We first talked about DYO a few years in the past, when the one or two-player platformer impressed as a part of the Games Made in Berlin collection. It’s a co-operative puzzler within the vein of The Lost Vikings or Trine, however with a novel mechanic permitting you to make use of the split-screen border itself to resolve puzzles. For occasion, by finagling the display division excellent, you may be capable of erase a pesky barrier, or glue a gap within the flooring again collectively. That’s precisely the sort of outside-the-box cleverness that retains me fascinated about puzzle video games, so I’m blissful to see that an expanded model of DYO is now accessible on itch.io and Steam.
This new model of the sport accommodates Three-Four hours of puzzles set in a tricksy labyrinth. The builders say that it’ll be “mind-bending”, though there’s no promise made that DYO will twist your melon again into its former form when it’s achieved with you. You can play the entire thing by your self, or if you already know a human or a super-intelligent pet you may foist a controller of their arms/paws and make them play alongside. Interestingly, you too can play DYO utilizing a single gamepad (there’s no point out fabricated from the standard keyboard), which is sweet information as these issues may be danged costly.
If the idea appears acquainted, then you definately is likely to be remembering Daniel Linssen’s elegant windowframe, a small freebie made at across the identical time as the unique model of DYO, and that explores considerably related territory. In windowframe, you don’t make use of the borders of the split-screen however relatively your entire sport window, which you’ll lock in place, or develop/shrink to puzzle your self round.
There’s a 20% launch low cost on DYO for the following few days, on each Steam and itch.io, bringing the sport all the way down to an inexpensive $9.59/£7.43. Aptly named devs Team DYO have additionally launched a seven-stage demo, so you may see whether or not its model of cerebral minotaur mayhem is up your avenue.
