I pieced together that the wall was probably a puzzle too, but to think that even the floor was a puzzle...
Absolutely astounding design
This is a much better execution of the same concept as "The Witness". Doesn't outstay it's welcome too, unlike "The Witness".
A good speedrun of this game must be so satisfying.
I'm not a puzzle gamer but damn this look so fun. Simple, and clever. Not too long, not too short. For 3$ this is amazing
"Turn everything into simple corporate designs" puzzle game
Bought and played it before watching like suggested. The puzzle at 22:20 I actually solved by putting two blocks near the two dots, so the line could fulfill that requirement without getting trapped there, but too some tight line making to make sure I never blocked myself.
Your solution looked much easier to make I don't know why I didn't try it that way rather than get stuck for a short time.
I usually watch your videos while Im doing something. So Im watching, I look up for a minute then look down and you’re solving the floor.
I'm glad I paid attention to the spoiler note at the beginning of the video and went off and completed the game myself before watching this video. Finding the twists myself was definitely worth it.
This is the literal definition of “Short and sweet”
10:00
The laugh of a man ready to go on a power trip.
Saw the warning and immediately stopped, got the game, beat it 100%, and am now back to watch. I'm so glad I did.
Watching you figure out you can solve *everything* was quite fun
Gave me the witness vibes
after watching this I'm solving everything like a puzzle in my everyday life
"Ooh, the floor looks tough here."
Yes, that's how floors work
Theres a type of puzzle game called slither link which is very similar to this game, I used to play them a lot and its quite fun.
Slitherlinks are an amazing amount of fun. Check out 'Loopy' on Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection for an infinite Slitherlink puzzle generator. Also playing similar is Flow/Numberlink
“Let’s go back to regular puzzles now… Can I solve the void? OH, I CAN SOLVE THE VOID!”
very glad i played the game before I watched, truly a perfect and short puzzle game
10:01 Tyler becomes gloriously mad with power
The fact at basically everything can be solved as a puzzle is bith funny and amazing
Bought the game before watching and I don't regret it. Very simple, but very fun!
At the start the dots reminded me of the witness
It was a nightmare for me to figure out
I always think nah I wanna watch the great vid. then I'm always annoyed by how great these games are and that I have already watched so far and can't play them for myself anymore but then I want to also watch great videos...
such a hard decision always.
I hope there are more large things to discover (like game mechanics) in this game than what was shown until 10:29
the design is brilliant as well as you feel when discovering these twists
Mom can we have the witness?
- No, we have the witness at home.
The witness at home:
I'm laughing my butt off; this is crazier than anything I have ever seen.
Shout out to the creator, this is a crazy game.
6:32 You can't tell me it doesn't sound like he just said "Semen Sausage Roll."
It's one of those games where the magic of the game is completely lost by watching a video about it. Wish I had played this D: I have stopped watching a few of Tyler's videos to go and play the actual game featured, but by the time I understood the allure, the magic is lost with this game. Oh well, what I wonderful little game.
"Can I solve the void?" is up there when it comes to Tyler quotes
The man coded and thought of 132 puzzles with roughly the same mechanics in an hour
Just finished this game before watching and loved it from start to finish. The only missed opportunity for me is that the progress bar wasn’t also a puzzle.
This game is like a combination of like 3 puzzle games you've played
Those games are
1: The Witness for it's line puzzles
2: Understand because it doesn't tell you how to play it
3: A Monster Exposition because you have all the abilities at the start but you only learn about them by playing the game
TLDR it's a short game that's a combination of some of my favorite puzzle games
4: Baba is You because everything is a puzzle
The Witness never tell you how to do puzzles either, you got to figure it out yourself. I'd say most of these graph theory puzzle games (for lack of a better term) that comes after The Witness got the inspiration from it.
@@FlameRat_YehLon you're the reason I almost included a line that was "(but super explosion the witness doesn't tell you how to play either)" next to the witness.
KIND OF REGRET THAT NOW
10 1:26
20 3:01
30 4:55
40 6:07
50 8:58
60 11:14
70 13:03
80 14:04
90 15:46
100 18:10
110 19:15
120 22:38
130 26:05
honestly i think the non-solid color versions of a lot of stuff looks prettier and more satisfying, but maybe that's just me
for once I took the advice of playing the game before watching the video and I do not regret it
Tyler figuring out you can solve the void BLEW MY MIND.
You sound so excited all the time I love it
Oh, the "one hour game" was surprisingly accurate for me! I didn't look at the clock when playing, but after finishing the game, steam said "60 minutes play time". XD
One at a time, You can solve anything, give and take. Those are some of the hidden morales here.
Just the thumbnail and the 3s preview made me buy and play this game. 40 min later I had 100% and a positive review on Steam
My brain is so tiny, so I can watch this and then play the game like a week later and forget how to do it
I saw this when it was posted one hour ago, lol.
I like the secret morales it teaches you by simply learning. And exploring
A game so flawless, it was banned to exceed more than a Hour. Gosh...
Great with the editor note near the beginning. I went and play it myself first. This game is great thx.
I love how you did the void part of the final puzzle earlier but then forgot to do the actual puzzle
followed the advise and a really great short game.
only problem at the end i was at 131 not because i was missing a very hidden puzzle
jsut because i just ran past 1 random yellow one for no reason so i had to backtrack all the way back
sadly i figured everything out almost immediatly (mainly thanks to another very famous puzzle game) so not many aha moments for me^^ still fun and creative
I'm really glad I paused and played the game first. I can always trust Tyler's taste in games
Ah yes, a puzzle where part of the puzzle is figuring out what the puzzles are
OH MY GOD THEY'RE JUST RESKINNED DORITO PUZZLES
12:49 "hmmm the floor looks tough here"