Shapesetter

Build a shape-making machine

Shapesetter is a PC automation puzzle game about turning raw shapes into finished designs. Each level gives you shapes at machine inputs and a product to make at its outputs, such as a quilt block, a Mondriaan or a page of circles. You place arms on the board, assign each arm a tool and write a tape of instructions for it.

When you press run, the machine repeats its programmed moves until it fills the level’s quota. Planning means deciding where arms go and what sequence of actions will turn the incoming pieces into the requested result.