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Tangle Tower's art gallery is a cool window into great character design

Have no character in your game that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful

Fifi from Tangle Tower, a short scientist with red hair and goggles the exaggerate her blue eye

Katharine has been raving about Tangle Tower ever since she reviewed it a couple of years ago, and I finally sat down and played it this weekend. I can confirm it's really good! A lovely point and click mystery with some tricksy puzzles, but unlimited goes so you still get to feel clever - plus the story plays with some mystery tropes in really fun ways. But the real joy is its characters. It's a cast of suspects that are both wacky and relatable, and I love them.

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