Account Mu is an interesting puzzle game made with RPG Maker VX Ace by CashmereCat that was released in 2015 as a demo version. I started playing it expecting just a little sample taste of gameplay, in reality there was a lot to do in this release!

Ok, let's explain firs the genre: in Account Mu we play as a black shadow and the goal is to collect pills and progress. There are not many details about the story, the hero moves inside an abstract environment hearing the voice of... someone.
Is he/she/it a God? Is the developer talking to the player? We do not know and we don't care because we're here to play a game, and Account Mu is a collection of challenges for the player's brain! And this is a reason why I also like the minimalistic graphic style, that is nice and pleasant and it doesn't get into the way or distract from the main objective: solving problems of logic!

In fact in each area our colorless protagonist has to find the way out, and this means exiting different "rooms" (if these can be called rooms, since the abstract world) that involve pressing buttons, moving crates to activate pressure plates, using teleports and taking advantage of some wall springs. And these are just a couple of examples of what you will find inside this collection of puzzles!


Ok, thanks for the explanation, but now how I can leave this place???

I find this to be a sort of "rollercoaster experience": you start with some simple puzzles that becomes more and more difficult, then BAM! Suddenly you find a really easy puzzle (sometimes these aren't even puzzles at all, just rooms where you can learn something new)... that introduces a new mechanic! And then levels become harder and harder until... you guessed it, another mechanic is introduced! For example you start with moving crates that you can push of one space each time, but later you will find boulders that will instead roll and stop only when they find a wall (ok, it may be the opposite, I do not remember what came first, but you get the idea!). Yes, there are not written instructions (except for basics that most players will already know), everything isn't explained, it's experienced directly on the easier (training) levels. Brilliant!

There is a rather large variety of challenges, some levels looks simple but have some "traps" that will force you to reload the level since you will be stuck, others cannot be failed but are so complex and/or labyrinthine that will require many tries to find the exit (for me these were the hardest challenges, but I guess it depends on each player's attitude). In the end no puzzle is excessively challenging (even if the hardest ones will require several tries, but for me this was the fun! All is logical and there is no math involved!), well there is the option to skip some puzzles, in fact to finish the demo you are not forced to solve them all (you just need three pills but there are more, anyway it took me 16 minutes to reach the ending, but I have still SO many puzzles to complete left... and I'm going to try them!).


Oh no! The exit is open but I guess I' m stuck. Time to press that Reset button!

Final Verdict
Account Mu is a game with simple surreal abstract graphics and calm, relaxing music, and lots of puzzles with no time limit but many interesting ideas and features. The dialogues are interesting and cryptic and despite this being a demo there is a lot to play and enjoy (and a real ending that I may confuse it for a real ending, if it was not clearly stated that this was a demo). Unexpected and really enjoyable, I can suggest this to all those who like puzzles and/or wants to make a pause from too many rpg adventures. It's a really stylish and unique game, 4/5!