Polygon.com / 26.04.25

7 tips from puzzle game developers on how to beat puzzle games

The puzzles of Blue Prince feel less like the gridlike blueprints you draft in the game and more like an intricate web. Even seasoned puzzle lovers might feel tested by its mysteries. In Blue Prince, you explore and construct a sprawling mansion estate room by room from a series of randomized blueprints. Each day (or run), the house will reset, and you must start constructing a new path forward.  Both the roguelike elements and the detailed world pose a unique challenge. Its the kind of game where every drawing, object, and letter could contain some sort of clue to unravel the mysteries of its world. It can be intimidating or befuddling, even for seasoned puzzle game lovers which is why we decided to go and get puzzle-solving advice straight from the people who make puzzle games. In light of the release of Blue Prince, Polygon interviewed seven developers behind the puzzle games Tunic, Immortality, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, Wilmot Works It Out, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, a...
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