Untangle a strange room of cables and mysterious boxes. Your goal is to stand on the target, but you are sadly too big for it.

Controls: Arrow keys to move, Z to undo, R to restart to the most recent checkpoint.

This game was created for the Confounding Calendar 2022.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
AuthorJoseph Mansfield
GenrePuzzle
Made withPuzzleScript
InputsKeyboard, Touchscreen

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Was doing okay until the lower left. But with a lot of experimentation and a little luck I got through. Excellent, clever puzzle. A lot of game packed into a small (sometimes very small) space. Thanx.

Thank you!

It's a very good puzzle game. It's been a long time since I've had to think like that about a puzzle game.

Thanks for the kind words!

Brilliant puzzle design! Finished in 40-50 minutes over 2 sessions of playing this. I loved how parts of the level were reused in different ways that i usually didn’t expect.

Thank you!

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Figuring out that last section was so satisfying! Awesome work.

Just subbed to your YT, I would love to see you tackle my game Pause To Play (the deluxe version) if you have the time

I'm glad you enjoyed that last section - it was very tricky to design!

I'll add your game to my list of recommendations (which are lower priority that other games on my list, but I might get around to it eventually)

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This puzzle is evil, but in the best way possible. Absolutely loved it, the ending was awesome.

Thanks!

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I have no idea how you made this in puzzlescript it seems like every few minutes i encountered some mechanic that puzzlescript to my knowledge simply couldn't do, especially the ending sequence. Absolutely mind boggling. 

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Haha, thank you! You don't want to see the source code! However, I do have a video where I go through the design, if you're interested:

absolutely fascinating, thank you

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This is such an incredible game!

Thank you!

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Becoming small was  such a fun moment, i think its really smart how you use that moment at the very end to reward the player.

Thank you!

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Wow!!! Amazing

One of the best sokoban puzzle games I've ever played. The mechanics are so well implemented and intertwined, the puzzles are creative and engaging. Playing it, one really feels accomplished when the "Aha!" moment arrives. You know the puzzles are well designed because there is no need for a tutorial.

There is just some room for improvement. This game NEEDS more sfx/music. During the long spans of time you spend thinking and testing ideas, the game feels lifeless because of the lack of music. Also, the movement feels a bit clunky, especially when you have to move blocks large distances. There is a bug when you press r then z. 

Otherwise, really, really nice game. I hope to see more from you. Your puzzle design is great. Keep developing! 

Thank you very much! You're definitely right that some music would give it a bit more life. And yeah, I never figured out that bug with restarting - it doesn't affect every browser. And this is just plain PuzzleScript, so there must be some PuzzleScript bug.

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ok this was an incredible puzzle game i got stuck once and had to look up something but damn was this fun and mind blowing i figured out what the final twist was going to be faster than i think most people did (only slightly annoyed at how the controls were there) but otherwise i loved this it was really fun

Thank you!

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The game is broken for me. The spiral doesn't work, and I can only move sometimes...? Like, at the start. I can press R, Z, and then move one square. Moving once allows the green thing to continue on it's path. I can move freely once there is no more path for the green thing to go over.

Game also won't move on from the "reached checkpoint sound" screen.

Edit: Works on Microsoft edge, not on google chrome

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Some others have mentioned something similar. It apparently works in Chrome if you play it from this link: https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7120022/index.html 

To be clear, it works in Chrome for me, so I'm not sure what the issue is. Would be helpful to know if any errors show up in your JavaScript console (ctrl+shift+C, then click the "Console" tab).

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Just started and just realized the twist. (or at least the first one. There might be more later. I don't know.) I was in awe when I discovered it. Very few games have managed to have me flabbergasted like that, especially not when I just started. I can't wait to see what else it has to offer.

Thank you! I love hearing that it made people feel like that.

How do you play this game? Every time I watch the tutorial videos the spiral fills all the way, but when I play it only moves one square, and the character won't move more than one space

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Hmmm, a comment below suggested they had the same issue but was fixed by playing at this page:  https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7120022/index.html 

I'm not sure what's causing this issue for some people.

hey, just wanted to point out that while the text of that hyperlink is correct, clicking it actually takes you to the older url from your original comment below

Oops, thank you - fixed!

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I have played a many puzzle games and i have to say this is the best puzzle game i have ever seen how did you ever create thee puzzles that must have bean hard.

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thoroughly impressive and great fun to solve :D

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Walkthrough for I'm Too Big for the Target

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good

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wow

how

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I absolutely love these type of puzzle where previous parts of the level is reused in unique ways different from the original solution. Stunning how the same level just brings about so many 'aha!' moments.

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I have no idea how one even begins to design something this inter-connected. The penultimate sequence of moves was profoundly satisfying to figure out :)

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Thanks for the kind comment! If you're interested, I did a bit of a developer commentary type thing on my YouTube channel: 

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I wasn't too big! Excellent! I have a soft spot for games with *that* kind of twist.

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Beautiful

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I think it's bugged. I can only move once in either direction, then nothing does anything, except z :/ 

I found a way past the bug: https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7044294/index.html This works as intended for some reason.

Oh no, sorry. What browser/OS are you using? I had to make a small optimization in PuzzleScript but it might not be fully cross-platform.

Chrome 108.0.5359.125/Windows 7

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Fwiw, the new link will be this because I updated the game: https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7120022/index.html

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Finished in ~40 minutes. Brilliant and creative level design! Had a lot of fun playing it.