Sokocat - Dungeon

[quote]For more puzzle game reviews, news & everything puzzle-related, follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25928931-Puzzle-Lovers/]Puzzle Lovers[/url] & check out our [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/puzzlelovers]Steam group[/url].[/quote] [i]Sokocat - Dungeon[/i] sits right in the middle of what we've come to expect from a small Unity Developer, and I can only offer a tentative thumbs up. [b][u]Highlights[/u][/b]: 50 levels. Keyboard controls are a little awkward and not rebindable; didn't try controller. The devs seem to be [i]selectively[/i] open to some pieces of feedback but resistant to others ([url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/1712150/discussions/0/3418810706123421008/]see here[/url]), and the net result is that basic Quality of Life is limited. No undo but can reset, though each level has a built-in walkthrough. Separate music/FX sliders. Windowed mode. Unbalanced but generally low difficulty with generally unmemorable Sokoban puzzle design -- you get a "boomerang" that you can use on some levels to flick switches, but very rarely does this mechanic really stack up to increase complexity; ~2 hours play. It's [i]okay[/i], but for another sokoban at the …

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] Sokocat - Dungeon is a Digital Homicide style asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated a few Unity asset store assets, dumped them all in a blender, and submitted it to Valve as if they're real game developers.[/quote] Two notable criteria for what makes an asset flip instead of legitimate use of stock assets are whether those assets comprise the majority of the game, and whether the "developer" properly credited the people who created most of the assets in the game. This game fails both of those tests. The "developers" here didn't credit any of the artists and real, actual game developers who created the assets here, so this is plagiarism, as well as cash grab shovelware. In this case, the asset flipper took took a bunch of assets from the Unity asset creator, Suriyun, dumped them on a basic Sokoban ripoff game template, and put their own name on it to try get your money for Suriyins assets and someone else's Sokoban game. It has no value or merit as a real game. Rising Moon Games have a known history of trying to scam people into paying them money fo…

These puzzles are challenging, don't let the adorable cat fool you! Beware the traps, it's sad when Jone loses a life.

[b]7/10[/b] Cute sokoban game suited for beginners and children. [b]What is it:[/b] A Sokoban-style game, with the goal of pushing crates into designated spots. The presentation is nice, the player is a cat going through a dungeon and looking for treasure. There are trapdoors, platforms, switches, deadly traps! [b]How hard is it:[/b] Easy to moderate. [b]How long is it:[/b] 50 levels, not too hard and not too easy, requiring a bit of thinking, for 2-4 hours of play. [b]Level design:[/b] Good for beginners. The solutions aren't obvious, but not too hard either. Being used to harder games, I was often overthinking a strategy, while the solution was much simpler. [b]Quality:[/b] Decent level design. Cute sound and graphics. The controls aren't responsive enough, keeping a key pressed to move in a direction would not stop when I release the key, but would buffer up key repeats for as long as I kept the key pressed, then slowly move the cat in that direction, which was definitely not what I wanted, often times pushing blocks off the level. Adding an undo command would be very helpful. And why have the option to push blocks off the level, since that was never intentionally required…

Just bought and loving it! Very cute and fun. Not too difficult so far, just very satisfying sokoban. Has infinite undo and restart level. Also has a level select where you can replay previous levels and even an option to start over with a fresh playthrough.

Honestly, given the price tag it's a pretty good deal. The game is nothing pretentious but it doesn't need to be. It's Sokoban with a little extra gimmick. You like that kind of puzzle? You'll probably like this game.