Social Caterpillar

What started as a game I randomly found while browsing my steam discovery queue, quickly became one of my favorite games I've played in awhile. When I first stumbled upon this game, my immediate thoughts were that it looked very abstract and interesting and I thought "Oh well I'm DEFINITELY an introvert so maybe this could be a fun way to help me learn how to be more extroverted!" Well that wasn't entirely the case! Social Caterpillar is a very unique and meta puzzle game that teaches you early on to pay attention to your surroundings cause there could be secrets hidden everywhere! Early puzzles were simple enough to figure out solutions too and while walking around there were many instances where I could feel myself agreeing with the yellow voice, knowing it's words oh too well. Every interaction filled me with that looming anxiety I'd feel as if I were really involved in that interaction but I pressed on. And it was so worth it. The game has 3 different endings labeled A, B and C. For A, the journey was simple enough and while there were some puzzles I didn't fully understand why the solution was what it was, I was able to make my through without much hassle! It wasn't until I got to hunting for ending B that the game truly opened up to me and I started to really get invested in my search. Finding hints and secrets scattered around, arcade games tucked away, and maybe even part of a hidden ARG? There was so much to find and with each revelation I kept yelling at myself "WHY DIDN'T I LOOK AT THAT EARLIER?!" but it was so much fun! And what ending A and B both say are both incredibly well versed. Then I got to ending C and I found myself in a struggle. I won't spoil how to get it, it's easy enough to figure out how on your own, but the journey to getting the requirements was one that at times had me raging but it never took away from my joy when I finally had that eureka moment of figuring out...albeit with some help from the discord community. I should also note, after I got ending A I had encountered a bug that was patched immediately afterward but was still affecting my save file. Posting on the discussion forums, the dev invited me to their discord and got me fixed so quickly and the community was so helpful and amazing in leading me the right way with hints that never spoiled what I had to do. So I guess in a way the game did make me be a little more social huh? Overall, though my honest thoughts are this is an easy 10/10 game for me with the ONLY puzzle I really disliked was music lessons but I could see others who would enjoy that one. If you're reading this, stop it, go buy this game! The developer honestly deserves all the support and I even picked up the soundtrack for it, partially cause the music was great, but also because I want this dev to be supported to create more unique and amazing games! I don't write reviews almost ever but this was one game I felt needed to be seen by more people! Now if you'll excuse me I have to go and try to do this... so shell eyes thing I keep being told about!

The puzzles in this game are super well designed, some of them are genius. This game has so many layers to it and was way too engaging. You might find yourself playing it for hours and think that minutes passed :)

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this game rocks

i know that i have only scratched the surface but I am really excited to continue discovering things in this game! After getting the first ending i have realized how big the game really is.

Phase 1: IQ tests, good fun Phase 2: ancient murals and modern logos interpretations, minigames, and hyerogliphs translations, very aha! moments Phase 3: not there yet. This is a very good puzzle game, very original, nothing is too easy, you will work your brain out and receive great satisfaction from it if you like this kind of games.

There are many games with interesting gameplay but not a lot to say, and quite a few games with lots to say and sub-par gameplay. Social Caterpillar is the rare game that has a lot to say and a beautiful vision for saying it.

Can pet the cat :)) A very thoughtful and engaging experience. The customizability is really fun and the possibilities for difference in the puzzles makes for solid replayability. I felt the puzzles had a good range of difficulty in them as well. Overall very enjoyable and I’m really glad I got to play it!