Not to Scale
When you look at Not to Scale, you may be thinking, "A tile swapping puzzle that looks like the final project for someone's Flash Programming 101 course? What could possibly be worth my time here?" And you'd end up missing a really enjoyable experience. By using slots for the tiles of varying sizes, and carefully selected photographs, the game gives you a unique spatial sense twisting puzzle challenge.
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Pretty cool ... better than I expected :)
I remember there being a similar game in the (now out-of-print) game Pandora's Box (from Microsoft Game Studios). I'm glad to see this type of puzzle again; there's a really clever concept behind the 'primitive' interface.
Great example of how a game doesn't have to be complicated to be well done. The shifting sizes of the tiles manages to add challenge without giving it the answer immediately away: with less attention to photograph selection, you could simply move the tile around until its resolution made it obvious it was in the right place. Harder for things like flowers or tomatoes.
Not that the puzzles were hard (or maybe they get hard, I just finished Cairo). Call the dfficulty just right for a morning coffee game. Good music, too.
For those who start playing and think this is easy, wait until you get to the final level.
@Cyberjar - I agree! That level was a doozy! But ultimately beatable. Once you get a good strategy, it's just a matter of moving things around until you find their correct placement. Got through it in about 15 minutes, and it was a fun little diversion!
Like Parse, this immediately reminded me of Pandora's Box.
I love how pictures don't really make sense until you find about 5 pieces that work together, and then its super easy to do after that :)
Brilliant ... I want more!
Heh. Beat it on Kongregate for the badge!
My brain melted, though.
I too had Pandora's Box, so I love these kind of puzzles! I want more!
Great game - normally I get pretty bored after a few levels of these sorts of slider puzzles. The addition of scaled pieces made it challenging but not frustrating.
Wanted more levels. Give me more levels! :)
I'm a fan of Pandora's Box too. Good to play this sort of puzzle again.
I hope this becomes a series, because it was pretty short.
That was a lot more entertaining than I thought it would be, and I was surprised at how changing the box sizes could really ramp up the difficulty. I agree that there needs to be more of this kind of puzzle.
Last level wasn't too hard as long as you know your musicals :)
Not to Scale Walkthrough
In general, pay attention to which pieces look pixellized/low quality (indicates they're in too large a slot) or warped (indicates they're in the wrong shape slot).
Great little twist for the game. Nice and player-friendly game: no timing, mutable music, automatic save...
Grat fun.
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Absolutely brilliant. Love the odd moment when everything in the pic sounds right but you still have one stray tile. Want more !
Fantastic...especially if they make a sequel with a better UI.
JIG, thanks a bunch for your site. This game was enjoyable.
Suggestion: In the Walkthrough by Joye, it would be nice if the name of the level is mentioned in brackets (eg. "Cairo" etc) as Levels are not numbered in the scenarios.
--CasualGamer
Enjoyably frustrating. Sad to see there are so many copycat games out there when little gems of ideas like this are available. (Seriously, this could have been programmed in an afternoon.)
Quibble: it was too easy to look at a stretched-out picture and say "that's too pixelated; it's not supposed to be stretched so far". That would go away if the final picture were itself scaled down from something large.
Fun game. Great music, too.
I played through this game when it was under judgement in NG, and it was much better than I expected!
Really enjoyed the game. In the walkthrough, though, levels 10 and 11's pictures were switched. Please fix that.
[Fixed. Thank you for pointing out the error. -Jay]
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Not to Scale Walkthrough
In general, pay attention to which pieces look pixellized/low quality (indicates they're in too large a slot) or warped (indicates they're in the wrong shape slot).
Level 1 - Goat Herder
Level 2 - Gingerbread Things
Level 3 - Tomatoes Galore
Level 4 - Hallway Arches
Level 5 - Pink Flowers
Level 6 - Cairo
Level 7 - Try Not To Think About Elephants
Level 8 - Chinese Seed Peddler
Level 9 - Happy Happy Hippos
Level 10 - Water Cube
Level 11 - Cathedral
Level 12 - Broadway
Posted by: joye
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August 4, 2011 11:55 PM