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Good puzzle game with weird (in a good way!) vibes. Pretty straightforward.

It's a fine ass mf indie game, what else is there to say? Well a lot, I learned how to yap from the best. These GNOG guys look like decaying faces whose skulls were reworked to do undeniable art with. I don't think GNOG actually means anything. The title, that is. Maybe the game too. But it's definitely stylish as hell, and properly responsive, which is a crux of puzzle design. You essentially work your magic fingers all over a box and tinker with it, I don't got to tell you how inherently humane the feeling is. After a few trial & error through clicking, sliding the cursor, whatever feels right (the game has no text, so no explanations or hints), you'll know it's over because booo! Humongous figure of a robotic head jumpscare.

All levels are very memorable. There's one about a robber going through every apartment, which the box represents. This mf about stupid as hell doe so you gotta mess things up in different floors to make the theft easier. That's the one part I had to look up, because I didn't know I could mess with the other floors from the basement like that. After scrounging up the shame and getting rid of it with a professionally trained "it is what it is", I paid more attention. In short, a buffet of great levels you go through at a remarkably appropriate pacing. They should have gotten that mf Steve Minecraft head as a box, who knows what'd he be thinkin about.

That bloodcurdling screaming chant these guys are letting out after a level got me positively tweaking. It's great. Then, when you think the final box won't do a musical for a whole minute after clearing out that last longer than usual puzzle that asks you to put all your wits into the mofo... it goes and does it! Expectations: Subverted. The colors, sounds and feedback can't carry a whole game, blud stfu watch this unfold. This shit so magnificent 😭😭 There's nothing to dog on. No dog eithers, though there are mice and birds. Mama bird snatched those worm ups, she did not in fact let that shit slide.

It's in VR too, that is pretty cool. They had to choose between VR support or making DLC and guess which they chose? VR! Because I just said that, that was an easy guess. This shit probably numbing your perceptions of wordly senses while playing it so I'll say it's pretty cool despite not having touched the thing. I'll wrap things up by talking about the uncontested coolest level: a puzzle where you have to mix a song in order to progress. Very charming idea! It's only uncontested by me btw. I'm the only one who can contest, as I am the one who contests.

Gnog is a diverting little puzzle game with a strong sense of tactility. Puzzles are mostly well designed, but the real fun comes from the satisfying sound design and object manipulation. The result is a digital toy box that doesn't outstay its welcome.

The VR mode does not function on Oculus Quest 2, but at least my short time playing the standard mode was enjoyable.

I thought that this game would have really interesting riddles, but I didn’t find any, the visuals are interesting, well, everything is quite musical, but I still wanted more and more complicated things.

Я думал, что в этой игре будут действительно интересные загадки, но таких не нашел, визуал интересный, ну все достаточно музыкально, но все же хотелось всего побольше и посложнее.

Basically a bunch of toy boxes to sort of tinker with to solve incredibly simple "puzzles" and unlock more toyboxes. I really wish the boxes were far more complex and had better puzzles and as it stands it would be neat for a child to play on a phone but not much more than that