![]() He can pick up and carry any number of boxes stacked on top of one another, and swing them around as if they weigh nothing. Instead - probably because I am in the early stages of planning a move myself - I keep thinking about how the Bonfire Peaks protagonist would be a great removals man. A man wishes to burn all his stuff, and a finger on the Monkey's Paw curls, so eventually he has more stuff than he ever started with.īonfire Peaks is a very good puzzle game with very lovely art (the flowering trees are a particular highlight for me), but I'm having trouble connecting with its thoughtful story bits. Also, every time you complete a level and burn your stuff, you get a new crate in return to use to climb to the next area, and I can't help but see this as a semi-hilarious and ironical dark bargain. ![]() As you climb up, you see little incongruous setpieces on the side of the mountain, like a sofa with toys in front of it. I haven't finished it yet, but it's clear Bonfire Peaks has a deeper emotional story unfolding. You can sort of swap around and do them in whichever way makes sense to you - although the puzzles do teach you new concepts in a sensible kind of order. ![]() And you also can't turn into a wall or object if you're holding a crate, or you'll bomp off it, so you spend a lot of time walking backwards.Įach puzzle is part of a set of puzzles, represented by unlit firepits clustered together on the side of the peak you're climbing. You can climb anything that is one box high, but two boxes height is too much, so you might need to make yourself a step, you see. Only the bonfire is almost always up a small cliff, which means placing a bunch of other boxes down first to create a route to it. In every level you have a box of things, and your little voxel man in a bomber jacket must burn it. In terms of how the puzzles actually work, it's kind of like Stephen's Sausage Roll, in that you must move a thing in a very precise way to get it in a fire, but with more vertical bits and significantly fewer sausages. Secretly, though, it is a story about a man who has the only superpower people in their 30s actually want: being able to pick up and move any number of boxes at any time. Published by Draknek (wot did the equally puzzly A Monster's Expedition), Corey Martin's new voxel Sokoban-style game features a man slowly making his way up a mountain and totemically burning all of his stuff. But I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards. Never has watching things go up in flames been so meditative and thought provoking.Puzzle game Bonfire Peaks is probably a metaphor about emotional baggage and closure. It is an artistic triumph, but also one for the soul. This won’t be for everyone – it can be a frustrating lesson in quirky puzzling that just won’t sit well. It makes for an almost spiritual experience, as it feels like you are living vicariously a very real act of letting go, in this stylised, beautiful world, accompanied by a droning electric bath of a soundtrack. It is clearly an allegory for the psyche of our hero, as it is filled with incongruous objects that are clues to what the character’s life may be like. Solving each puzzle will unlock additional boxes in an overworld area which you progress through. There are many occasions where you will discover a way forward in a real eureka moment. It took me a while to figure out you had to walk backwards up some steps. You can only lift boxes at around chest height, and the tanky controls mean that you cannot always turn when holding one. Gradually new types of boxes come into play. There are environmental hazards to contend with. The stages often contain several boxes and you can use them to build walkways. #BONFIRE PEAKS REVIEW TRIAL#There are no hints, no clues, just trial and error, learning the mechanics of the grid-based world you are plunged into. Getting to the flickering embers is nearly always on the end of a fiendish puzzle. ![]() #BONFIRE PEAKS REVIEW HOW TO#Your goal is to explore a mysterious, angular voxel island, progressing through each area by solving a very specific dilemma: how to burn a box of all of your shit in a bonfire. Would it help my soul if I did just burn them? That is the course of action that Bonfire Peaks silent, nameless protagonist has decided to take. I can see her eyeing the sticker albums, niche books about mushrooms and wrestling and imagine her cackling as she watches the flames dance across them, blistering and bending them into fiery oblivion.īecause like many people, I do like to hoard and collect and treasure, even things that hold painful memories like the bag of my mum’s stuff I can’t bring myself to go through. ![]() I am sure there have been times where my wife has wanted to set fire to all of my stuff. ![]()
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