We discover that Molecats aren’t the brightest creatures in this IGP First Look, but you’d better be if you intend to help them in this tile-spinning puzzler.
Molecats love mushrooms (or at least, they’re told told). They’re definitely a motivated lot, as they just beeline for the nearest cave system and start looking for the delicious, potentially-hallucinogenic things. Trouble is, the creatures aren’t terribly bright, and will just march blindly down whatever path they’re on. The caves aren’t laid out for you to easily walk through, either. To keep these poor critters from starving as they wander the same hall for eternity, you need to rotate the tiles that make up the cave system so that they can get through.
Except, there are locked doors. Winding hallways that connect in odd ways. Levers to hit. Friends to find who are just as clueless. Items to pick up. Mushrooms to grab and munch on. You have to navigate each level, finding the right way to twist each tile in order to guide their path to all of the goodies and important mechanisms. This can involve some deep thinking as you try to examine the whole level, imagining the varied paths in your mind. And all while this goofy Molecat continually wanders, typically causing some trouble you need to fix.
Molecats looks simple on the surface, but offers some deep, thoughtful puzzle solving alongside its cute artwork and delightfully chill, ridiculous soundtrack.
Molecats is available now on Steam and Xbox One.
DISCLOSURE – Molecats is currently paying for sidebar advertising with Indie Games Plus. This has in no way affected our decision to cover the game.
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