Filmechanism (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Filmechanism

A 2D puzzle action game where you aim to clear a stage by restore it after record it.

80 15 December 2021

What Filmechanism is

Filmechanism is an indie game developed by Chemical Pudding and released in 2021. It was published by Phoenixx Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"RECORD" .There are numerous gimmicks hidden in each stage! Control your character to capture the films that fall on the stage and "RECORD" the state of the stage! RESTORE .You can "RESTORE" a recorded stage at any time. Record falling footholds and pushable blocks in advance! Then "RESTORE"! Use "RECORD", "RESTORE", and your action skills to clear the various gimmicks! Play through the game over and over again, and feel the exhilaration when you clear it! Enjoy the retro but stylish world of FILEMECHANISM, with its beautiful dots and 8-bit sound!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Filmechanism holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Filmechanism launched on 15 December 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash and GTFO. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Solar Ash, GTFO.

Cheats and codes

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