‘Kami 2’ review: Origami inspired puzzle game is 100+ levels of pure fun
- Freemium mobile title is inspired by Japanese paper folding
- Make the whole screen the same colour by tapping the shapes in the right order
Kami 2 screenshotKami 2 is a minimalistic freemium mobile puzzle game heavily inspired by Japanese origami.
The rules of the game are simple: turn the entire screen of shapes the same colour in a limited amount of moves. To change the colour of a shape, choose the target colour from a palette and tap the shape.
It sounds really easy, but as you progress, the game incorporates more colours and increasingly complex patterns, so your logic and deductive reasoning skills will definitely be put to the test.
If you need a hint, you can spend a token to get a clue about the next step, but you only get a set number of free hints each day. You can spend real money to buy more hints, but it’s more fun to figure out the solution for yourself.
The game has four different modes.
Journey mode houses the bulk of the content, with 114 unique levels categorised into groups depending on colour and pattern.
The second is Challenge, is essentially an endless mode where players can continuously solve popular and challenging levels made by other players. The puzzles are randomly selected from a huge database and the player can only progress onto the next puzzle after solving the current one. There is an option to skip puzzles, but doing that resets the player’s perfect streak number.
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The third mode is Daily. This game mode only has five levels at a time and cycles new ones every 24 hours. One level is added every time the day resets, and the level that has been on the daily page the longest will disappear. Essentially, the player has five days to solve new daily puzzles that have been added before they disappear forever.
The last game mode is Explore and Build. This opens up a library of published levels made by other players where you can browse and “favourite” their work.
Build is a workshop where you can design and publish your own levels.
The overall design of the game is simple yet visually pleasing, with graphical effects that mimic the unfolding of paper as you transform each colour. If you are a big fan of simple games, consider this light and beautiful puzzler.