Hamsternikus

Hamsternikus is a puzzle game about a strange science experiment that went wrong. A professor spent a long time in his lab working on a new device, a machine that swaps consciousness between living creatures. When the device was finally ready, he decided to test it on his lab pet, a hamster named Hamsternikus. He put the hamster in a clear ball and turned the machine on. The procedure worked technically, but the result was unexpected. The professor's mind moved into the tiny hamster body, and the hamster's mind ended up in the professor's human body. The only obvious sign of the swap was the professor's thick beard, which looked odd on the little rodent's face. Now, as a hamster, the professor urgently wants to check if he is still smart in his new body. He runs into a test maze he specially built to test his brainpower. In this logic puzzle game, you control the ball with the hamster professor inside and roll it through the maze to the exit.

How to play?

On each level, your goal is to reach the pink dot, which is the exit. At the easier stages, you just have to navigate the corridors. When platforms appear, the real puzzle begins. These blocks stand in the way and keep you from moving forward. Roll up to a platform and push it in the direction you want. It will slide, opening up or, on the contrary, blocking other parts of the path. The main twist is that platforms move according to fixed rules and do not always go exactly where you want them to. You need to plan your moves in order, which platform to move first and which way to push it so you can move the next one afterward. One wrong push and you can block your path to the exit. If you get stuck and realize you made a mistake with the platform positions, restart the level and try a different tactic. Look over the layout of the blocks before you start moving. Think a few steps ahead. With every new stage, the number of platforms grows, the mazes get more tangled, and the logic chains you need to solve them become longer and more complex. By around the hundredth level, the puzzles will demand serious brainpower. Help the professor in the hamster's body clear all the tests and prove that his mind is still sharp, even in a small furry body, or all of his work will have been for nothing.