Shuzzle Brings Shadowy Twist To Puzzle Games 13
Lewey Geselowitz writes "A lot of games nowadays have stencil shadows, but they are very rarely there for any reason other than just to look cool. So I wrote Shuzzle, a 3D block puzzle game for Windows where you can't see the objects, only their shadows. This forces the player to conceptually imagine the board and pieces, because they are not given the normal 'crutch' of being able to see them, only their projection from the light. It adds a whole new dimension to the standard 'soma' game and promotes a new form of thought which you cannot find in the physical world. I believe this uses more of the potential of shadows, and I'm looking forward to how they are used in the future, bringing new forms of gameplay, not just pretty pictures. [These are from the same developer who created Quake 2 AbSIRD (a Quake 2 Magic-Eye mod) and Freed Go (Go on a Mobius strip), both previously featured on Slashdot Games.]"
Shuzzle ? Let's AskSnoop.com (Score:5, Funny)
A 3D block building puzzle where yo' ass cannot see da blocks but only they shadows." This means yo' ass'll has keep a strong mental understanding of da blocks 'n how they fit together n' shit. A bomb diggity brain buster n' shit. Also that shiznit's one of da few games that has stencil shadows fo' a reason than just looking bomb diggity."
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