{"id":483,"date":"2023-08-27T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forloveofthegames.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2023-08-27T15:38:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:38:57","slug":"a-little-to-the-left-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forloveofthegames.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/27\/a-little-to-the-left-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little to the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are these even really reviews? Do I need to call them that, or are they just “spotlights” or something? I don’t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, the next title up (and the first one available for something other than PC!) is A Little to the Left<\/em><\/strong> from Max Inferno games, a two-person team based in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Little to the Left is a puzzle game about organization, similar to Unpacking<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and other organization-based games. It also fits neatly (pun intended) into popular indie categories including “relaxing” “cozy” and “wholesome.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released in November of 2022, it has over 75 organization puzzles presented with hand drawn artwork and relaxing music. There’s also a cat that occasionally tries to mess up what you’re doing, because cats are like that.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Some of the puzzles are relatively simple, involving things like straightening a tilted picture frame, but others tend to be a little more challenging, requiring players to organize a few dozen items in a drawer, or order pencils from shortest to longest. A handful of the puzzles also allow for multiple solutions, adding to the challenge. For instance, there’s a level where you’re presented with seven fountain pens with a variety of different characteristics. This particular level has four different solutions including ordering them by the angle of the clip on their caps, and by their shape, from pointiest to squarest (both pictured below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Either solution is accepted to complete the level, but you can loop back to find the other solutions. Most of the puzzles are fairly straightforward, but it can be challenging to think of two or three other solutions beyond the one you jumped to initially. In the event that you get stuck, the game also has hints for each level, and even offers a “let it be” option to skip a puzzle without solving it, so you can come back later. None of these carry any sort of penalty, and in fact, they award achievements (on Steam anyway).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, A Little to the Left<\/em><\/strong> offers over 75 puzzles in total with another 25+ available via paid DLC. It also has a quick “Daily Tidy” puzzle available as well, with milestones\/achievements available for completing 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 50, 75, and 100, so there’s plenty to do if you enjoy the format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently the base is regularly priced at around $15 USD, and the Cupboards and Drawers<\/em><\/strong> DLC is $6. It’s available via Steam and the Nintendo eShop. The devs have an Itch.io page<\/a> for the game, but are not currently offering it for sale there. They also announced plans to bring the game to iOS and Android in 2022, but so far those versions have not been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are these even really reviews? Do I need to call them \u201cspotlights\u201d or something? I don\u2019t know. 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