The Swapper

very cool and beautiful clone-based puzzle platformer. some timing is inevitably involved, never a fan of that, nor controlling multiple characters simultaneously, but it's all doable. it's also one of the few games where the unique clay-based visuals support the game that stands on its own regardless, instead of going all-in on a gimmicky presentation and hoping people would ignore their total incompetence at designing and making games (harold halibut and truberbrook come to mind but there are many style over substance examples). not only that, but the devs go above and beyond to keep their game up-to-date from a technical standpoint, even a decade later. and when I first tried it many years ago, it wouldn't run on my obsolete gpu, so I emailed them and shortly after they patched in ancient hardware support. good stuff.

An intensely engaging puzzle game that had me glued to the screen for as long as it took to finish each stage, sometimes till all hours of night. The game isn't exactly long, but the puzzles will have you gripped, as well as the lonely, morbid atmosphere and story. A couple of puzzles (literally 2 of them) were a bit too nonsensical and only managed to beat them by attrition - I lucked the solution without any idea of how. But aside from that the entirety of the experience was well worth the time invested. An more indepth recount of my experience below: http://theboilingpot.net/the-swapper/

I wrote a review of this game on BetweenLifeAndGames, and I was going to copy/paste my review here, but it won't fit as it's too long. You can find it here: betweenlifeandgames(dot)com/indie-corner/indie-game-mini-review-swapper/ I hope you find it useful in deciding whether or not to buy The Swapper.

http://www.neverreallyawake.com/the-swapper/