Filament
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
Filament is a puzzle, difficult and indie game
developed by Beard Envy
and published by Kasedo Games and Maple Whispering Limited.
Released on April 23rd 2020 is available on Windows and Linux
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 699 reviews of which 608 were positive and 91 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 16.49€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 or better
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64bit Processor and Operating System
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit)
- Processor: Quad Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 or better
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit Processor and Operating System
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I love puzzle games. This one is great, it doesn't have hard puzzles which is nice, only thing is that it is bit buggy at times but that's all. Nice story i liked that and art style is nice too. Overall if you're not master at puzzles dont worry it has clever ways for problem solving if you think at least a little than trial error but you can do that too ofcourse if dont wanna think too much. That's all and thanks filament for some brain twisting thinking and problem solving puzzles.
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Overall progression and the kind of puzzle mechanics introduced seem very inspired by The Witness. Instead of a grid you find yourself in a free space where you can draw your lines however it physically fits. Which is one of its weaknesses because it's never clear in advance whether or not you fit through a small gap before trying. Or if you're capable of pulling a line and leaving a large enough gap so you can still squeeze through later. Calls for a fair amount of trial and error, but it's still line-drawing puzzles at core. And to my surprise, you eventually do manage to wrap (HAH) your head around how to approach these kind of puzzles, making it generally much more methodical as to how you solve new ones. The difficulty curve was just very steep in the beginning, but leveled out more later on. Very subjective of course, but I found a fairly large gap in the quality of the puzzles. Some requiring a genuinely logical approach, and some being nothing but brute force (Pad, and Constellation Wrapping puzzles can go fuck themselves in particular). And not being able to move while in overhead view is bad design, especially for larger puzzles. Also you can actually run (L3 on controller), wish they would have explained that somewhere. There's a pretty intriguing mystery story, but putting the pieces together just completely depends on yourself. Unless you're thorough with unlocking and reading logs and emails, you probably won't see the whole picture and may be left disappointed or confused. As for the music, I quickly found it to get very repetitive and annoying. Disabled it for the majority of my playthrough. Bottom line is, I felt like I was engaging my brain in a new way, and for that purpose most of the puzzles were enjoyable. But if it's this or The Witness, I recommend starting with the latter. The Witness just has a much higher level of consistent quality, and you'll be able to gauge better if you're even into this type of open puzzle game. Then there's also a whole meta level of puzzles littered throughout the overworld, which you find and solve to unlock certain corrupted logs. Since I managed to get through all of the base puzzles on my own I thought I had a good shot getting all of these done as well. And as it turns out, hell no did I not. Eventually gave up on the last remaining 10 or so and looked up a guide.. and don't regret doing so either. Some solutions are way out there, and few require you to have external specialized knowledge which wasn't included anywhere in-game. So if you don't know certain topics you can start researching on the internet. I don't exactly mind these kind of puzzles, and while I liked the game overall, I didn't like it enough I guess to engage in a sort of ARG lite putting significant hours into researching concepts that are new to me. Didn't really feel like this was designed to be solved by the skill set of a single person, despite there being an achievement for it. Now that's one thing, but what annoyed me was the limited top-down perspective making it sometimes very hard to visualize things, sometimes forcing me to take multiple screenshots and edit them in Paint so I can look at them properly. You can't just try solutions on the spot either: you have to run to specific locations on the ship for that.
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A diabolically difficult masterpiece of a game augmented by a gorgeous soundtrack, despite the baffling downer ending.
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This is the most mixed I have felt about a game in a long time. I cannot say that the game is bad, it clearly had a ton of time and effort put in. That said I thought it was not a fun experience at all. The puzzle mechanics are the most annoying I've ever played, yet I know the right person would adore them. Within puzzle levels, you control a robot with a wire trailing behind it, and have to loop every post in the level. You cannot go though your wire, meaning that you can't easily retrace ground. That was not fully clear to me when I bought the game, but that is not a style of puzzle I like at all. The story seemed alright, until the end decided to muddle everything in a way I also really don't like. But everything is well designed, I can't say that it's bad just because I really don't like it. I can't fairly rate this one cause it just isn't for me.(And if the play time seems high, I left it idling over a day or two.) Edit: I forgot to mention, this game annihilates Steam Deck battery life, if that matters to you.
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I give this game a rank B- (70-75%) Nice game - try if you are interested See my profile for more details about my reviews. Not a bad game at all, it is done with lots of effort to do a puzzle game "differently". The puzzle game itself, its mechanisms and game design, are okay - a bit too reminiscent of stuff you might have already seen on free browser based games or smartphone puzzle games and the like, so unless you are a big fan of this specific mechanism, it is not very fascinating and quickly repetitive. The idea though to put a whole scenario, a hub where you get the puzzles and make the story and dialogues move forward? that is smart, not unique and never seen before but very pleasantly done. I could not go further much though as the puzzles quickly become hard and tedious - I mean, it's "just" a rope passed around knobs after all... Only try if you are really interested.
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Developer
Beard Envy
Publisher
Kasedo Games,
Maple Whispering Limited
Release
23 Apr 2020
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