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I’ve been tinkering with Smiling Glass (Version 1) lately, and it’s surprisingly charming for an indie puzzle-adventure. You slip into the shoes of a wanderer exploring a mysterious, ever-shifting mansion made entirely of glass panels. Every room feels like a kaleidoscope, with reflections that sometimes hide your path and other times give you crucial clues. It’s a neat little twist when you realize that some walls are more than decorative—they’re mirrors to secrets you haven’t unlocked yet.
The core of the game lies in manipulating light and angles. You’ll rotate panels, cast beams through prisms, and even use colored filters to decode hidden messages scribbled across shards. There’s no timer breathing down your neck, so you can pause and admire how the sunbeams dance across the floor, painting rainbows on the walls. It’s meditative, honestly—like solving a jigsaw puzzle while someone slowly plays a soft piano melody in the background.
What really stuck with me was the storytelling. Instead of cutscenes, you piece together fragments of dialogue scrawled in frost on windows or whispering through a crack in the ceiling. Each puzzle you solve peels back another layer of a bittersweet tale about memory and loss. By the time the credits roll, you feel like you’ve walked through someone’s dreams—every polished surface gleaming with unspoken words. If you’re into thoughtful, low-pressure puzzle games, Smiling Glass is a little gem worth polishing your reflection in.