Finished up
Blek (on Wii U).
So this is a touch-controlled puzzlegame about handwriting that moved over to Wii U from iOS it looks like.
What you do is draw a black line (as seen above) that needs to touch all the coloured dots, but none of the black ones.
Where it gets tough is, you can't just draw one long line that touches all the dots and be done with it. Instead, as soon as the line touches the first dot or you let go of the stylus, the line you've drawn will repeat itself. Ultimately you can make some very complex movements that repeat each other several times. Pretty charming because it makes you feel like you have a very elegant handwriting, and seeing it replicated exactly has something appealing to it.
Presentation in general is great, smoothly fading in visuals with appropriate sound effects and charming voice samples whenever you mess up. You should really see this in motion, it's quite soothing.
At 60 levels this has a lot of content, but I have quite a few nitpicks. The difficulty really skyrockets around level 40 into incredibly precise and complex stuff. There's no level-skip or hint system, and since there's no easy way to go to a previous level you liked (you can only go back one level at a time, there's no level select), you can really easily hit a brick wall.
It also outright doesn't explain much; there's a way to draw two exact circles that turn into warp portals, but it's never explained. Found that out by looking at a youtube walkthrough for when I messed up a level for the 20th time. That and the difficulty ramp combined made the last 10 levels into a real chore for me, spent a lot of time trying to replicate youtube walkthroughs but not quite managing.
Overall,
Blek is a neat lil' game going for 5 or 6 bucks I think. Is it more suitable for phones or perhaps 3DS? Possibly yeah, but the Wii U version is competently put together and plays well for the most part. The lack of a level select or a way to skip too hard levels really hurts it however. Maybe I'm just too dumb for these puzzles, but it really undermined the amount of fun I was having.
Rating: 6.5/10