It’s a Puzzle Game, a game where there are puzzles, and it’s your job to solve them. The main gameplay element here are blocks. Blocks of all shapes and sizes are to be pushed around until a path to the exit appears.
This demonstration version has six levels.
Name: Puzzle Game
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Puzzle
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
The gameplay in Super Haunted Insomnia Tower involves a tall building and the act of continually making your way upwards by jumping off floating platforms.
It might be useful to note that the screen wraps around, because at times a jump in the opposite direction might be much easier to execute. Use the arrow keys to move about, and press the space key to leap into the sky.
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Name: Super Haunted Insomnia Tower
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Platform
Type: Freeware
Size: 3MB
Starlit Zone Fighter is the latest effort by Lazrael, developer of Poyo among other notable projects. The attack system employed by this shmup is a little like the one used by Buster’s Vacant Ark.
Food has to be eaten constantly in order to accumulate shot power. Press the C key to gather objects and tap the D key to spit them out. Mouse controls are supported, but it works best with a joypad connected.
Name: Starlit Zone Fighter
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 3MB
From the wonderful world of Game Maker comes Poyo, a new platforming adventure which took Lazrael only one month to complete. You control the main character using the arrow keys, but most of the puzzles in the game can only be solved by figuring out the proper way to utilize your warp ability. Tap the X key to jump and use the Z key in conjunction with a directional arrow key to dash past traps or activate switches.
Press the down arrow key while standing in front of another creature to start a conversation. Instructions are printed on a text file which can be found in the zip package.
The F4 key can be used to switch between windowed and full screen mode. Features forty-five levels and six boss encounters.
Flapper and Pozzo - Jello Crusade are efforts from the same developer. Both were previously reviewed on this site.
Name: Poyo
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Platform
Type: Freeware
Size: 5MB
Flapper is another excellent release by Lazrael that is easy to learn but difficult to master. The objective of the game is to direct a bat to the top of a dark cave by using the arrow keys. Tap the up arrow key repeatedly to stay afloat, else lose altitude and fall down a bottomless pit.
Like most classic arcade titles, there is actually no ending to aim for. Score points by collecting bonus items while you avoid falling rocks. Touching the spikes on these things means game over.
Getting a good score will unlock items that can be used in subsequent sessions. Most sprites have a set of skins that can be selected from the main menu. To go into fullscreen mode, just press the F4 key.
Name: Flapper
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Action
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
In Pozzo - Jello Crusade, you play the role of a janitor named Pozzo who works for a jello restaurant. He dreams of saving up enough for a well-deserved vacation on some tropical island paradise. Unfortunately, his manager has found out that the local health inspector is dropping by for an unscheduled check.
You’re given the task of cleaning up the entire premise ridden with rotten jellos before the law enforcer finds them. Fail and Pozzo can kiss his planned holiday goodbye. A lousy job indeed, compounded by the fact that Pozzo is stuck with no limbs and has to eat all the jellos that he finds.
With the story out of the way, let’s get straight to the actual game. As mentioned earlier, most levels require the player to eat a lot of jellos before being allowed access to the exit. Pozzo cannot retrace his steps once he has eaten jellos off a tile. Not a very innovative concept, but Lazrael has managed to craft a superb puzzler that showcases imaginative use of tile design and graphical effects.
New tiles are introduced from time to time, which include a variety of colored blocks, switches, teleport pads and many more. Later levels provide tougher challenges as you need to plan ahead every move your protagonist has to make.
One drawback is that it uses ripped music, only because the developer could not get hold of an original music composer. The game features forty levels and two unlockable endings based on your score.
Name: Pozzo - Jello Crusade
Developer: Lazrael
Category: Puzzle
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB