While the implementation is fairly straightforward, the idea of a bunch of mini-levels across a larger area can have a lot of interesting applications and I'd love to see more! (Also the art and music was great!)
Thanks for playing and the feedback! Yea, aside from the physics jank, (although the "inchworm" effect of moving boxes is an enfeatured bug) UI/UX is the biggest thing that needs refinement. But as a proof of concept prototype, I'm happy with how it turned out!
Really cool concept. Offers some interesting brain-bending bits, and invokes (as has been said) Inkscryption and that one end-game temple in LoZ: Skyward Sword. Finicky, obtuse, and jank in places? Yes, but this is a solid foundation for a short, but clever and more polished experience!
Being invested enough to ask for a solution is unironically the single biggest compliment I have received yet! Actually, the "inchworm" interaction was absolutely intentional! In fact, that is part of the solution in the pictured image.
If you want more than that hint:
*Spoilers*
As hinted in the J button tutorial and used in the aforementioned 2 pillar inchworm tutorial, you "move" the box on the ledge onto the pillar, you can then expand it horizontally and vertically while standing on the pillar to have a "stairway" to reach the ledge!
There's a lot here that i like. The use of the previous structure to rotate pieces, the abnormal pieces, the really abnormal pieces. Discovering the different layers of nuance was accessible and fun. Great job!
Really interesting once you wrap your head around it! It could possibly use some clearer tutorialization within the game itself, but that is a post-Jam kind of consideration for something as involved as this.
A clever idea, reminds me of Incscryption's scale health mechanic, just spun out into a full game in its own right. There is some jank, but hey, that's Jamming and with a late start no less. Would be really interested to see this design space investigated further!
Very fun game you have here! Insofar as I've seen, influencing the rate of rescaling isn't something someone else has done, so it stands out and requires a novel skill. One nitpick, the score doesn't reset between runs, so I was able to get the "high score" in just three runs of cumulative scoring.
So, I initially missed the aspect that you used the robot to climb up to the moon, and so was confused why nothing happened once I made it up. Using tetrominoes to build a platforming level is a fantastic idea implemented well here. Very brain bending and veryfun!
