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FILMECHANISM

RECORD and RESTORE are the keys!Use your puzzle brain and action brain to complete the the puzzles!

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Developer
Chemical Pudding
Publisher
Phoenixx Inc.
Release
December 15, 2021
4 years and 231 days ago
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Positive38 reviews97.4%

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About the Game



"FILMECHANISM" is a 2D puzzle action game!
Help "REC" reach the goal RECORDING and RESTORING different objects on the stage!

Challenge over 200 unique puzzles with to guide the mysteriously cute camera humanoid "REC" to the goal!

Make full use of your puzzle brain to figure out the conditions before and after the action, and your action brain to move according to the situation!
Play the stages repeatedly, and feel the exhilaration when you clear them!

Enjoy the retro but stylish world of "FILMECHANISM" with its beautiful 8-bit style graphics and sounds!

GAME SYSTEM


■RECORD
There are numerous gimmicks hidden in each stage!
Play as a camera humanoid "REC" to acquire the film that has fallen on the stage and "RECORD" the state of the stage!

■RESTORE
RECORD a stage and RESTORE it at any given time.
Pre-RECORD falling footholds or blocks that can be pushed, then RESTORE them to create new ways for "REC" to reach the goal!

CHARACTER

■A camera humanoid "REC"
A camera humanoid that came from another star.
It has a mysterious power to RECORD and RESTORE the state of the stage.

VARIOUS GIMMICKS


■Pushable block
　Block that can be pushed left and right.
　"REC" can also ride blocks!

■Spiked block
　Spiked block that fall from above
　Be careful not to get hit!

■Falling floor
　Some sections of the floors will fall when stepped on!

■Spring floor
　A one-time use bouncy floor that will send "REC" flying!

■Number door
　These doors can't be opened unless the correct number of blocks are placed on a switch.



Plus many more stage gimmicks to challenge you!
Guide "REC" through hundreds of puzzles to discover them all!

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