Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale
Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a relaxing puzzle game with colorful visuals, beautiful music and a fully voiced modern fairy tale told in rhyme. Solve intuitive puzzles, collect feathers, gems and coins, discover new mechanics as you progress and enjoy the unique themes each chapter unlocks.
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May 28, 2021
5 years and 67 days ago
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Positive20 reviews85.0%
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11 itemsAbout the Game
Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a relaxing puzzle game combined with a modern fairy tale told in rhyme. Experience a beautiful colorful world and follow the story of a brave princess striving for freedom and adventure when everyone around her tries to keep her in line with the status quo.
A world of puzzles to discover
Solve intuitive puzzles, collect feathers to reveal the story, gems to unlock new levels and coins to customize how the ball you're playing with looks. Discover new mechanics as you progress in a campaign consisting of 80 levels plus 30 variations. Each new chapter brings with it a new visual theme for both the play areas and the menu environment, in addition to new music tracks. Experience beautiful settings including windy summer forests, barren deserts, mountain forests at night and town squares.
Features
- 80 puzzles plus 30 variations, grouped in themed chapters
- Discover a fully voiced modern fairy tale told in rhyme
- Each new chapter adds unique game mechanics, visuals and music
- Unlockable skins to change the look of the ball
- Beautiful environments and relaxing music
- Integrated optional hints system to ensure you never get stuck for long
- Track the progress of your achievements in-game
How you play
Choose which direction to roll the ball in, then watch it go until it hits an obstacle. Collect feathers or coins in your path. Some game elements change the ball's path, while others react to being hit by the ball. Try to interact with everything to figure out how they work! Take your time to figure out the best solution for each puzzle. Or, if you get stuck, use the integrated hints system for a bit of help with the next move. Or all of them, it's up to you!In story levels, the goal is to collect all the feathers before your run out of moves. Each collected feather reveals another bit of the story. In coins levels, the goal is to collect all coins and depending on how many moves you make, you're awarded up to three gems. Besides showing your puzzle solving skills, gems are also used to unlock new chapters. As for coins, you'll be able to spend those on skins to customize the rolling ball!
