And Yet It Moves is another one of those indie 2D Platform Puzzle games that recently has been on sale on Steam, Gamersgate and Greenhouse. A demo has been available for sometime now and here is my impression of the demo.
Developed by a group called Broken Rules, And Yet It Moves features puzzle elements that involve rotating the world to navigate to the end of a level. It features a simple physics mechanic that adds momentum to your character falling and other objects in the world.
The game features a character that seems to have been cut out from paper and must be reunited with the paper it is cut out from. It just an artistic(and original) representation of the age old find the exit 2D platformer mechanic.
The world of And Yet It Moves features a collage like environment whereby bits and pieces of the world are taken from photos and the background uses a crumpled paper effect. It is unique and has a sort of a storybook come to life effect. It still doesn’t stand out when compared to the art in say a game like Braid.
The puzzles can be very difficult and many of them require precise timing of rotating the world to fall in the correct ground. Overdo it and the forward momentum will crush you as you land to the ground. In many cases, it requires a lot of trial and error as you find the sweet spot to land and figure you way to the end of the level.
I often found that framerate was a little uneven at times even in full screen mode(there was serious framerate issues in windowed mode). The jumping felt unresponsive at time(could be due to the framerate) but most of the time it was fine.
The final version of And Yet It Moves has 17 levels and features a global leaderboard. You can compare you level completion time with other peeps and challenge yourself to best yourself and be the top of the pile. At USD$15, And Yet It Moves is a pretty expensive game for only 17 levels and even with the leaderboard, I doubt it will have a long shelf life for most people.
You can try the demo out here
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