Back to Bed - izigame

Game Info

Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist. It tells the story of Bob, an unlucky narcoleptic who has a tendency of falling asleep in his boring office and then proceeding to sleepwalk into the dangers of the big city. Luckily, Bob has a subconscious guardian named Subob, whom spawns from the mind of Bob and whose job it is to protect the sleepwalker from any danger and guide him back to the safety of his bed. The ever vigilant Subob must guide the constantly sleepwalking Bob on a journey through a series of surreal painting-like cityscapes where the boundary between Bob's dreams and reality have vanished, as Subob is part of Bob's subconsciousness. The result is an artistic dream world that is recognizable, yet totally different from the real world, where many things are not what they seem and dangers to the sleepwalker lurks deeper in.

Name

Back to Bed

Companies

Bedtime Digital Games

Released

8/6/2014

Platforms

Android, Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Ouya, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Windows Phone, Wii U, iOS

Engines

Unity

Type

Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

0

izigame

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Reviews

Saturday, June 8, 2024 2:39:51 PM

4 Steam users votes up

Phetecile

Steam user

Summary

Back to Bed is a short puzzle game about helping a narcoleptic called "Bob" get to his bed.
The game uses 2 objects for its levels. These being apples and fish.

Achievement hunting

Honestly pretty easy in most aspects, I just can't bother completing this.

Pros/cons

Pros
-The aesthetic I guess?
Cons
-Very clunky controls
-More about timing than actual puzzles
-Incredibly short (30 fairly unfun levels followed by a slightly harder version of them)

Opinion

I honestly did not like this game that much.
It felt quite poorly made for a Bedtime Digital game, and inherently lacked any deep thinking you'd want in a puzzle game. 90% of the time you'll be waiting for Bob to get somewhere (speed up doesn't help much), and the weird commentary doesn't add much to the game. - Some later levels also used completely new tech (which isn't explained to be a thing anywehre) and thus I felt cheated on as well. Rewriting the rules of your game makes little sense if it isn't explained anywhere.

tldr;

Mediocre puzzle game.

Should you buy it?

Highly recommend you don't. Buy Figment 1-2 instead.