Shane
From developers Maschinen-Mensch comes a puzzle platformer, Mother Machine.
You are a gremlin like creature, filled with cuteness and determination, printed by Mother, who needs her satellites back online.
Using the force of burps and explosive farts you control your creature through the varying labyrinths of caverns and caves which are procedurally generated and multi tierred, powering up cables that activate satellites and more.
You can climb to reach those tricky areas, but your climbing is timed, so don’t try and climb to the heavens.
Swing, run and power up your abilities gaining some serious gas to help you through as you gain the ability to’ heal fart’, ‘power puke’, fire spikes from your body and more.
There are two vitals you need keep up, your stomach and health.
You will find berries to eat, or throw as a projectile. If your stomach is empty you won’t be able to use your additional abilities.
Health can drop surprisingly fast too. You’re not the only living critter in these caves, so there are moments of short combat bursts. Also if you’re climbing and the timer runs out prepare for some serious pain as you fall.
Mother Machine is a puzzle platforms done well.
While gameplay can get a little repetitive the puzzle element keeps you hooked as you develop a serious determination to finish off the objective for the cave that you are in.
Mother Machine can be played solo, but it is best played with others as you both help eachother out, heal eachother and solve the satellite activations together.
Your creature can be customized to your liking, but this will cost you energy and you’ll need to find a machine on your adventure to actually apply those custom looks.
Mother Machine is a cute game with a tricky and complex play through.
Eat, burp, climb, swing and power fart your way through with friends or go it alone in this sophisticated yet simple game that’s as much fun as it sounds.
Released: March 2025
Rating: G
Platform reviewed: PC
Genre: Puzzle / Platform
Developer: Maschinen-Mensch
Publisher: Maschinen-Mensch