Boxes

A game made for the GMTK Game Jam 2023.

The game is about controlling boxes, instead of controlling the player. The goal of the game is to get the player to reach to goal. However, you cannot control the player. It is up to the boxes to control how the player can arrive at the goal.

Controls

• WASD: movement
• R: Undo
• T: Restart level

Hints

• Level 2

  Try blocking the player's path with the box. If the box if up against a wall, the player cannot push the box, and so will be forced to change it's direction. The movement of the player is quite predicatable.
• Level 3

  Try switching with another box to arrange the boxes.
• Level 5

  The player can push the red box. Move your box into a position such that the player is forced to push the red box.
• Level 7

  If you need to shift the box by just one tile without moving the player, can you use the player to do so?
• Level 9

  Try arranging the boxes in a way, such that you can switch boxes to change which tile you end up, so that you can pass through the doors.
• Level 10

  Try blocking the door from closing to move another box through the door.

Optional Challenges

• Level 10

  Can you solve the level using only two boxes?

Known bugs

• Undo can sometimes glitch out the boxes when being pushed by the player. Restart the level if it happens.

Credits

Font: Platinum Sign by imagex

All art and sound assets are made by myself.