CONNECTO – A Game by Student Timotej – Complete Physical Game

Meet CONNECTO – a logic puzzle game by student Timotej Košmrlj, where you find the solution by carefully moving connected cubes. A small game with plenty of room for experimentation, perseverance and that satisfying “aha!” moment.

This edition is the complete physical product. You receive the finished game with rules and puzzles. You do not need your own 3D printer or to make any components.

Language: the rules, puzzles and solutions booklet is in Slovenian only.

A student who brought his ideas to the gaming table

CONNECTO was created by Timotej Košmrlj from Domžale, a young designer who started developing his own tabletop games in fifth grade. He tested them with friends during school breaks, listened to their feedback and improved them. In sixth grade, he also organised an exhibition of his original playing cards.

He designed CONNECTO while in ninth grade. After getting a 3D printer, he began turning his ideas into real game components. What began as inspiration for a tabletop version of Minecraft gradually became an original logic puzzle game about connecting and moving cubes.

Timotej developed the rules, created the puzzles, designed the 3D models and even made a short animation of the game. To check the solutions, he used a computer program he created with the help of AI, which explored tens of thousands of possible moves.

At Value Add Games, we want to help Timotej bring his game to new players. Choosing CONNECTO supports a young Slovenian designer’s project and his future creative work. Behind the game are hours of testing, school notebooks full of ideas and the joy of discovering the next challenge.

A simple idea, a fresh challenge every time

Choose a puzzle and arrange the cubes in the starting position. Then use carefully planned moves to transform them into the required final arrangement, bringing the leading cube or cubes to the marked position. Try to find the solution within the specified number of moves.

On each move, choose a straight boundary between the cubes and slide the cubes on one side. The cubes must stay connected face to face; do not rotate them during play, and keep the leading-cube markers in place. More difficult puzzles gradually introduce additional rules.

• 35 puzzles with solutions, using arrangements of three to eight cubes.
• Rules introduced gradually, with extra challenges featuring two differently marked leading cubes.
• A 40-page booklet in Slovenian with rules, puzzles, solutions and glimpses of the designer’s notes.
• For solving on your own or working together to find a solution.

What you receive

The complete physical CONNECTO set: playing cubes with magnets, two markers for the leading cubes, and a booklet with rules, puzzles and solutions in Slovenian.

Start with easier arrangements and gradually progress to more difficult ones. Each puzzle is a chance to try a different approach, compare routes to the goal and see whether you can improve your solution by one move.

A gift with a young creator’s story

CONNECTO is an interesting choice for fans of logic puzzles, creativity and original Slovenian ideas. Discover both a new game and a young designer’s journey from his first sketches in a school notebook to a product you can hold in your hands.

The photographs show different playing arrangements and moments from the game’s development.