Skipper

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Skipper is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by 2xmilk and was released on October 18, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

Skipper is a fun, challenging, atmospheric lowpoly puzzle game with over 30 levels to bend your mind and challenge your problem solving ability.

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85%

Audience ScoreBased on 26 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

Well-designed and challenging puzzles with a rewarding difficulty curve that starts easy and grows more complex.
Minimalistic, relaxing aesthetic with a soothing soundtrack that complements the gameplay.
Simple, intuitive core mechanics involving moving colored cubes with logical and thoughtful puzzle elements.

Lack of essential features like an undo button, making errors frustrating and requiring full level restarts.
Control issues including confusing diagonal movement inputs and inconsistent controller support.
Signs of being abandoned by the developer with bugs present, unresolved issues in some levels, and lack of further content updates.

music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's music features a chill, relaxing, and soothing soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere of island isolation and complements the puzzle-solving experience. While some users note issues with the music toggle option not working, the background music remains unobtrusive and fitting for the game's minimalistic style.
- “You’re placed in small environments with a chill, relaxing soundtrack that makes it perfect to just sit back and enjoy.”
- “The soundtrack is very chill, bordering on depressing, but that adds to the whole 'island isolation' feel of the game, so that is ok!”
- “Skipper is a fun challenging puzzle solver with an amazing soundtrack that really complements the puzzle-solving experience.”
- “No music in the game, just sound effects when moving.”
- “I checked the options too and there is a music checkbox, but turning it on and off does nothing.”
- “I can't get the music to turn off either; the checkbox does nothing.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay features engaging puzzle mechanics involving painting tiles and maneuvering a cube to collect and place colored cubes, offering a relaxing and challenging experience despite lacking innovation and a tutorial. While well-designed and fitting the platform, the game feels unfinished due to apparent developer abandonment. Overall, it provides entertaining hours for puzzle enthusiasts through its polished core gameplay.
- “It is easy to relax and just get lost in the gameplay without realizing how much time you've spent on the game.”
- “The main difficulty of this game is the mechanics that a moving cube leaves a colorful path of a color corresponding to it and the cube that left the color cannot enter the same tile again until its own color is on the top.”
- “Definitely recommended to all puzzle lovers: the overall game mechanics are nothing new at all, but still games like these are realized in a beautiful way for what concerns the pure gameplay and they provide entertaining and challenging hours!”
- “The main difficulty of this game is the mechanics where a moving cube leaves a colorful path corresponding to its color, and the cube cannot re-enter the same tile until its own color is on top.”
- “The game itself doesn't include an innovative mechanic - it's one of those puzzle games where you control a cube in a 3D environment, stepping on every tile while picking up colored cubes and automatically placing them down on corresponding colored tiles.”
- “The lack of a tutorial isn't really important here - the game only features the mechanic of painting tiles, collecting colored cubes, and reaching the end, so you just have to play with your movement keys until the end.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a minimalist, low-poly visual style that suits its relaxed puzzle gameplay, though the graphics are generally considered just average. While the aesthetic of simple islets on a blue sea is appreciated, some users find the visual presentation and user interface lacking polish, with minor video flaws. Overall, the graphics complement the game’s minimalistic theme but do not stand out significantly.
- “Despite those flaws, I had a pleasant time with Skipper's puzzles and its aesthetic of minimalist islets upon a blue sea.”
- “The visual aesthetic is perfect for the game.”
- “It's what it says on the tin, it's a minimalistic game with low poly graphics, a laid back soundtrack and puzzles.”
- “The soundtrack and the minimalistic graphics/user interface unfortunately aren't that great, but the game can still be played without many problems despite small video flaws.”
- “There are also negative sides like: lack of options, repetitive soundtrack, and the graphics are so-so.”
- “It's a minimalistic game with low poly graphics.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is subtle and emerges through casual, lighthearted gameplay, providing an entertaining and amusing experience despite its challenging levels.