Vertebrae
A curious little mouse embarks upon a journey through an archipelago filled with difficult puzzles. His friend, a dead snake, helps him overcome the challenges and discover more about the mysterious history of the islands.
Featuring more than 50 uniquely interesting puzzles that make up hours of playtime.
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Phenomenal level design!
Very challenging, I ended up copying across to Puzzlescript+ for a level select, and even with that there's still 11 levels I have no idea how to get even partway to a solution.
Two levels aren't solvable without editing the level:
43 - No Goal tile [o or 0 at top]
53 - Snake has no bonds. Solvable if joined [replace u with i]
It's very interesting game, but the goal of level 43(?) doesn't seem to work.
I also can't go beyond level 43. The browser is Google Chrome.
But thanks for the very exciting and tough puzzle.
So this is a very clever game but ultimately too much for me, for the record 15 is where I called it. I looked up a hint and instead stumbled upon the solution (skipping ahead in youtube vids is dangerous) which was at least good for getting the puzzle out of my head as I was barking way up the wrong tree.
Coincidentally just happened to finish level 10 myself before clicking that notification bell and yes, it is solvable. Elsewhere (I think on twitter) the dev mentioned itch having the most up to date version (as of a year or so ago) so while the layouts might be different as you get further in they should be the most current ones.
Thanks again, good insight. Ends my doubt, as I kept seeing different layouts, it got me wondering if game-files on itch got corrupted or so (which would be odd). So indeed, the creator re-made some levels. Well then, these new layouts are way more difficult :P
wow awesome game!
is something altered or corrupted?
level 7 on itch; seems unsolvable:
level 7 on puzzlescript.net; (easily) solvable:
I just did level 7 (it took a while) and it is definitely solvable on itch with the above layout.
thanks for confirmation. got back in and solved it now.
how did you come up with these puzzles?
i'm stuck on level 11 ;_;
i beat it!! (now stuck on 13...)
I'm already stuck and it's only level 5. This is insane, I love it.
I almost wish there was a hint system. it's been several days on level 7,
I've made it to level 20 and I'm so stuck. I don't even have an idea of what to do.
Is the current level 34 solvable the way it is. It seems impossible.
Oh, it is solvable, and it has a pretty cool solution which I had forgotten myself!
Yes, got it. Good one!
You guys are lying, it's impossible
EDIT: WOW what a puzzle. 34 may be a new favorite
Why when I finish level 1, I return to level 1 ???
Strange! I've never heard of this happening and have no idea what it could be… I'll see what I can do.
When I decided to start a new game it returns to normal. It might be just the computer.
That happened to me, too. I was using Edge to run the game, then ran the game using Chrome and all good. So changing the browser worked for me.
Incredibly smart game! I really love it, thank you!
I would suggest expanding the active part of the game window, which seems to use only 640x460 of the 800x600 window. I just got to 22 and can't really see it without entering full screen, and many prior levels have also felt cramped.
Came across this randomly, wow, it really is hard, but it has a very unique idea, it's nice!
Hardcore, was already convinced at lvl 3 that it wasn't possible, but ended up at lvl 7 eventually. Cool puzzles
Number 6, my brain fizzles!
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