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Posted January 30, 2013
Splish splash!

Puddle, a challenging puzzler based around the physics of fluids and featuring nearly 50 cleverly designed levels, is available 60% off on GOG.com for Windows and Mac OS X. That's only $3.99 for the next 24 hours!

Physics-based puzzle games are aplenty these days. Some of them require you to sling objects at other objects. Some want you to cut things to drop other things on top of yet another thing. Yup, there's plenty of stuff to toy around with. But those are mostly solid objects. What's up with that? Wouldn't things be much more interesting if the object you try to control wasn't solid at all? Over 70% Earth is covered in fluid. Even we are composed of fluid in over 60%! Water is life! Water is fun! So, why is it so neglected in puzzle game design? Luckily, we have games like Puddle to correct that mistake.

Puddle challenges you with a nice selection of clever stages (including the GOG-exclusive, PC-only pixel level), with many different themes, types of fluids and goals. The early version of the game won the Independent Games Festival 2010 design award and since then evolved into a fully-fledged brain-twister with appealing, colorful graphics and innovative gameplay. If you're a puzzle fan in search of a new, original challenge, you simply cannot afford to miss this one!

Are you ready to get wet? Step into the Puddle, for only $3.99 until Thursday, January 31, at 10:59AM GMT.
Posted January 30, 2013
nice discount bat sadly not a game i fancy.
Posted January 30, 2013
Looks nice but with all the games purchased over the summer promo, I can't justify any non-essential game purchases..
Posted January 30, 2013
Too busy with other games at the moment for this one but nice anyway
Posted January 30, 2013
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GOG.com: Earth is covered in fluid. Even we are composed of fluid in over 60%!
Somebody has surely missed his physics lessons ;) I guess you actually meant "liquid". I know that is very common to treat them as synonyms but actually they are not. Fluids, my dear sir, include liquids, gases and even plasmas. If that's not enough even some plastic solids meet some of the basic requirements ;)

EDIT: I bought it when it appeared here. Very nice game
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Posted January 30, 2013
Maybe somebody will finally buy this game :D
Posted January 30, 2013
even if I had this for free i don't see myself playing it, looks nice and all but it's the sort of thing i would only play for 5 minutes while waiting for a phone call or something
Posted January 30, 2013
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GOG.com: Physics-based puzzle games are aplenty these days...
You said it. I must have at least half a dozen that I've never touched from various bundles, and the last thing I need is more of 'em.
Posted January 30, 2013
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keeveek: Maybe somebody will finally buy this game :D
I certainly will, I'm not bothered by my backlog.
Posted January 30, 2013
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GOG.com: Earth is covered in fluid. Even we are composed of fluid in over 60%!
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Ghorpm: Somebody has surely missed his physics lessons ;) I guess you actually meant "liquid". I know that is very common to treat them as synonyms but actually they are not. Fluids, my dear sir, include liquids, gases and even plasmas. If that's not enough even some plastic solids meet some of the basic requirements ;)

EDIT: I bought it when it appeared here. Very nice game
+1 for being the best kind of correct: "Technically" correct. :P
Posted January 30, 2013
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Ghorpm: Somebody has surely missed his physics lessons ;) I guess you actually meant "liquid". I know that is very common to treat them as synonyms but actually they are not. Fluids, my dear sir, include liquids, gases and even plasmas. If that's not enough even some plastic solids meet some of the basic requirements ;)

EDIT: I bought it when it appeared here. Very nice game
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TheEnigmaticT: +1 for being the best kind of correct: "Technically" correct. :P
Heh, heh. Usually I'm not a pain in the neck ;) It's just I am a physicist and that should explain everything ;) A funny thing is I always claimed fluid mechanics to be my least favorite and, what's more important, least known branch of physics. But I enjoy the game nevertheless
Posted January 30, 2013
Bought during the holiday sale, not tried yet but really looking up to it.
Posted January 30, 2013
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TheEnigmaticT: +1 for being the best kind of correct: "Technically" correct. :P
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Ghorpm: Heh, heh. Usually I'm not a pain in the neck ;) It's just I am a physicist and that should explain everything ;) A funny thing is I always claimed fluid mechanics to be my least favorite and, what's more important, least known branch of physics. But I enjoy the game nevertheless
I'm happy to report that our logic is flawed. If the term "fluid" is wider then the term "liquid", then saying that more than 70% of Earth's surface is covered in fluid wouldn't be precise, but it still would be correct.

You know, technically. ;-)

But thank you. I'll adjust my phrasing henceforth.
Posted January 30, 2013
Sadly while my tastes are fluid at times they don't generally extend that much to pure puzzle games. I'd dabble for a few moments then want to get into an RPG or adventure with a storyline I don't have time to play. So I'll give it a miss again, though good deal I'm sure if this genre is for you.
Posted January 30, 2013
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Ghorpm: Heh, heh. Usually I'm not a pain in the neck ;) It's just I am a physicist and that should explain everything ;) A funny thing is I always claimed fluid mechanics to be my least favorite and, what's more important, least known branch of physics. But I enjoy the game nevertheless
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G-Doc: I'm happy to report that our logic is flawed. If the term "fluid" is wider then the term "liquid", then saying that more than 70% of Earth's surface is covered in fluid wouldn't be precise, but it still would be correct.

You know, technically. ;-)

But thank you. I'll adjust my phrasing henceforth.
You are provoking me yet again! But I'll keep my physics-nerdiness to myself because it wouldn't even be funny this time ;P I'll just let you know that it would be about "Earth's surface"

At least I didn't treat you to one of those famous physics jokes that nobody (except of physicist, obviously) can understand ;)
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