Before the Battery's Over challenges you to complete jigsaw puzzles against a dwindling power meter, where every move costs precious battery life. Each completed puzzle reveals fragments of a robot's fragmented memories through stylized black-and-white artwork, weaving together a mysterious narrative. The game suits players seeking a puzzle experience with genuine stakes and those drawn to understated visual storytelling.
About this game
Restore a robot's memory files before the battery runs out. A distinct jigsaw puzzle game in which the movements and resources consume the life of your robot. Recover your memory with a variety of stylized arts that tell a mysterious story from your past.
What players are saying
▲ Recommended0 hrs
Simple and effective artstyle and storytelling. I'm not in the middle of the game yet, and had to come and recommend this game.
I never thought a puzzle game could be this hard. The game does a great job of making the pieces very similar. It's tricky to figure out what some of the later images are supposed to depict. But the scenes do a great job of telling the story, and the black and white art style complements the game well. I ran out of battery with three to go. I get the point is to recover the robot's memories before it runs out, but it's disappointing to have to restart. Overall it's enjoyable and challenging.
Hello and thank you for releasing your game on Steam for us to try!
"Before the battery's over" is a Puzzle slider game with a hidden story that emerges as the player completes each of the 21 puzzles. The levels vary in difficulty and towards the end you may find yourself having to repeat some of them to beat the timer. The game offers an interesting challenge which is inclusive of all ages.
You can expect a good few hours of game play depending on your personal skill level and the games ambient music makes for a wonderful experience both visually and audibly. I recommend this game to anyone looking to relax and unwind into this futuristic micro-world.
I did experience what I felt was a bug that actually turned out to be an intended mechanic when my timer ran out during the puzzle. The game does not give any feedback about which point in time you are returned to when failing a level, it sends you back to a previous puzzle without any indication how far behind you might be. It was slightly confusing and made me think that resetting the game to speed clear the early levels might help beat the game within the 100% battery given at the start, when in fact you can just keep playing and eventually unlock all of the levels.
All of the achievements were unlocked and work properly and overall a great experience. I look forward to an extended version of the game with more lore to uncover and mysteries to solve.
Upgrades Some interactions have been added, at certain levels, to give more depth to the plot! We added a level selector! You will see it, in the top corner of the menu, after finishing the game! We added faded and blurred images to facilitate the completion of the levels. These images are in the background of their respective level. We added an option to clear the game progress. This option is in the menu settings. Bug Fixes A cutscene song that was muted. Some values saved in the game were deleted after a game over! At level 3, there was a problem with the scanner. Warnnigs If you already started the game before the upgrade, you will not see your gameplay performance at the end of the game, if you update the game in the middle of the game! If you have already completed the game before the update, you will not see the level selector in the menu. If it is your case, if you do not want to do everything again to have access to the selector, contact via e-mail; parablesgames@outlook.com
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