Enigma (game)
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Enigma is the name of two different free computer puzzle games. One is a text-based game for *NIX systems involving blocks falling in three directions, bombs, and pushing stuff around. The other one, described on this page, is based on Oxyd, and is released under the GPL.
Gameplay consists of maneuvering a marble (or sometimes multiple marbles) around a "landscape" to match pairs of "Oxyd stones." The game has numerous objects and landscape features whose purpose is not explained — as part of solving a landscape, the player must figure out what they do.
Landscapes usually take the form of logic puzzles, although frequently, dexterity with the pointing device (the only form of input) is also required. The landscapes are generated by scripts in the Lua programming language, making the creation of complicated landscapes relatively easy. A level editor exists, but it is currently not used very much.
As well as the 332 standard landscapes designed for it, Enigma also includes 11 tutorial landscapes, 149 landscapes adapted from various Sokoban games, 120 landscapes adapted from the Oxyd games, and 91 landscapes adapted from Oxyd's predecessor, Esprit. That's 703 landscapes in all.
Additionally, Enigma is capable of reading and playing landscapes from the data-files of the original Oxyd games, potentially adding another 430 landscapes to Enigma's collection. Although some Oxyd-series features are not yet implemented in Enigma, most of the landscapes are fully functional.
Enigma does not currently support the popular cooperative two-player network games that were available with some versions of Oxyd. However, most of the two-player landscapes are playable in single-player - something the Oxyd games never offered.
Enigma is compiled for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux (with packages available for several distributions).
External link
- The Enigma homepage (http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/)
- The homepage of the other Enigma game (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/enigma/)Template:Cvg-stub