Carlos writes: "In my younger childhood years, clay was always something I enjoyed. Whilst my parents used to be keen to keep my little mitts away from it there was still plenty of fun to be had when I found my hands coming into contact with a hidden pot of Play-Doh. Besides that though, the closest I came to enjoying clay was when Morph would get up to some rather mischievous antics that left me wishing for an imagination of my own.
All these years later though, it’s hard to believe that clay is still even a thing children play with, let alone how it could ever really have a place in the gaming world. But it is and now that Claybook has moved from Preview to full game, I got my virtual hands on it to see what the latest putty mess was all about - this time without the worry of destroying the furniture!"
Claybook is a fun puzzle-platformer with an expansive sandbox mode. However, the Switch controls can make it a lot harder to create something worthwhile.
by Xander Morningstar:
"The last thing I’ll say is that Claybook, in all its splendor, can get glitchy. You can deform too far into the ground, and get stuck or clip in between blocks really easily. Thankfully, there is a rewind button that will pull you out of any situation. This comes in handy when you are trying to make a bridge or arc, and you take a tumble. By nature, a game about making a mess can get a little messy in terms of physics, but the convenience of the rewind feature is deeply appreciated. And that’s Claybook. It’s not groundbreaking and it’s fairly short. But it has a lot of potential, and I hope it continues to be supported. The online works well, despite being a bit basic, but the editor is pretty robust if you can get past the learning curve."
Second Order — founded by former Ubisoft – RedLynx Studio veterans — is thrilled to announce that their colorful clay-manipulating physics-based puzzle adventure “Claybook” is now available on Nintendo Switch.
