Sidequest Ninja

Factsheet

Developer:
Sidequest Ninja
Based in Cambridge, UK

Release date:
16th May 2024

Platforms:
Steam

Website:
http://www.sidequestninja.com

Regular Price:

USD	$20.00
GBP	£15.00
EUR	€17.50
CAD	$26.00

Description

Hexahedra is an open-ended programming puzzle game about beautiful efficiency. Fill a factory with a variety of devices and program them to work together to produce the required cubes. Use the grid command system to create complex loops, and branch the logic flow using lasers and proximity sensors.

Cubes have become the galaxy’s most important commodity, being used as crates, musical instruments, octopus housing, sculptures, and more. Use your cube-designing skills to work your way up to a ticket to Earth and a post at the most prestigious cube fabricator, Hexahedra Inc. Dig into rumours that some cubes are being used for sinister purposes, and field an array of oddly aquatic requests received on damp paper in strange ink.

History

After creating a prototype in 2019 and deciding that 12 years at Jagex working on RuneScape and various other games was enough, Chris began production in February 2020, and the game was 290% funded on Kickstarter in December 2022. The launched on 16th May 2024, and also has a Steam demo. Almost all the development has been livestreamed on Twitch.

Features

Puzzle solving with a focus on optimization - making solutions smaller, or faster, or more simply coded. Players can compete on a global leaderboard and with friends.
The ability to rewind the factory to rewatch action in the past - great for going back and spotting improvements and bugs in solutions.
An in-game editor that allows custom puzzles to be shared privately or via the Steam Workshop.
A layered soundtrack that increases the energy of the music as factories get bigger.
Help a tiny octopus deal with a nightmare family visit.