Merry Xmas (Simple puzzle platformer)

[earok]

I spent nearly all of Christmas eve on Twitch making a last minute game for Christmas day. It's heavily inspired by Sink Or Swim in that it's a kind of a platformery mashup of Lemmings and Sokoban.

It's a very small and "indie" game but I do hope you enjoy nonetheless. 12 levels, and I'm curious if anyone who didn't watch the stream will be able to make it to the end.

ADF download for Amiga is on the itch page. Though the Amiga build is the primary one, there's also a build for Mega Drive, and the Mega Drive build can be played on the page without a download.


https://earok.itch.io/merry-xmas

[ransom1122]

Im a little confused on this level?



If I dash and drop Present 1 it will stop at the green box....

If I rearrange the 4 boxes near you at the start and push them over to the right making a bridge, Then Present 1 always drops to the ground near the tree?

There may be an issue with Present 1 dropping past the green box area?

I'm not sure if there's a problem with the game or I just dont underastand how to solve the puzzle of getting 4 presents to the 4 trees below I can get 3 presents done. or have two block stacked on each other below, but there's no way of moving a double stacked present, even whilst on top of the reindeer?


Also if you jump on the reindeer to the left you can leave the playfield and die

[DanyPPC]

Very Nice !!!

[earok]

Thanks for playing guys!

Originally Posted by ransom1122

Im a little confused on this level?



If I dash and drop Present 1 it will stop at the green box....

If I rearrange the 4 boxes near you at the start and push them over to the right making a bridge, Then Present 1 always drops to the ground near the tree?

There may be an issue with Present 1 dropping past the green box area?

I'm not sure if there's a problem with the game or I just dont underastand how to solve the puzzle of getting 4 presents to the 4 trees below I can get 3 presents done. or have two block stacked on each other below, but there's no way of moving a double stacked present, even whilst on top of the reindeer?


Also if you jump on the reindeer to the left you can leave the playfield and die

Spoilers below:

Crates only get stuck when there's walls (or other crates) on either side. So the order in which you drop crates does matter.

If you have a "bridge" of five crates laid across that gap, numbered 1-2-3-4-5, I typically drop them in this order:

- Drop the middle crate (3) first, that means there's a tight gap that will catch crate 2 and 4 on either side of it.
- Drop crate 5 then hop to 4.
- Drop crate 4 and then immediately (as you're bouncing after dropping crate 4) hop across the gap to 2
- Drop crate 2
- Drop crate 1

I hope that's enough for you to be able to work it out from there!

[Retro1234]

Thank You

[ransom1122]

Originally Posted by earok

- Drop the middle crate (3) first, that means there's a tight gap that will catch crate 2 and 4 on either side of it.

That worked..

To be clear, any present dropped will stop mid air when its beside both a wall and or present?

[earok]

Originally Posted by ransom1122

That worked..

To be clear, any present dropped will stop mid air when its beside both a wall and or present?

Yes - presents get stuck in tight gaps, it'll get stuck if there's a solid block (either a wall or a present) on both sides. In which case it'll need Santa to stomp it down the level.

[ransom1122]

OK this game is great, im 2 levels after the one above trying to fill the V shaped area with presents. Very tricky

Just completed it . posting longplay soon

Longplay
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[zzbylu]

Gameplay:
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[malko]

Thanks earok
Really nice and fun game.

[earok]

Thanks everyone

@ransom I watched the longplay! Well done. You thought of some solutions to levels that I hadn't anticipated, also you've given me some ideas for additional levels. At some point I'll dust it off and do another update, though that might not be until December 2024.

[ransom1122]

Sound promising. The game never got boring and was fun. Thank you

[TCD]

Originally Posted by earok

At some point I'll dust it off and do another update, though that might not be until December 2024.

But for this season the game is 'finished'?

[ransom1122]

I tried the game on my a500 RGBtoHDMI c0pperdragon's

Looks and plays well on both 1084S And TV





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[stx2199]

good puzzle game I just discover it, thanks

hey earok the music is always the same in all levels
can you add 1 music mod for every level?
there are just 12 it could fit in 1 floppy

or 1 different music mod for every 2 levels ( 6 in total)

[earok]

@ransom I always love seeing Scorpion stuff running on real hardware, thanks for playing

@stx2199 Thank you for the kind words! I'm intending to add another set of levels for Christmas this year, I'll see if I can sort out some varied music for the game for the second major release

[stx2199]

Originally Posted by earok

@stx2199 Thank you for the kind words! I'm intending to add another set of levels for Christmas this year, I'll see if I can sort out some varied music for the game for the second major release

ah ok good news then
you could add music mods related to christmas, or I think that also music mods similar to the game "one step beyond" would be ideal for this game