Coin Factory Review

I don’t know if I get Coin Factory, and that’s weird, because really, what’s there to get?  It’s a game about making money, plain and simple.  It’s so straightforward on the face of it that the tutorial can be completed in less than a minute.  And to be clear, I understand what the goal of the game is: place down tiles to create a little money-making engine until you’re able to generate ten trillion dollars and buy the Box tile that ends the game.  Continually tweak and optimize your designs so that you can cut down the time it takes to buy the Box on a given level, or branch out and try different maps to test your skills under an assortment of restrictions.  It’s really not that deep, which is why I find it confounding that it baffles me so.  Perhaps, then, it’s silly for me to be writing about a game that on some level I find completely inscrutable.  However, it’s my hope that in doing so, I’ll be able to achieve some level of clarity on what Coin Factory is trying to do, and whether it succeeds.