Initial release date 25 January 2012 Publisher Konami | Developer Neko Entertainment Mode Single-player video game | |
Platforms Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 Genres Platform game, Puzzle video game Similar Neko Entertainment games, Platform games | ||
Puddle is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Konami for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360. The game was also self-published by Neko Entertainment for Wii U, and for the PC through Steam, GOG.com, and Desura.
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Gameplay
In the game, the player must guide a puddle of fluid to its target destination by tilting the scene, not by moving the fluid itself, similar to Nintendo's WiiWare game Fluidity. They must work with physics: friction, momentum, and the unique properties of each type of fluid and environment to send as much of each puddle past such obstacles as fires, rifts, spills and others, through environments like pipes, plants, laboratories, a human body, a sewer, a rocket, a foundry and a power station. The experience is physics based, making the fluid motion realistic. The game allows you to be a liquid like Nitroglycerin, and you need to guide it to a certain point. Nitroglycerin tends to explode, so the player must learn to carefully guide it.
Origin
The game was presented at Independent Gaming Festival at GDC 2010, winning a Student Showcase prize.
Reception
Puddle received generally positive reviews from game critics. Rick Lane of PC Gamer, who gave the game an 80/100 score, stated: "Addictive, if soon over. An intoxicating cocktail of molten merriment, Puddle is a glass-half-full kind of game."
