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If I could have used the GamePad’s joysticks instead, I would have been able to appreciate the visuals much more. Yes, I had a lovely HD image of the game’s beautiful art, but because I could only control the main character by tapping the GamePad, I would have to look down constantly.

Overall, I enjoyed my experience with Tengami, but I was frustrated that the Wii U version is virtually identical to the mobile version (which I have also played). This gives you plenty of time to soak in the environment, but it can be annoying if you’re attempting to solve a puzzle and have to keep retracing your steps. The little man who serves as your avatar walks very slowly. Everything in the game is slow and peaceful, and so if you try to try to play while you’re keyed up, you can expect to get impatient. The key to Tengami, I think, is being in the right mindset. These puzzles ranged from extremely simple to quite tricky. Some puzzles required that I flip small sections of the page in the correct order, or that I carefully examine each paper construction as I turned the virtual page. Any time in Tengami that involved page-turning was particularly satisfying. As corroborated by Tearaway, paper-folding makes for an excellent game mechanic, especially when it comes to touch screens. Tengami has a lot of great things going for it. The game will be available in the future for the Wii U, Windows, and Mac.Tengami as played on the Wii U GamePad. It requires iOS 7.0 or later, is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and is optimized for iPhone 5. Visit the official website, like them on Facebook, follow on Twitter, and subscribe on YouTube. Get Tengami on the App Store here for $4.99.

It’s also quite short for $5, which you might want to take into account I finished in about an hour and a half. If you’re not a fan of “art games,” you’ll probably want to look elsewhere the artistry is the most important aspect of the game, and the puzzles are a means to propel you to the end. Tengami is a gorgeous, artistic, relaxing puzzle game that’s worth it based on the art alone. It was always fun to find new aspects of the environment to manipulate to solve the puzzles and move on in the book it’s a very tactile experience. Some puzzle mechanics do repeat, however, which was a little disappointing. Something I really appreciated was how often the environments changed every section managed to have a different feel. The puzzles are logical, and challenging enough that I felt smart when I solved something, but I never wanted to pull my hair out (I did look at a walkthrough a couple times, however – a few of the puzzles are obtuse). You can do everything in Tengami with just one finger, through tapping.

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There is no voice acting, which I think is a plus for the atmosphere. There’s very minimal writing, but it’s still nice that what writing there is has been made accessible. The beautifully ethereal music was composed by David Wise ( Donkey Kong Country series, Diddy Kong Racing, and Starfox Adventures) and contributes to the overall relaxing atmosphere of the game. You can play in a multitude of languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Danish, Swedish and Turkish. Manipulating the pages and pull-tabs is smooth.

Everything is quite detailed, as you can see from the picture above that house has multiple layers and depths. It does absolutely wonderful things with color that suggest lighting, there’s steam coming off water in the caves, you create tiny ripples in the water with your taps – in short, it’s is gorgeous. Everything is 2D, and when your character turns they become a line for a brief moment. Tengami really does look like an intricate pop-up book. I thought it was interesting that the character design is androgynous you could be playing a man or a woman. The plot is thin, but it’s not especially important. You’re sleeping underneath a dead tree, and your task is to find cherry blossoms to revitalize the tree (and thus the dreams).

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“ Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game, full of wonder and mystery, set in Japan of ancient dark fairy tales. You explore a beautifully crafted pop-up book world, with an art style inspired by traditional Japanese arts and crafts. Flip, fold, slide, and pull parts of the world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.”Īt the beginning of the game, you open the pop-up book and quickly discover that dreams (yours, or maybe everyone’s) are dying. Tengami, a puzzle/adventure game, was an official selection for Sense of Wonder Night 2012, a finalist at IndieCade 2012, on the shortlist at Develop Showcase 2013, and was a 2014 SXSW Gaming Awards Finalist.