Leave it to the French to think that furry M&M’s with fangs make a great game! I can say that as I am part French. Tiny Skweeks is a puzzle game featuring tiny fuzz balls with big teeth, bad breath, and limited intelligence.
Using the arrow keys and the space bar you select a single skweek at a time and move him/her/it in a direction. This is where the small brain comes into play, as a skweek will continue to walk until it encounters an obstacle, such as a wall, or block. To solve a level you have to place a tiny skweek on the circular platform that matches its fur color. You must guide all skweeks to their platform before the timer reaches zero.
The game uses a system of passwords to allow restarting at the last puzzle you successfully solved. The graphics are showing their age, but still are more than ample for the game to be playable. The music is snappy, but the “hurry up” tune is rather startling as it often breaks in just after you start a level, especially those that start with very little time to begin with.
The puzzles increase in difficulty at a fair pace and new obstacles, modifiers and deterrents are introduced at a gentle rate. You probably won’t have to replay many initial levels, but they begin to take multiple tries before you get bored.
One annoyance, and this maybe due to DOSBox, was that I was not able to exit to DOS once I started playing without have to kill the DOSBox.
Tiny Skweeks may be France’s greatest contribution to the world after French Fries (yes, I know they’re from Belgium, but work with me here). It’s certainly a fun little puzzle game for folks who enjoy games in this genre. Pop some M&M’s in your mouth and have some puzzle-playing fun!