So the good people at Zachtronics Industries sent me a review copy of their latest puzzle game, SpaceChem. After playing the game for a bit, I ran into a problem that I have never run into when reviewing a game.
I can’t finish the tutorial.
It’s not that I’ve run into a bug or anything. I just can’t figure out what I’m supposed to be doing. I feel like I missed a prerequisite college class that’s required to understand the game. What’s truly infuriating about the whole situation is that the game has been receiving rave reviews left and right, so obviously, I’m the one who is broken, not the game.
I know there’s a demo for the game on Steam so go ahead and download that. Maybe you’ll have better luck than I did. It really does look like it’d be a neat game once you figure it out.
EDIT: And now I feel silly. Right after writing this, I gave the game another shot and I figured out the solution to my problem right away. The tutorial wanted me to move a bonder from one place to another on the board, whereas I was erroneously trying to create a new bonder.
