Another very clever game and takes the classic sokoban to another level. Although the first level made me feel really good once I figured out what was happening, when it came to the later (or last, im not sure I wasn't able to beat it) levels it was extremely difficult to follow what was happening.
If I were you, I would experiment with making this game in another engine that can handle the balls bouncing without the need for player input. I think that will make the levels easier for the player, but also easier to design because it will be more understood visually.
I wanted to write about level 1 because honestly, it took me a very long time to beat this level. At first, I just tried moving around a bit to see what happened. Right away, it was interesting to me that the block and the two balls moved around simultaneously in different ways. Then, I noticed the balls turned green so I thought that might be my clue for starting to solve this level. As I continued to move around, I thought that some ways to solve it might be 1) both balls turning green 2) both balls landing in the black rectangle 3) the balls ending up on either size of the box 4) the box ending up in the black rectangle, or some combination of these things. I also looked to the title of "boxing" to try to get an idea of what that might mean in relation to the game. At one point, I did restart completely to see if there was something I may have missed. I continued trying the various solutions I thought might have worked, and couldn't get to any sort of advancement for a while. I probably spent 20 minutes just moving around in different ways to see what I could do. Finally, I got both balls to be green and inside the rectangle and passed the level. I think that the balls changing colors was an effective way of indicating a solution, although it wasn't immediately clear to me how it worked. I also think that the balls both moving around at once created an interesting scenario for solving this, which I would compare to something like a Rubix Cube.
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Another very clever game and takes the classic sokoban to another level. Although the first level made me feel really good once I figured out what was happening, when it came to the later (or last, im not sure I wasn't able to beat it) levels it was extremely difficult to follow what was happening.
If I were you, I would experiment with making this game in another engine that can handle the balls bouncing without the need for player input. I think that will make the levels easier for the player, but also easier to design because it will be more understood visually.
Otherwise really great puzzle game!
Prompt 4, Level 1:
I wanted to write about level 1 because honestly, it took me a very long time to beat this level. At first, I just tried moving around a bit to see what happened. Right away, it was interesting to me that the block and the two balls moved around simultaneously in different ways. Then, I noticed the balls turned green so I thought that might be my clue for starting to solve this level. As I continued to move around, I thought that some ways to solve it might be 1) both balls turning green 2) both balls landing in the black rectangle 3) the balls ending up on either size of the box 4) the box ending up in the black rectangle, or some combination of these things. I also looked to the title of "boxing" to try to get an idea of what that might mean in relation to the game. At one point, I did restart completely to see if there was something I may have missed. I continued trying the various solutions I thought might have worked, and couldn't get to any sort of advancement for a while. I probably spent 20 minutes just moving around in different ways to see what I could do. Finally, I got both balls to be green and inside the rectangle and passed the level. I think that the balls changing colors was an effective way of indicating a solution, although it wasn't immediately clear to me how it worked. I also think that the balls both moving around at once created an interesting scenario for solving this, which I would compare to something like a Rubix Cube.