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A jam submission

Soft BlockedView game page

A block pushing puzzler where the goal isn't to beat the levels.
Submitted by buggy games — 4 hours, 34 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#16133.5563.556
Overall#27643.0933.093
Enjoyment#30982.8332.833
Style#35372.8892.889

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Softblocked is a Sokoban game where the blocks are Built to scale. Rather than pushing blocks, they grow with each push, growing until they fill the whole room and you struggle to move around them.

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Everything was made in house :)

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Comments

Cool concept! I do not like the art, including the music, very much. Also, the animation for the blocks of slime (?) flowing into the sinkholes is very slow and boring to wait for.

Submitted(+1)

Uhhh...I won but I'm still not really sure how.

Submitted(+1)

Neat idea to flip the objective on it's head. But the controls are sluggish and arguably become the most frustrating part of this game.

Submitted(+1)

The 3rd level is a bit of a weird one. It starts as  being blocked already. I don't get it qq

I like the intention of the game though.

Submitted(+1)

fun and unique!

Submitted(+1)

Very clever idea, I don't think I've seen something where you have to block the passage as a goal, music is fun too!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting game idea, though I couldn't go past level 3. I'd like WASD controls too, bot overall I liked the game

Developer

Hey all,

The softlock checker has some quirky logic and isn't 100% accurate, if you find a softlock the game misses, give yourself a big ol' pat on the back.

There's also one way you can trick the softlock checker into thinking you've won even though you haven't. Bonus points if you figure that one out!

Thanks again for giving it a play.

Submitted(+1)

A good puzzle game is always refreshing in a game jam.  Also love block puzzles. This is a bit of a unique take on them as well. It's simple enough that you can figure out all the mechanics yourself, but complex enough to make you consider your strategy and learn to think contrary to what we normally do (as gamer's we learn a certain way to deal with/think about puzzles so learning to think in a different way is good for us I think).  Overall fun game, thanks for your submission!

Submitted(+1)

Clever idea to reverse the puzzle genre to deliberately lose, but still have a very playable concept! I really appreciate the undo button in there too, that saves a lot of time. 

Though there are times where I have "soft locked" myself in (mid way through a green block interaction), and it feels like that should mean I've won.