The Gallery

This game is calm and soothing. It does also have quite good but admittedly easy puzzles. It does, however, rely heavily on AI. Now ethically you can go eitherway so I'll ignore that, the images do range in quality and inspiration but usually (not usually) don't stick out badly (though some of them are slop). Being AI also means some funky things can be done which would have been possibly more difficult using real artists as the costs would have gone through the roof to achieve what they have. I mean its free (ignoring addon) you couldn't do this without ai art. Take this game for what it is, soothing but imperfect. A bit weird yes but not jarringly so. Its a vibe.

j'ai essayé plusieurs fois ce jeu mais que faire après avoir actionné les interrupteurs ? Il ne se passe rien tu tout. J'ai laissé un commentaire mais le dev n'est pas passé par là. Donc je n'ai eu aucune aide.

It's fine for what it is. There aren't any truly difficult puzzles, so it should only take 30 minutes or so to get through. It does use AI art, though, which is obviously a deal breaker for many. There's also a puzzle that many in the reviews have mentioned in which you need to [spoiler]scan a QR code[/spoiler]. Rest assured, it isn't anything malicious. Anyway, give it a try if you have a little bit of time you need to kill.

rien ne se passe avec les leviers. Je vois juste l'image qui ondule légèrement. Ce jeu est une blague.

The game overall is fine, I really have no complaints. The puzzles are a bit uninspired but the actual bad part of the game is the use of AI art. Others have pointed out that there is also some dubious PC usage, usually linked to bitcoin miners and the like, but I'm not as well versed in that aspect so I'll talk about what I do know. Its painfully obvious where AI has been used, and in reality I think a better path forward would have been to use actual art with proper credits. Many works go into the public domain after a period of time, and finding them would not take much longer than generating them Making everything up using ChatGPT works fast, but having a game literally about a museum and then not using actual creations basically takes any and all possible soul out of the design. The puzzles of the game are a strange bag, some of them actually have you think about design and how the mix of paintings work together. Those puzzles are genuinely good. But for each of those good puzzles, there is a handful of simple and mindless puzzles. Click a button until it shows what the text says, read numbers off the paintings and put them into a keypad, count an object in the photos, read numbers in order, etc. There is no real inspiration to them. If there was even an ounce of actual interest put into these puzzles they could be miles better. Overall I would say that there is some promise to the puzzles, but most of them are quite bland. Developer, if this is your first game, you did a fine job. However there are clearly some points of bad design that should be painfully obvious even to you. I would love to revisit this later for future updates, but as it stands it feels like AI slop as others are pointing out. If you could make use of actual art, there would be a massive potential. If you continue to develop this game as you mentioned in the game, then maybe play around with branching out the puzzle style more, play around with more interesting uses of the setting and ideas that you have, but please for the love of god scrap the AI art.

The Gallery is a surprisingly relaxing puzzle game that I enjoyed because it makes observation the most important skill. I explore a mysterious art museum where the paintings themselves contain clues, and instead of rushing me through the experience, the game gives me time to look closely at everything. I liked that slower approach because it makes solving a puzzle feel like actually investigating a strange exhibition. The main puzzles revolve around studying paintings, spotting patterns and interacting with artwork to uncover hidden information. I have to rotate paintings, rearrange things and connect clues before I can unlock the next room. I enjoyed the way the puzzles encourage me to stop and look carefully rather than immediately trying random combinations. The exploration is straightforward, but the museum itself helps keep me interested. There are different rooms to investigate and plenty of small details that can turn out to be relevant. I liked finding collectibles as I progressed because they give me another reason to examine the environment instead of simply solving the main puzzle and moving on. The atmosphere is probably my favorite part. The museum feels slightly eerie without becoming outright terrifying, and the ambient soundtrack gives everything a calm but mysterious mood. I liked the contrast between the colorful artwork and the unsettling feeling that something is not quite right about the gallery. It gives the experience personality without getting in the way of the puzzles. My biggest problem is that some of the puzzles are more frustrating than clever. There are moments where I understand what the game wants me to do but have trouble recognizing the intended interaction. The overall presentation is also fairly simple, and once I understand the basic puzzle language, some sections become easier than I would have liked. The lack of a timer is something I really appreciate. I can explore at my own pace and take another look at a painting whenever I am unsure about something. That makes The Gallery much more approachable than puzzle games that punish me for thinking slowly, and it suits the museum setting particularly well. Overall, The Gallery is a pleasant little first person puzzle adventure with a strong focus on observation and atmosphere. I enjoyed studying the paintings, finding hidden clues and gradually opening new rooms. Some puzzles could be clearer and the experience is not especially deep, but the relaxed presentation and mysterious setting made it a satisfying game to spend some time with. Rating: 6.5/10