No, you can't just CTRL-A DELETE

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After enjoying Echo Weaver last week, I'm in the market for games that gaze with utmost scorn upon the concept of unlockable abilities, smugly declaring that everything you need to complete them is available to you from the word go.

There was a time when the idea of a game without unlocks wasn't all that novel, you know. Indeed, you young people may be surprised to hear that videogames pre-date the act of unlocking. Genesis-era Sonic the Hedgehog never unlocked so much as a +5% SPD perk. Still, Genesis-era Sonic wasn't a bizarrely malleable 2D puzzler like Nonolith. Created by Justcamh, it casts you as a hapless gnome who is trapped inside a colossal living edifice. Aside from running and jumping, you have the power to copy-paste, move, rotate or delete chunks of the very scenery.

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At its simplest, this might involve lifting a wall out of the way, or cropping pieces of hanging stone to create a staircase.…