Pixel Boy - Lost in the Castle Reviews

Enjoyed playing through all 96 levels. Most don't require much, if any, fore-thought and can bumble your way through them. Not crazy difficult but still fun and satisfying to complete. There's a lot of "red herring" false paths which is done well and is something I especially like. Feedback: -Add an undo, a single-move undo would fit perfectly. Often I mistype a direction, causing me to have to repeat a level and sometimes hundreds of moves. -Add achievements -Getting lots of crashes, which would be fine if it saved my progress in a level.

[b]7/10[/b] A Sokoban-like game that's laborious, yet captivating. [b]What is it:[/b] A Sokoban-style game, with the goal of pushing one special crate into the designated spot to unlock the exit. Other than boxes that can be pushed, there are doors that need to be unlocked with keys, fires that can be put out by pushing a box over them, holes that can be filled in with a box, and spikes that can be retracted when pushing switches. [b]How hard is it:[/b] Easy to moderate. [b]How long is it:[/b] 96 levels, not too hard and not too easy, but quite long, for 3-6 hours of play. [b]Level design:[/b] Good enough. The levels are varied, with a good progression curve, mixing the game elements in interesting ways. A few levels are not tight enough, I can finish them with spare keys, shorter solutions than the obviously intended ones, or unused buttons. I kept myself occupied by looking for these kinds of optimizations. My main complain is that the levels aren't that hard in terms of thinking, but rather laborious: the solution is easy to spot, but in order to achieve it you have to do hundreds of moves, pushing boxes from one side of the screen to the other. I think it was around level 56 that I first had to stop and think for a bit. I prefer the Stephen's Sausage Roll approach, where you spend half an hour trying to figure out how to get two sausages cooked by finding new and unexpected ways to use the one fork you've had for days, instead of 5 minutes pushing 50 boxes out of the obvious way. [b]Quality:[/b] Decent level design, but somewhat lacking in other aspects: basic sound and graphics, clunky UI, no undo (frustrating when you spent many minutes moving boxes and you accidentally step into the fire and have to restart from the beginning). The game suffered from constant crashes at first, but the developers quickly patched it. A handful of other bugs still remain. Basic achievements so far, but hopefully the devs will add more in the next update. [b]Worth the price:[/b] Yes, especially on a 30%+ sale. [b]Most positive aspect for me:[/b] The second half of the levels. [b]Most negative aspect for me:[/b] Lack of Undo. [b]Also consider:[/b] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2149560/Unforgettable_Voyage/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1712150/Sokocat__Dungeon/