Developer: ClockStone
Steam Deck Compatibility?: Verified
Rrp: £6.99 (Gog.com, Humblebundle and Steam)
Bridge Constructor is a puzzle game where, as the name implies, you construct bridges. The paper thin plot is that an earthquake has destroyed all the bridges and you need to rebuild them using the small budget and materials available. I know that calling the plot paper thin seems mean spirited but in this case I think the plot being sparse is a strength not a weakness, you don’t play this game for a storyline but to solve puzzles.
As you play through the puzzles will become more difficult by reducing your budget, reducing the materials available, making the chasm to cross larger or all of those combined. Of course, you won’t know if your bridge is suitable until you’ve completed a test run, first with cars, then vans and (once you unlock them) trucks.
I hesitate to claim that the physics in this game are ‘realistic’ but I will say they’re certainly a close approximation to it (as far as I can tell anyway).
Honestly, this is a pretty good, if rather short game. Much like with point and click games though the its not about how long the game is as how long it takes you to work through the various puzzles. For some this game might last weeks for others mere days.
