A delightfully absurd idea: you play a hole that swallows an entire town as it grows. Short, clever and funny, with a quirky, tender narrative. More a zen experience than a challenge, yet you crave more.
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Puzzle1 player3+
Description
A hole roams a town and swallows everything, growing larger with each gulp. Published by Annapurna, released worldwide in 2018. Swallowing objects then whole buildings, cause-and-effect puzzles, a comic story and a colourful minimalist look.
Steering a hole that swallows everything and grows with each gulp delivers instant tactile satisfaction, wrapped in offbeat humour and a beautifully clean minimalist look. The game already enjoys a fine indie reputation, so no need to feign obscurity: what's underrated is the wit of its goofy story about gentrification. A short, sweet palate-cleanser between heavier titles.
When the game breaks the 4th wall
Steering a hole that swallows everything around it could be mere physical absurdity, but the adventure wraps it in a mischievous story, told after the fact, where the characters comment on the sheer nonsense of the situation themselves. The knowing tone and the jabs at the game's deranged logic feel more like a sly wink than a grand rupture, yet are enough to lend the whole an offbeat flavor.
