The Tool

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The Tool

Short description

Relaxing casual puzzle game. Create your own combinations of physical world objects, watch and run physical simulations, create new messages and share your creations with other players. Receive packages from the cloud and unpack it.

Developer
Mikhail Maksimov
Publisher
Garage Digital
Release
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
Price
Free
Reviews
0
Positive
n/a
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Simulation
Tags
Casual Simulation Experimental Puzzle Relaxing Psychedelic Atmospheric 3D Physics Free to Play Education Indie Singleplayer Tutorial Surreal Game Development Artificial Intelligence

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History

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