Looper is a mind-bending puzzle game that challenges you to think inside the box

polygon.com:

I love puzzle games, especially ones that challenge the player to reorient their perspective to approach an ostensibly two-dimensional world from a three-dimensional point of view. Games likeFezand Monument Valley that dabble in impossible spaces, optical illusions, and deceptively simple mechanics that blossom into a bouquet of mind-melting possibilities.

Looper, a free-to-play puzzle platformer by solo developer FeatureKreep, is just that kind of experience: An unassuming 2D game whose core concept combines the physics-defying possibilities of Portal 2 with the teeth-clenching twitch timing of VVVVVV. It’s short, sweet, and legitimately exciting to play.

Created as a submission for Aleksandr Tikhonov’s Black and White Jam in April, Looper has a pretty straightforward premise: You’re a funny little man in a funny little hat moving across a 2D plane trying to overcome hurdles and reach the end of an area. Problem is, you can’t just jump over every obstacle. There’s a solution: theLooper, an experimental technology that allows you to fold space in on itself in order to traverse otherwise untraversable obstacles.

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Players activate the Looper, which appears over your character’s body in the form of a giant dotted square, by pressing the Space button. With the Looper activated, players can move their character to either side of the borders of the square and effectively loop back on the opposite side they entered.

With a well-placed loop, players can reach otherwise unreachable areas, collect collectible coins, and activate flagpole checkpoints where you’ll respawn if you die. You can even press the “R” button on your keyboard to manually respawn your character back at your last checkpoint if you get stuck on a particularly difficult puzzle. Not every challenge can be solved by using the Looper, though; you’ll have to bend your brain to figure out which situations necessitate the capabilities of your newfound power and which demand some good ol’ fashioned