Abandoned Well

Abandoned Well is a lightweight game from a few years back that pitches you in a post-nuclear interplanetary war. With resources scarce, fuel is hard to come by but you might have just found the motherload.

In Abandoned Well, you control the collector, a robotic arm that is used to gather nuclear waste that will be converted into fuel for your spaceship. You won’t do any of the drilling to reach the underground where they are located but navigate some mazes. Think of it as a Pac-Man game where the yellow dude is replaced by an extending pipeline fitted with a collector that eats stuff.

Since just collecting stuff is not that hard, in each level, or maze, you will enjoy the company of giant bugs and mutants that can damage your pipeline if you’re not careful. Unlike in Pac-Man, you don’t need any kind of power up to eat the enemies, you can do that by default.

The first few levels are fairly simple but as you advance, you come across new species of mutants that pose additional threats to your operation. Since they spawn at all sides and cover the entire maze, choosing when to collect and on what trajectory is essential.

You need to pay a lot of attention to the movement of the enemies and try to figure out their spawning patterns. In Abandoned Well, you will face forty levels that are scattered across five different climates, and you will unlock various types of helping devices.

To end, Abandoned Well is a decent game with nice gameplay. However, due to its age and looks, it might not be worth buying.