Glued to a simple mosaic puzzle game Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Glued to a simple mosaic puzzle game Resistance few tile. Feature by Robert Purchese Senior Staff Writer Published on 9 Sep 2021 3 comments Have you ever made a mosaic? It's a messy business. Cutting all those tiles and then sticking them down to make a picture. I don't know how people do it. I have a friend who makes the most incredible mosaics, and they take her weeks, probably months. It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Except no one packs up a mosaic and ships it to you in a box for you to put together, because that would be ridiculous! Mosaic Chronicles Developer: Error 300 Publisher: Error 300 Platform: Played on PC Availability: Released 25th August on Steam Early Access. No other platforms are mentioned on the game's website but I suspect mobile is part of the plan at some point Wouldn't it? Potential business venture aside (let me know if you want in) there is now a game about exactly this: putting together mosaics. You can either refer to a picture of what it's supposed to look like while piecing it together, or you can feel your way blindly through it. It's up to you and your difficulty setting. The game is called Mosaic Chronicles and it has just come out in Early Access on Steam. I'm engrossed. Mosaic Chronicles is calming in the way jigsaw puzzles are. Only here, the pieces are less telegraphed. There are fewer obvious edges, and more curves and squiggly sides (that's probably a technical mosaicing term), which makes the image you're putting together feel more organic as a result. It helps that the pictures themselves have a swirly kind of way about them anyway, all of which underscores the fantasy setting of the game. Watch on YouTube I don't know why you'd want to watch a video of me putting a mosaic together, but here it is. It's a game with a story too. It's story-driven, according to the game's blurb, although I'm only a few mosaics in and haven't the foggiest idea about what's going on, besides me being some kind of weedy knight on an adventure. There's a bit of writing before each puzzle to read and that seems to be about it. Still, it's a nice wrapping for the puzzles. Inching closer. The pieces are quite small OK? And the puzzles themselves, the mosaics, are pleasing to put together. They're nice to look at, and seeing them emerge from an almost overwhelming nothing is endlessly satisfying. And the more you play, the more you recognise patterns in things, and the quicker you'll be. It sounds so simple doesn't it? It is. But it works. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 28 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store