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Hushfen

A turn-based stealth puzzle: sneak an otter past herons, cranes and owls across 30 fens, one step at a time.

Platforms
Windows · Linux · Android
Players
1 player
Genre
Puzzle

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About this title

About this title

Hushfen is a turn-based stealth puzzle in the reedbeds. Each turn the otter moves one tile or waits, then every bird acts. Reach the burrow without ending a turn in a bird's view, bring the pearl home and do it in par moves for three stars.

  • Readable birds: orange tiles show where every bird looks now, faint outlines where it will look after the turn
  • Four kinds of watcher: herons stand and stare, cranes turn clockwise, bitterns patrol a path, owls look both ways and switch every turn
  • Sneak tricks: hide in reeds, startle a bird by stepping on it from behind or the side, throw pebbles and step on creaky boards to lure birds away
  • 30 fens in three chapters (Reedbeds, Lantern dyke, Owl wood); every fen was generated and solved by a search program, and par is the proven shortest solution
  • Undo any number of moves; getting spotted steps you back one move
  • Keyboard, mouse, controller or touch; English and Bulgarian
  • Native builds for Windows (64-bit), Linux (64-bit) and Android (64-bit ARM); progress and settings are saved; no ads, no tracking, no internet needed.

Code and text written with AI assistance; checked by PN Scripts with automated tests. Every shape is drawn and every sound synthesised by code; there are no AI-generated image or audio files. Made by PN Scripts.

Controls

  • Keyboard: arrows or WASD move, Space or Enter waits, T or Q throws a pebble (arrows aim, Space throws), Z or Backspace undoes, R restarts
  • Mouse: click a tile next to the otter to move, click the otter to wait, right click undoes
  • Controller: stick or D-pad moves, A waits, X throws, B undoes, Y restarts
  • Touch: tap a tile next to the otter, tap the otter to wait; WAIT, THROW, undo and restart buttons
  • Esc, P or Start: pause

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