Game info

• Title Cornsweeper
• Developer Robert Morrison
• Publisher Robert Morrison
• Year 2023
• Platform iPhone
• Genre Puzzle

Cornsweeper is a chill, whimsical, meditative mind-sweep-em-up; pop delicious popcorn, avoid explosions.

Player Select

I don’t know why I felt compelled to play this game - it’s SO YELLOW. I hate yellow and that colour taking over my screen is not giving me the ‘chill, whimsical’ vibes that the game promises. But it’s also a bit like Minesweeper and I used to like playing that, so why not give it a go? It’s free on Apple Arcade anyway.

It’s in the Game

The design, horrifying yellow aside, is good. It has that hand drawn feeling and is very intuitive to play. There’s a story to work through and plenty of levels to enjoy as you go on the journey, working your way through an illustrated map starting on the beach.

If I’m being brutally honest, though, I found the gameplay quite frustrating. There’s always an element of luck when you kick off a minesweeper game, but then I couldn’t quite get my head around the next steps and it really descended into just jabbing at the screen and hoping for the best.

Thoughts

This game is really not for me, but I do like the design of it and the way it unfolds. It’s the kind of game that makes me wish I did enjoy it to play more, but for now I’ll leave it for others to enjoy the hardcore yellow screens.

Rating: 2 / 5