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The basic mechanics look like very standard type of puzzle mechanics (e.g. Sokoban) that have been in many games over decades.
by lucraft 10mo ago
The basic mechanics look like very standard type of puzzle mechanics (e.g. Sokoban) that have been in many games over decades.
- christophilus 10mo agoHe hired a level designer who also wrote a Sokoban game. (Can’t remember the name, but it was free and web-based, IIRC.) That game had some really great, unique ideas in it, and I’d be shocked if the new Blow game was bog standard.
- nilstycho 10mo agoIt was Jack Lance, who wrote Enigmash. Tragically, he died in 2023 at the age of 25. Jack Lance superlatively creative. I cannot find the words to express how much the world lost. I do not know of a finer puzzle designer. https://jacklance.github.io/games.html https://jacklance.github.io/games.html
- christophilus 10mo agoOh, man. Yes, that’s the one. I had no idea he’d died. :/