Picross meets Minesweeper then they destroy your life
What great hopes I had for the Christmas holidays.
2and more would fill those dusty days and nights in the taint of 2024.
You see where this is going.
Friends, I played Proverbs for 36 hours over Christmas.
See the number 9?
See the number 0?
opt for right mouse button to demarcate a 3x3 area of negative space, instead.
The grid is split into smaller segments, which when completed reveal a piece of the picture behind.
The rendering of those bums as pixel art maintains much of their charm.
This process of uncovering the image is like a cross between Picross andMinesweeper.
This is a stacked and deadly chain of dopamine hits, for me.
I’d just do one more, then another, then another.
Eventually my eyes glazed over and there was almost no conscious thought involved in playing Proverbs.
The projection existed in my mind’s eye and I saw squares everywhere.
I developed a strange fondness for specific combinations of numbers and squares.
A 6 in the middle of a 3x1 of negative space abutting a 3x1 of positive space?
That’s heaven, friends.
A 5 in the corner of a 4x4 of negative space?
A 3 in the corner?
That’s me in the spotlight, losing my religion.
I found myself daydreaming ways to justify the time.
I took a screenshot of him and sent it to Alice B (RPS in peace).
What might happen at 75% completion?
like play Proverbs too and validate the time I’m spending here.'
(There is no mystery, but Alice did start playing it.
Two fools under one hood, as the Netherlandish proverb goes.
Perfect, I thought!
I did not like this dream, I did not like it, at all.
When I awoke, the narration stopped, but the background process running Proverbs in my brain did not.
It was there when I closed my eyes, as if my brain was defragmenting.
It’s been over a month since I finished Proverbs and I’m better now.
Would I recommend anyone play it?
I don’t know!
It is 7.49 for 35 hours of smooth-brained entertainment and/or makework, depending on your perspective.
A copy of this game was attained for free using a press account for the purpose of review.
