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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #6 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Theme | #6 | 4.607 | 4.607 |
| Overall | #14 | 4.238 | 4.238 |
| Music | #14 | 4.036 | 4.036 |
| Art | #57 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| Originality | #94 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
| Is the graphics 1 bit? | #190 | 4.571 | 4.571 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Shader to change palletes for later levels - Alpha channel for transitions
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I have played many sokoban game before and I absolutly love the look and the feel of this one, you perfectly integreted the theme and you made a cute little game with really interesting puzzle. This is my favorite game of the jam so far, I got frustrated some time thought because the light shouldn't expend the way it was when, hitting a wall, hit shouldn't have an angle in my logic, but it can stay I guess you made so much level using this, but button should only activate when you finished moving because it is more clear what move kill you. Those are just little change you should change if you rework on this because I also worked on many sokoban game before. This is overall an excelent game, congratulation!
Thanks for this! Glad you enjoyed.
We agree with your comment -- we've started expanding the game, and we're reworking the buttons a bit to try and make it feel clearer and more intuitive.
This is one of the best games I played this jam: You used a simple but fun concept, which percfectly fits the theme. The mechanic is slowly introduced and the player is excited about whats next. Apart from that the graphics are simple aswell, but nice and the soundtrack in the background is a banger and totally fits the game! And lastly you even integrated a small story, which is awesome! Really great and neat game jam entry!
Thanks so much for this! Really glad you enjoyed.
I really like it. A nice simple block pusher. and that introduction of glass blocks was nice.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed
I loved this game! Making a puzzle with the light beams is a great idea.
And the comic as an introduction was fantastic too.
Great job!!
Thanks!
Very well done concept, some puzzles were quite tricky.
Thanks! Yeah, we realised quite a few leave people thinking for a while. Hope you enjoyed!
Very well polished puzzle game. The puzzles are designed very cleverly and any new mechanics are introduced through simple well-crafted puzzles. Really fun!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliantly executed fantasy! It's funny and intelligent as it came on the count! blaaah
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
Cute little sokoban game with some really clever puzzles! I never felt truly stumped, but some really got me to use my brain, which is what you want! Well done!
Thank you! Glad it was the right level of difficulty :)
Lovely game! I played a lot, died an embarrassing amount of times, and it was really fun!
Thanks a lot! good to hear you enjoyed it :)
Very good idea for a puzzle game ! You really polished the game, good job !
Thank you! Im glad you liked it :)
That was fun! A good old move the obstacles, with a light twist, I liked it! The concept was great, and well implemented. Well done!
Thank you!
This game was really fun !
Thank you!
This is fun!! From the comic-book-style intro to the intricate puzzles and even the light bleeds through minor gaps, this is one of the top 3 puzzle games in this jam yet! Great work!
Thanks so much! glad you enjoyed :)
This game is absolutely gorgeous, has a lot of charm/character and demands more attention. Love that you were able to make so many high quality sokoban levels, we will be coming back to try and finish all of them throughout the game jam. Also impeccable music putting the jam in game jam. Thanks for making this! Looking forward to your future games :).
Thanks so much for this! Glad to hear you'll be coming back -- I'll also be going back to your game to try get those last few levels :)
(we are also very happy with the music, our musicians did such a great job!)
cool game really cool and unique concept honestly i think ur are gonna be in top 10
Thanks so much, that's so nice to hear!
Amazing spin of on both the jam's them and on the old box-pushing puzzle idea. Really fun to play, amazing art and great music. Excelent Job!
Thank you!
This game was really fun. I loved the artstyle as well as the clever light puzzles! very cute and and relaxing
Thank you!
Lovely game! Theme music is a hit. Level progression is smooth. What I really want is a bit more of the backstory: who this character is, why they are in the house, and what they need to achieve. This would really lock me in to play longer in order to solve some mystery, answer a question, etc. by the end.
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Thanks! We also really like the music :) We're hoping to expand the game and will definitely add more story...!
Outstanding game!! After completing all 36 puzzles (whew), I am so impressed with the puzzle designers here: the approach to solving these puzzles never became repetitive or formulaic, even with so many puzzles included in the game. The introduction of new mechanics with each color level helped to keep it fresh -- you used your light beam concept here to great effect, as you did with the glass, light detection, etc. I finished the puzzles over two days, and as a hallmark of a great puzzle game, when I went to sleep my brain was still pushing boxes (a la Tetris). I was stumped several times, and I left the game but felt motivated to return. One of the puzzles, if my solution was the only solution, showed a mix of humor and cruelty that I enjoyed (well, once it was solved).
Everything here feels professional and polished. The music -- which I understand to be actual analog recorded music, made for this game -- was fitting and fun. I only wish there were a second gameplay song! I also really liked the hand-drawn character and art. This game feels like it could already be posted in a game store, but if you develop anything further, you might add more of the cutscene art that appears in the intro, interspersed within the game. I felt a connection to the character and place at the start, but after a dozen puzzles or so, my mind treated it as abstract box-pushing, like mathematics. I felt disappointed not to see more of the moving truck and boxes and scenes of the house -- I liked those. I also realize you had only 7 days, and this game was all the more impressive in light of that.
Excellent!
Thanks so much! Designer/artist here, it really means a lot to read such a nice review (especially because this was my first game jam!). We had such a blast making this, and had a LOT of fun designing and playtesting the puzzles :)
I'm glad you mentioned the music, we were so happy with what the guys made -- yes, it was written, performed and recorded the old fashioned way (albeit with an electronic keyboard, because the church we asked wouldn't let us use their real organ!) We would have loved to record more tracks but like so many things we just didn't have the time.
I completely agree with the feedback about cutscenes and connection to the character / story. We'll hopefully end up doing an expanded version of the game, with more levels, mechanics, cutscenes, and music, so I hope you come back for more in the future! Out of curiosity -- can you remember which puzzle was the mix of humour and cruelty?
Great! I followed the elphyl account, so I will definitely stay tuned!
[Spoiler follows]
The puzzle I was referring to was Puzzle 25: if that one doesn't strike you as notably different from all the other puzzles in this game, then there's probably an unintended second solution. I'm trying to spoil as little as possible in these comments out of respect for the game and its players, but I'm also happy to describe that solution if it was indeed unintended and the spoiler doesn't bother you.
Funnily enough, that level came about because a playtester found an alternate solution to a different level, and I found it interesting so made it it's own puzzle! Do you reckon it's trickier than the last level in that section, and if so should we swap those two round...?
The intended solution involves covering something important and then revealing it later (being cryptic to avoid spoilers!)
Ok! I finally, finally figured out the solution that I assume was intended. And actually, once I figured out that one, there's another solution that works in very much the same way, but with a different final configuration. I had sniffed around those approaches when I was trying to figure it out initially (with the covering of something important), but there were just a few subtle pushes I missed that made the difference. Nice!
But those two solutions are distinct from the one I used the first time around. I get the feeling from your note that you haven't yet seen the way I solved it. Now that I see the intended solutions, you could eliminate my solution without ruining this puzzle (though doing so might guide the player just a bit more toward the intended solutions). As you were comfortable with the hint you gave me, my solution also involves the covering/uncovering of something important.
Whether 25 or 27 seems harder probably depends on what you think of my solution, and I won't spoil more than that until you give me the word. Perhaps you'll want to keep it in! After all, even as the puzzle is now, I think I spent the most time in this game on either 25 or 35.
I don't think I know your solution, and I might need another hint -- it's so hard to see alternatives when all you can think of is the one you designed...! What would you change to make your solution impossible?
The intended solution is figuring out how to move up, does your solution also involve that part?
If we say pushing a box or glass by one space is one "move," the solution uses only 6 moves to complete the level.
Wow, that's really stumped me -- and we're definitely still talking about Puzzle 25?!
Under six moves means you must not be using buttons, which I didn't think was possible -- and the first move is forced, so then it's just five more moves... you might have to give me another hint here (or even show me if I can't figure it out!)
Yes, the first two moves are used to seal up the light. You then push down the left-most and right-most glass pieces. You will groan when you see it.
Wow, I did groan... audibly. What a great discovery! We will probably change that in the expanded version, haha
of all the genres I thought I would find here... a sokoban was not one of them... lovely art and music. ^-^
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoyed :)