Rooms: The Main Building
2008 video game
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Rooms: The Main Building is a puzzle game by South Korean studio HandMade Game, initially released in 2008 for Windows and Mac OS X. The game was released for the Nintendo DS and Wii by Hudson Entertainment in 2010, and for iOS in 2011.
| Rooms: The Main Building | |
|---|---|
Nintendo DS cover | |
| Developer | HandMade Game |
| Publishers | Big Fish Games (PC)[a] Hudson Entertainment |
| Engine | |
| Platforms | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS |
| Release | |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Mode | Single-player |
Gameplay
The player moves rooms of a building around to help the game's protagonist reach the exit.
Development
The game was initially developed by independent game studio HandMade Game before being released by Big Fish Games in 2008 and again in 2010 by Hudson Entertainment.
Reception
| Publication | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DS | PC | Wii | |
| Eurogamer | 4/10[4] | N/A | N/A |
| Famitsu | 29/40[5] | N/A | 26/40[6] |
| Game Informer | N/A | N/A | 7/10[7] |
| GameSpot | N/A | N/A | 7/10[8] |
| GameTrailers | N/A | N/A | 5.5/10[9] |
| Gamezebo | N/A | 70/100[10] | N/A |
| IGN | 5/10[11] | N/A | 5/10[12] |
| Nintendo Power | 7/10[13] | N/A | N/A |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 68%[14] | N/A | 68%[14] |
| VideoGamer.com | 6/10[15] | N/A | N/A |
| Teletext GameCentral | 4/10[16] | N/A | N/A |
The DS and Wii versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3] In Japan, where both versions were ported for release under the game Rooms: Fushigi na Ugoku Heya (Rooms（ルームズ） 不思議な動く部屋, Rūmuzu Fushigi na Ugoku Heya) on April 29, 2010, Famitsu gave it a score of three sevens and one eight for the DS version,[5] and one six, one eight, and two sixes for the Wii version.[6]