Shrinkoban

Really, really cool! The puzzles were actually very tricky and clever, which is something rarely seen in jam games (I also often fail at it). What I didn't like:

• The horrid color scheme. Seriously. Learn something about color theory. Even go to a page like coolors.co to generate color schemes. You could even have every block identifiable by just its color - that's something I once did for an 8x8 platformer.
• The utter silence and lack of music. I actually really liked the finishing jingle, if you could've done an extension of that that would be great.
• Having to sometimes mash keys. In my programming game, I spent a bit of time implementing a timer which starts when you hit a key, and then decreases as you hold it down. Then, after it runs out, it does the action, and then resets but to a slightly lower value than before.

I understand that this is a jam game, but still. Constructive-criticism-giving is my duty.

Very nice game. Block pushing isn't the most original concept but it's certainly executed well here. The level design is good and requires you to think around the mechanics, plus there's some nice touches like the undo button. Minor nitpick: The undo and restart buttons could be a bit further apart (perhaps R=restart and Z=undo). I had to be careful not to restart the whole level when trying to undo. The graphics and sound aren't amazing but they do the job and are still quite likeable. I definitely enjoyed the animation/jingle for transitioning between levels.

I think in terms of level design, you've done the best this jam. Took a small amount of mechanics and even used a small playing area but still managed to make a lot of unique and clever puzzles.

Not only that but the inclusion of some very neat additions like the rewind tool and the fly-away animation when you beat a level makes this very enjoyable. I don't really have anything to complain about.

Great game! It started simple enough but grew pretty hard later on. The game is quite long, which is great! Puzzles are awesome, even tho I'm not really the puzzle game kind of guy. But just game design wise, how it teaches you to solve the puzzles, how the levels and the screen with them shrinks...just an awesome concept! Graphics are not awesome but do the job and are easy to read. I liked it a lot!

This was a cool idea! Hilariously I got stuck on the second 'zelda' level. I didn't realise it was just the same puzzle... had a complete mind blank haha. Then I checked the description and saw it right there and was like, oh, shit! After that I did alright (I think..)

But yeah, cool idea! I like the constricting world with the repeating puzzles. Felt pretty balanced too in terms of difficulty curve. Was very much a 'pick up and play' game, which is great!

Well done!

I enjoyed these puzzles, and some of them were really tough! Great job constructing these with a small amount of different objects - having fewer mechanics and simple controls really helped it to not feel cheesy like some puzzle games do. These mechanics were also introduced well over time and without needing tutorial text. The twist at the end was brilliant.

Great puzzle design – very addictive! I didn't really notice that each puzzle within a set was a smaller version of the last – interesting concept though.

Wow this was great! Levels were thought out really well. I was stumped for the longest time on 7a so when I realised the level expanded it was really satisfying. Since the game is a bit long (good job!) it would be nice to have a save screen.

There were surprisingly many and difficult puzzles, well done with them. And undo system is important in games like this, it's good that you implemented one. I got stuck in level 7a, I got down where are lot spikes, I just didn't get what to do ^^" It was nice idea of shrinking world, but keeping the same puzzle element intact.

The level design was AMAZING! This achieved what all good puzzle games should achieve: Simples rules, the feeling of knowing what you have to do in the level, the realization that you don't actually know, thinking outside the box to actually know, finishing the level. This brings these steps a level further by shrinking the level, and having to figure out what that change implies. Also nothing ever really had to be explained in the game, which is a plus.

My main feedback is that, especially in the later levels I would have liked to be able to press down a key and have it repeat the actions (keep walking, keep rewinding ,etc) in some levels i had to spam a button to do/get what/where I wanted. I think some music would have done the game nicely too.

SPOILER ALERT FOR THIS FEEDBACK:

I feel like in the last level there could have been some audio or visual cue when 
the map expanded, because at first I had thought maybe the scaling had 
bugged out and wasn't sure if it was supposed to be like that. The ending screen 
was also a bit underwhelming, but that's not a big deal to be honest, just a 
detail.

SPOILERS OVER

This game had so much content, at least for me who has never played this type of puzzle game before. I spent about an hour and a half to finish it. Really well done, congratulations! :D

Nice game! I haven't played that many Sokoban-style games (does Baba count? 🤔), but I'm enjoying this. The idea of the same levels shrinking and shrinking, while keeping the same "spirit" of the puzzle but having to rethink the solution was pretty cool. More often that not the smaller puzzles got easier, but some were definitely harder.

Unfortunately I'm stuck on 6a haha, I'll come back with fresh eyes to finish it later on :D

(Also the name reminded me of a musician I love named Linkoban. R.I.P.)

EDIT: BEAT IT! Damn dude, that was fucking great.

Wow this was very much content for a game jam. I can see that the artstyle is inspired by baba is you. The mechanics, well, they are all just from sokoban. The level design, however is really great! I love pussle game that manage to create hard pussles out of frustratingly simple mechanics - Something you managed to do again, and again, and again. I'm impressed. I enjoyed the difficulty of the last level, especially the first part.

This is a collection of very nicely designed puzzles- I like the concept of the shrinking levels as a way of testing what the player has learned in a sequence of increasingly tighter and less forgiving challenges. The familiarity between the a,b,c levels gives the player a clue about the approach they might take but usually the smaller space brings about more challenges as they now have to not push blocks into unretreivable locations. This is the first I've encounted of Sokoban and I am not nearly smart enough to get to the end of this game! Well done for creating such a mentally stimulating experience.

I'm not a huge fan of Sokoban, but I enjoyed this game. I like the way you tied it in with the theme, but I don't think I would have caught on that the levels were smaller variations of the previous level without having been told so. I have no idea how you would better communicate that in a better way though. Knowing the "gimmick" of the game, it was a relaxing and enjoyable puzzle game.