Trianguluv

I have a soft spot for the kind of game that fits in a coat pocket and still manages to bruise your ego. Trianguluv is exactly that: a minimalist, old-school arcade title from solo developer Bohdan Taraba where you pilot a small triangle through hand-crafted levels stuffed with moving parts, pressure-triggered doors, timed traps, and physics that demand you read the room before you commit to a single move. The controls are tight and responsive on both keyboard and controller, which matters because the game gives you almost nothing to hide behind visually. No particle storms, no screen-shake cover. Just clean geometry, a neon color palette, and the honest consequence of every mistake. What holds the thing together is the soundtrack. Taraba licensed a genuinely lovely set of tracks from artists like Jacob Tillberg and Avenza, and they do quiet, atmospheric work underneath the tension. Some levels feel like they were designed around a specific song's breathing rhythm, which is the sort of small intentional craft I will always go out of my way to mention. It does not elevate the game into something it is not, but it signals that someone cared about the full sensory experience and not just the collision boxes. The loop is classic precision platformer logic: observe, attempt, die, internalize, retry. Levels reward patience over aggression. Rushing the geometry here is the fastest path to restarting. If you complete the main content, a New Game Plus mode unlocks, adding gravity shifts and a timer that reframe every level you thought you had memorized. The No Death achievement has a roughly 2% completion rate in the community, which tells you everything about the ceiling if you want to chase it. Nobody is being dishonest with you about the difficulty. The weak points are real and worth naming. The game is short. Community reports mention a button-and-door interaction that can create invisible wall bugs, and while patches have addressed some issues, it is a 2017 solo project with limited post-launch support. The New Game Plus spike is steep enough that some players will bounce off it completely. And because this is a one-person release with a tiny player pool, do not expect a living community around it. You are buying a self-contained, handmade object, not an ongoing experience. For players who enjoy precision arcade games in the spirit of old Atari or minimal-geometry indie titles, Trianguluv lands its core proposition cleanly. The Steam rating sits at 87 percent positive across its small review count, which for a sub-two-dollar arcade game from a first-time solo developer feels earned. It knows what it is, it knows when it ends, and it respects your time at the baseline even when it is actively destroying your run count.

Kai · Scout Team

Indie & narrative

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