


Where this apparently simple design becomes so very captivating, however, is in the variety of possibilities. Mechanically speaking, that’s about all there is to the experience.
DON T TOUCH THE RED BUTTON GAME TRIAL
While it may feel a times that this is a random guessing game made possible only through trial and error, there are actually subtle hints in the room decorations and functionality of the available buttons and switches that can guide you along further and further in the game. The other 24 are found by choosing to navigate the board and the switches that become available in different orders, until you reach a point where something definitive happens to the city above. That was one of Please, Don’t Touch Anything’s 25 different endings. “What the hell was that?” you may wonder. Thinking “That’s neat” you will then hit the red button again, at which point the city before you blows up and its game over. You’ll push that red button, at which point a red switch appears. While I’ll avoid spoilers by and large in this review, let me tell you what 99% of new players will do at this point. The monitor above you shows a city, and a big red button beckons below. When you first boot it up, you find yourself taking over a simple panel from a friend on break. I almost feel guilty for diving into a game like this, because so much of the joy it has to offer comes through discovery.
DON T TOUCH THE RED BUTTON GAME ANDROID
I can’t think of many games that exhibit this quality better than the Android puzzle game Please, Don’t Touch Anything. It’s a game that takes a metal panel, an old computer screen, some posters and a big red button, and turns it into one of the more intriguing android titles of the year. There’s just this comfort they provide that, no matter how grand scale and big budget gaming may get, that greatness is still possible through the simplest of set-ups.
