This was brought home to me this summer when I was a juror for Indie Cup Europe and saw that someone (namely, Hemisquare) had submitted a lovely puzzle game called Nurikabe World.
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Nurikabe World doesn’t have a release date yet, but you can play the demo now on Steam.
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So I was very pleased indeed to see Nurikabe World submitted for October’s Steam Next Fest, because it gives me the perfect excuse to rhapsodise about what a lovely relaxing time I had with it, and I think you will too.
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While traditional games of Nurikabe take place on a plain black-on-white grid, Nurikabe World is set on a glorious full-colour map that rewards the successful construction of an island by sprouting a little diorama on it.