Slime Stretch
Thanks to Patricia Taxxon for the music (added post-jam).
Thanks to Lucas Le Slo for brainstorming mechanics and making a few of the levels.
All levels are unlocked - feel free to skip ahead if you're stuck.
Development log
- Post-jam update: music and some level fixes2 days ago
Comments
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Lovely, lovely, lovely game!! Super fun figuring these out
Nice update! The music is a banger, and progression from c2 to c3 now feels much better.
Loved it! I think D7 has a cheese though: link
What do you mean?
edit: Ah, I see it now. Yeah, this is no longer possible after the update :D
Thanks! This should be fixed now.
It seems like there's an off-by-one error in bounds-checking when pushing slime: slimes cannot be pushed into the outermost row or column of a level. This is visible in levels A1 and A3, where the slimes cannot be pushed to the top of the level.
If I define a level as such:
then the slime cannot leave the central 3x3 region of the 5x5 map even though there are no visible boundaries there. (Also the bottom row of the 5x5 map is not rendered, but I think that's because of the `translate:down:9` on Floor objects and is purposeful.)
This is intentional, there are bugs if you try to push slimes against the level boundary but because of puzzlescript limitations it's awkward to detect if that's happening. So instead I prevent you ever getting a slime next to the level boundary.
Hopefully it's not too confusing! It's not really the cleanest solution but I hoped it wouldn't be very obvious.
Makes sense! I first noticed in A3, where it turned out that I could push the 1x1 slime south off the platform, but couldn't push it north.
I think the most confusing part is that it affects entering slimes, and the effect propagates. For example, if I define a level like
then it's possible to enter the right-hand column of slime (because it runs into a wall) but impossible to enter the left-hand column of slime (because it runs into an invisible boundary).
I figured out all of them. Great game! B4 was the tricky one for me.
stuck at B2, can I get a hint?
Spoilers for B2 in in ascending spoilerishness:
Screenshot
Thank you!
Predictably and completely brilliant considering the people involved. I thought the difficulty curve was spot on — not the sort of puzzling death march that requires you to bash your head on a level for days, but stuffed to the rafters with deeply satisfying and hard-won a-ha moments.
I felt C4 had a very Le Slo sorta vibe, so was pleased to see that was indeed a Le Slo level. And I was delighted to see the D7 mechanic finally surface after what-iffing on so many levels that by the time I reached D7 initially I didn't even consider it.
10/10 would slime again.
Fantastic little game! C2 reminded me of that Stephen's Sausage Roll moment when you realize you can put the fork into the sausage :D
So good! D4 was the trickiest for me, but I managed to get it eventually. The grey shading really helps out with understanding the 3D layers, that is a nice touch!
For me to. I am actually stuck on it. This is the farest I manage to go. Any advice ?
https://imgur.com/a/Tv6jGPw
Here's a small hint in ROT13, I hope it helps!
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Thanks a lot Configuration, I will try that !
Ho ouaaaa, I made it. It was so clever ! Every move is important, especialy the first one.
Wow the D section is tough. I've completed all of the levels except for D6 and D7 (D4 fried my brain) and I really like the level design. It's tough to count the distance between islands sometimes but there's only been a few levels where that's been an issue.
edit: I just beat D6 and D7. D6 especially looked like it was going to be a little messy when I started but it was actually very tightly designed. Great game!
Tricky! I had to skip about half of the levels, I’ll come back later and try em again.