''English Country Tune'' is a 2011

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developed and published by

Increpare Games Increpare Games Ltd is a British video game developer based in London, founded and operated by Stephen Lavelle. Lavelle uses the pseudonym "Increpare", the Latin word for "rebuke". Lavelle has released over 506 games since 2004, mostly small fre ...

, the studio of designer Stephen Lavelle.

Gameplay

The first few levels are much like

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puzzles, in which objects are pushed around on a grid by a player-controlled figure until they reach specified target cells; subsequent levels add other elements with different unconventional behaviors and goals. The levels often involve three-dimensional structures, around which the player must navigate using logic and abstraction.

Development

Lavelle developed the prototype, which was in part inspired by

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, at a

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event. While finishing the game up, however the game, in Lavelle's own words, "ended up getting a lot bigger and changing a hell of a lot." Lavelle has also cited Cogs as an inspiration.

Reception

Upon release, ''English Country Tune'' received mostly positive reviews, with its iOS version holding a score of 78/100 based on four critic reviews.

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* 2011 video games Casual games Increpare Games games IOS games Linux games MacOS games Puzzle video games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Windows games {{Puzzle-videogame-stub