In the previous Monday Mind Teaser we gave Closure another look, and since then it went on to win an award in "Excellence in Audio" at the Independent Games Festival. Closure definitely has other strong points, but for going up against such worthy competition it should be thrilled at winning a well-deserved award!

This week I bring to you one of the most annoying reader suggestions I'll probably ever allow, and you have reader 2dsonicfan91 to thank for it. I'm only giving Towlr the brief spotlight because it's a provocative artsy game. Technically. Maybe. The whole game is one level long and you beat it when you figure out how to get past the screen's hidden goal. And there's no instructions.

Whereas One Button Bob employs the same game mechanic across dozens of intuitive and equally engaging levels that all hint at the current goal at hand, Towlr instead uses principles of art and design that only starving graduates and your subconscious are aware of. Subtle abstract graphical clues will gradually guide your stream of thought to the answer, and while you won't be satisfied or fulfilled, the creator of the game will be upon knowing he successfully used a few shapes and colors to convey both an obstacle and a full thought process to its solution. But that, and the purposefully misleading clues, don't make it any less annoying.

Basically you'll either deduce the answer in two minutes or give up after ten seconds in disgust. You can give Towlr a try here. Click the image and the game begins.

Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)

Kimicario

Ha! Cake, love the Atari vibe I get from this.

A New Challenger

Kind of like WarioWare's more introverted cousin.

Caspulex

I think I cheated.

Tom Fronczak

@A New Challenger: Except that it makes WarioWare look like Civilization, and makes Caspulex's avatar look like the Mona Lisa.

Mark Mazza

that was super easy.

Aara123

I wonder if anyone can do it on 0 tries

2dsonicfan91

So yeah. Suffer.

wickdswagger

I don't think this is a game.

wickdswagger

Scratch that, I think it is a game, but it is also a waste of time.

aminoaccident

I'm stuck. Bastards. I did notice using the jets made the background change from black to red, but I think it's misdirection.

sardiax

i got in 6 tries, after thinking you had to just die a bunch of times.
i got over it by accident just by thrusting as soon as the game starts because it spawns you in mid-air.
i don't even know if i did it right.

zazumage

Okay, what do I win?

A New Challenger

While it doesn't fit in as a mindteaser, really, I was reminded of this game: http://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?22

I trust you'll all enjoy.

Maniac

Uh? I won but I don't know if I did it right? I don't get the whole red background either.

kurokotetsu

Finished. DIdn't like it. It tries to be artsy and fails miserably.

sardiax

i usually like artsy games but i don't really like these.
towlr - pretty much just hold left and up (you'll have to let go of left a little)

http://www.towlr.com/offended/
hold left + right

http://www.towlr.com/explr/
hold any direction for awhile or just exit+re-enter the first room a whole shitload of times.

RonBurgandy2010

That was dumb.

iconstyle

wait. what? why did that win an audio award?

i completed it purely by accident.

Darren Nakamura

Is that it? Just a single level? Did I just beat this game?

Archwright

aw, that's cute, they think that they are clever.

thisissami

stupid game. sucked up 5 minutes of my life.

Tom Fronczak

@ iconstyle -- no, Closure won an award, not this game. Closure was the past Monday Mind Teasers, you should use the link in this article and check it out.

iconstyle

@Fronz
ah yes, that's right. I read that wrong.
I have played the flash version of Closure, but didnt get very far. Probably will check out the lastest version at some point.

This game was still was a waste of time.I dont see any merit in its desgin at all. Gives a bad name to artsy indie games as well.

marinajune

I'm only giving Towlr the brief spotlight because it's a provocative artsy game. Technically. Maybe. screw oil expeller

marinajune

Oil Millinstead of using grass, then you would have to use pellets.

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jessymissy

Towlr ist ein cooles Spiel. Ich habe es letztes Jahr relativ viel gespiel als ich viel auf singleurlaub unterwegs war und etwas mehr Zeit hatte. Damals war ich auch viel bei Destrucoid angemeldet und es hat eigentlich auch immer viel Spass gemacht, mittlerweile bin ich kein Single mehr aber Towlr spiel ich immer noch.