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  1. Fair warning: this game will make you desperately hungry for donuts. Freshly Frosted, from developer The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, is an utterly charming puzzle game centered around donuts. The delicious confections appear on a conveyor belt, and it's your job to get them to the goal with the appropriate toppings. It's a sweet and simple premise that is quickly put toward wonderfully brain-twisting challenges. Freshly Frosted doesn't have a story to speak of, but each level does begin with a short narration that is simply the most pleasant little bit of dialogue that you'll ever hear. This isn't a game about slaying monsters or going on a grand adventure, it's just a cozy little donut-themed puzzler, and the narrator's brief musings on sugary confections makes that abundantly clear. It's also not the most elaborate voice acting out there but it adds a ton of charm to an already adorable little game. Every level has the same basic goal: there's a starting point and an end point, and you have to place conveyor belts to get the donuts to the goal. That's literally the only control input you'll have through the entire game, but naturally there will be increasingly complex donut demands. You'll also need to add the appropriate toppings to your donuts as the stage requires, and there's a specific order in which to add toppings: frosting, sprinkles, whipped cream, and cherries. Early on you might have just one goal for frosted donuts, but how do you handle multiple starting points and multiple endpoints? What if one endpoint only accepts sprinkles, while another requires everything? What about teleporters, or special blocks that separate the donuts? Across 144 levels, divided into 12 boxes of 12 levels each, Freshly Frosted throws plenty of curve balls at you to keep you on your toes. What's great is that the game perfectly finds that sweet spot of challenge and accessibility. Each box introduces a new concept so the first couple of levels are pretty simple to just show you how to deal with the new obstacle. The game is not afraid to ratchet up the difficulty though, and the end of each box has some significant head-scratchers that can easily leave you stumped. However, the game never feels unfair. There's an excellent escalation of challenge that pushes the player but won't throw you into an insane scenario without giving you the basics that you need to succeed. Freshly Frosted is challenging without being overwhelming, and the mellow, relaxed vibe of the game also makes it easy to just hang out for a bit without feeling frustrated. And if you do need help, the game has a couple of ways to put you on the right track. For one thing, you can just skip a puzzle if you're truly stumped. Each box unlocks in order as you complete the previous one but you don't have to finish every single puzzle in a box, so you can jump over one or two and come back later, perhaps with better insight from a later level. The game also has a built-in hint system that reveals part of the solution to you. It's only one piece of the puzzle so it's not like the game just hands you the answer, but oftentimes just having a solid base to start from is a huge help, especially in the more complicated puzzles where it feels like your conveyor belts could go anywhere. It's great to have these in-game assists to guide you while still rewarding you with the final "eureka!" moment. As already mentioned the whole aesthetic of Freshly Frosted is tranquil puzzle solving. From a design standpoint this is a very simple game, but it gives you all the visual information you need with stylish color palettes and a fun variety of donut shapes for each box. The music is wonderfully meditative and will definitely put you in a zen-like puzzle-solving state. It's also a lot of fun to watch your conveyor belt solution unfold as the donuts move in time with the music (and since some of the solutions are pretty dang long, you can choose to speed up or entirely skip the solution-check part of the game). Freshly Frosted is a delightful puzzle game that takes a simple premise and puts it to tons of clever and challenging uses. 144 levels feels like a perfect length with puzzles that are engaging and complex but never wear out their concepts, and the cozy aesthetic, charming narrator, and catchy soundtrack that bounces between zen-like puzzle-solving mode and buoyant solution mode add tons of personality to a stage-by-stage puzzle game. Puzzle fans will love seeing their solutions take off on these donut conveyor belts—just be ready for some sweet cravings after playing Freshly Frosted. Rating: 8 out of 10 Donuts Review copy provided by publisher Freshly Frosted is available now on the Switch eShop for $9.99. Get 10% off as a launch discount, now to 6/7.
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