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Carto’s delightfully hand-drawn map quest begins todayA geographical jigsaw.

A geographical jigsaw.

Gosh, what I’d give to have the cartographic powers ofCarto’s leading lass. It’d make the commute a hell of a lot quicker if I could just pick up a square kilometre of Leith and plop it down next to my flat. Sunhead Games' adorable, map-shifting puzzler sets off today, letting you step in and solve some lovely geographical jigsaw puzzles.

AsSin pointed out during E3,Carto’s been plotting a course for some time now. Today, the cutesy puzzler finished charting its route through to a full release.

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While that’d be sort of reckless geographical cruelty would be unfathomably terrible in real life, Carto is fortunate enough to live in a delightfully Tove Jansson-esque picturebook world. Each region is warm and inviting, dotted with settlements of strangers with their own cultures, relationships, and problems to prod at.

Between the truly wonderful art, calming soundtrack and fairly easy-to-manage tile puzzling, the game looks a right chill time - one the devs reckon should only take 5 or so hours to beat. Carto is out now onSteamand theHumble Storefor £13.94/€17.99/$17.99, as well as through Xbox Game Pass.