Kubix

A rare Spanish puzzle, divided into several levels and a huge rarity: it became available to humanity only in December 2018.

In the central part of the screen, there are 9 or 16 creatures or objects (angry workers, helmets with eyes, blue gears, anthropomorphic hammers and wrenches...) placed in the shape of a 3x3 or 4x4 square; On any of the four sides of this grid there are three or four pipes, that is, one for each row and column. Control is carried out by the mouse cursor, which by default has the form of a "vertical" screwdriver with a pink handle - when you bring it to the pipe, the color of the latter changes to green (and if the structure is located horizontally, then the tool takes a "lying" position). At the top right there is an image of the latter, on which all the figures are arranged in a certain way, and the task at each level is to repeat this layout on the playing field. This is achieved by clicking on the ends of the pipes, as a result of which the figures in the row or column are shifted one position in the corresponding direction (however, none of them can be inside the structure, therefore, for example, after pressing on the left horizontal pipe, the figure closest to it is the rightmost in this row).

Formally, each stage must be completed within a certain time, while making a predetermined number of cursor clicks (these parameters are displayed before the start); In fact, these restrictions do exist, but, as we managed to find out empirically, they are much more humane. At the same time, as you click on certain pipes, the screwdriver handle begins to take on a yellow, then a red hue, and at some point returns to the original pink - this means that no movement in this particular direction is any longer possible. If you lose, nothing terrible happens - you just reload the same level. It should be noted that the serial number of the latter does not necessarily correspond to the degree of complexity of their passage. Visually, all this is executed in quite pleasing sprite graphics, and even with animation effects (just look at the grimaces that the workers make). The verdict is both easy and difficult (depending on the stage that has fallen), but neither one nor the other causes the slightest irritation; The game is very difficult to let go of - and from the bottom of my heart it is recommended to the widest audience as a short-term intellectual entertainment.