A new LEGO game has been announced in the form of Bricktales, an interesting puzzle title that has players given a handful of bricks and tasked with building something to escape and clear the area.

It’s being developed by ClockStone, the company behind Bridge Constructor so it’s easy to see the construction and puzzle chops behind this.

“Embark on an epic adventure across a world of beautiful LEGO diorama biomes crafted brick by brick as you search for inspiration to help your grandfather reinvigorate his rundown amusement park with your little robot buddy in tow,” reads the description of the game.

“Your journey will take you to the deepest jungle, sun-drenched deserts, a bustling city corner, a towering medieval castle, and tropical Caribbean islands. Help the minifigures of these worlds by solving puzzles and unlock new skills throughout the story to further explore these worlds and uncover the many secrets and mysteries they contain.”

It’s also pointed out that players won’t just be building machines and other functional options to solve puzzles, but also “aesthetic creations” that will need to meet some criteria.

A 2022 release date has been set for LEGO Bricktales and there’s already a Steam page and an official website to poke around on. The latter allows readers to sign up for a newsletter to get updates on the game emailed right to them.

What we see here is really promising in terms of gameplay but it will live and die by the logic of the builds. The gyrocopter that is shown in the trailer (embedded below) seems that it needs to be built in a specific way to achieve flight and solve a puzzle, but the tolerances in the build and how intuitive it is will make or break the enjoyment of the game.

It seems that ClockStone limits what LEGO pieces players have access to when building their creations which should help in this regard, though people who want to just go nuts can also look forward to a sandbox mode to make anything they want.

The visuals here are also very appealing and have a storybook quality to them.

Last it’s worth mentioning two pieces of software here: Stud.io and Mecabricks. Both are, essentially, CAD programmes made for LEGO. If you like the idea of unlimited LEGO pieces to build digital contraptions these are free, available right now, and packed with features.

The difference is, of course, neither are actual games but straight software intended to be a digital replacement for physically building with bricks.