Each panel can be used both on its own and in conjunction with the others. The puzzle system is presented within the boundaries of a simple four-panel window – it’s like a comic layout design, but without any definitive order. The whole experience feels like a set of interconnecting gears set in motion, though not always moving events forward in time.
What’s interesting is that the storyline dances back and forth from past to future, continually transporting us from dreams to reality and back. Experienced wordlessly and entirely in the form of a puzzle, the narrative is mainly divided into five chapters, one for each color of the fruit he must collect to complete his offering for Gorogoa, the mythical beast. A young boy’s curiosity leads him to thoroughly research the otherworldly being, which becomes a lifelong struggle spanning his childhood to his elderly years. Gorogoa centers on the search for a dragon. You can appreciate the amount of craftsmanship that has clearly gone into creating each tile-based puzzle seeping through the carefully-drawn illustrations, and with each chapter you complete, you’ll be further blown away by this magical assortment of sequential art and optical illusions. Although the game has nothing to do with being a magician, its seamlessly integrated visual design allows you create something new and unexpected out of two seemingly unrelated images, which is like being shown a magic trick and unraveling its secrets at the same time. You know how in magic tricks, the illusionist uses sleight of hand to amaze you, like taking a coin out of your ear, perhaps? Well, solving the puzzles in Jason Roberts’s short but thoroughly unique Gorogoa might feel a little bit like that.
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