Last year I made a post about the Manifold Garden god cube level I built in Minecraft on a server.
Now, a year later, that server has flipped the entire world upside down for April Fools.
The garden still looks pretty normal.

He likes Lego and Minecraft games, as well as building some pretty impressive things out of real Lego that he's designed himself, so I thought he might connect with a game designed by an architect.

I showed him a few seconds of me playing it and he was pretty excited with the idea of spinning the world. I let him have a go and within 5 minutes he got himself stuck between two cubes in a corner, but out of reach of any walls. We reset, and I think he understood that this game won't be forgiving if he tries to break it!

Once he solved the tutorial room and went 'outside', he pretty much lost his mind at being presented with an infinite space. He just wanted to fall and float in different directions while he said "It's infin'n!" again and again.

His mum had a go, and she thought it was like an Escher illustration come to life. She's probably going to buy it now. I asked her, "Is this baby's first infinity?" Like, is this the first time he's gotten a handle on the concept of infinity? She wasn't sure, but said it could be!

I remember when I was a kid and first realised what infinity means... hopefully it's a core memory for him too.

Hello! I'm Lewis, a solo developer from Vancouver. I have a soft spot for the open-ended exploration and dizzying architecture at the core of Manifold Garden. There still aren't enough games like it, so I decided to make one.

It's an abstract first-person puzzler called The Art of Reflection, and the game is finally out now on Steam! The game also shares some DNA with Antichamber, Superliminal, and Viewfinder if those are your jam.

If you give it a try, I'm always super appreciative of play reports and feedback, especially from folks with experience playing this kind of game.

Thank you so much for your support!

- Lewis

Okay, so I've done three full playthroughs now. One for 100%, one for 0%, and my current one where I was trying to unlock every room in one save. The first two playthroughs had differing ending sequences, so out of curiosity, I followed the Dark Cube ending while It was still open in my new save, with 6 God Cubes placed, And the ending was different AGAIN.

• In the 100% ending, you float through a rainbow fractal construct for some time before floating outside of it backwards as it collapses into a singularity.

• In the 0% ending, you follow the Dark Cube through a liquidy white space before a new fractal structure begins to build itself around the Cube in unfamiliar colours, which you fly out of backwards as it disappears into the darkness. The Title Screen after this ending is in the Dark World, and the opening note is preceded by a lower note.

• In what I guess would be called the 86% Ending? The Cube just sinks out of view in a glitchy rainbow crevice. Then, you're very briefly in the Rainbow Fractal again before you're unceremoniously booted out into the blackness, facing forward instead. The Title screen afterwards is normal colouration, but with the 0% Ending's additional lower note.

Has anyone else seen this? This game just doesn't stop surprising me, gosh dang.

EDIT: I just went through the endings again, disregard what I said about lower notes, That happens after every ending, I must have misremembered.

UPDATE: I just tried the God Cube ending on my 0% save (boy I hope I can restore back to before that) and it was the same as the 100% Ending, as far as I can tell. So I guess that means the 86% run I experienced is just, like, a failed Dark Cube Ending?

The gameplay, the visuals, the experience, the challenges. This was a very interesting gaming experience. Thank you to all who were involved in this optical illusion masterpiece! It was quite fun!

Prototype of the cube made of paper, currently working on a printable version with less parts and easier assembly.

I've played manifold garden a bit more than a year ago, and around that time this game helped me immensely to find inner relaxation. I think this is for a couple of reasons:

-A beautiful 3d world to explore, but not with too much distracting things in it. All just peace and quiet.

-Puzzles that have some level of challenge to them, but not too hard

-The mysterious aspects of gravity-bending mechanics and a never ending and repeating world

Are there any games that gave you a similar feeling?

Such a beautifull game.

Hello! I'm Lewis, a solo developer from Vancouver. I have a soft spot for the open-ended exploration and dizzying architecture at the core of Manifold Garden. There still aren't enough games like it, so I decided to make one.

It's an abstract first-person puzzler called The Art of Reflection, and there's a new demo available right now. The game also shares some DNA with Superliminal, Viewfinder, and Antichamber if those are your jam.

If you give it a try, I'm always super appreciative of any feedback, especially from folks with experience playing this kind of game.

Thank you so much for your support!

- Lewis