Flux Caves
- June 11, 2019
- fubenalvo
- 5h median play time
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Get on itch.io StoreFlux Caves is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a vibrant, ever-changing underground world. Mine resources, craft tools, and battle creatures to delve deeper into the caves and uncover their secrets. With permadeath and random events, each playthrough offers a new challenge and excitement.
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Reviews
- The game offers a relaxing experience with a nice atmosphere and calming piano music.
- Puzzles are enjoyable and provide a good level of challenge without being overwhelming.
- The handcrafted levels give a sense of progress and uniqueness, making the gameplay more engaging.
- The game suffers from frequent crashes and lacks cloud saving, leading to lost progress.
- Graphics and overall polish are lacking, with several bugs and glitches affecting gameplay.
- Puzzles can become tedious due to the slow mechanics of moving pieces, detracting from the overall experience.
- stability8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous graphical glitches and bugs reported by users, including instances of falling out of levels and inconsistent gameplay mechanics. Despite these problems, some players still find the game enjoyable.
“Encountered several graphical glitches, managed to fall out of a level while searching for a cake (and of course it hadn't saved the fact that I had finished it).”
“It is glitchy and buggy at times with some slowing, but is still fun to play.”
“It also has a few glitches/bugs (the top tier on level 14 seemed almost random where the blocks would push too).”
- music8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 13 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highlighted as a soothing piano soundtrack that enhances the overall atmosphere, contributing to a relaxing experience. Reviewers appreciate the indie charm and atmospheric quality of the music, making it a notable aspect for fans of puzzle games.
“The overall experience is great, nice atmosphere and music.”
“Extremely relaxing indie jewel... nice piano soundtrack... great level design... definitely worth the price if you like puzzle games.”
“You can just go walking in the woods to piano music if you feel like it (I don't recommend that as thrilling gameplay - but you can).”
“+1 for the atmospheric piano music.”
“You can just go walking in the woods to piano music if you feel like it (I don't recommend that as thrilling gameplay - but you can).”
- gameplay6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by simple and intuitive mechanics, allowing for a relaxed experience, such as walking in the woods accompanied by piano music. While some players find this tranquil approach appealing, others may not consider it thrilling or engaging. Overall, the game is praised for its low price and beautiful design.
“Absolutely gorgeous and intuitive mechanics.”
“You can just go walking in the woods to piano music if you feel like it (I don't recommend that as thrilling gameplay, but you can).”
“Simple mechanics and really low priced.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, as it often requires excessive time to move blocks or tubes into position, with repetitive confirmation processes that slow down progress. While the puzzles themselves are not overly difficult, the time-consuming mechanics detract from the overall enjoyment.
“The puzzles are more tedious than puzzling, taking a ridiculous amount of time to push each block one space at a time into the right position, and then forcing you to wait while the solution confirms that it is correct several times in a row before allowing you to progress.”
“It's not too difficult to solve, but can get a bit tedious moving tubes to the right position finally to get the flow correct.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally considered subpar, with many users reporting issues such as graphical glitches and a lack of polish that detracts from the overall experience. These problems can lead to frustrating gameplay moments, such as falling out of levels.
“Graphics, sound, etc. range from barely serviceable to annoying/obstructive.”
“Encountered several graphical glitches; I managed to fall out of a level while searching for a cake (and of course it hadn't saved the fact that I had finished it).”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is highly praised, with users highlighting the enjoyable overall experience and the impactful piano music that enhances the ambiance.
“The overall experience is great, with a nice atmosphere and music.”
“+1 for the atmospheric piano music.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The game lacks the expected level of optimization and refinement, leaving players feeling that it is underdeveloped in this aspect.
“It doesn't have the optimization or fleshing-out that you might expect.”
“The game suffers from poor optimization, leading to frustrating performance issues.”
“I was disappointed by the lack of optimization, which made the gameplay experience less enjoyable.”
