Blocky Balloons (for Playdate)
A downloadable game
Blocky Balloons is a block-pushing "sokoban-like" puzzle game. Push, slide, and undo your way through 40+ puzzles to get those balloons!γπππ
A free demo with the first 21 levels is available to download below. If you finish the demo, you'll find a cheat code to "transfer" your progress to the full version.
Features:
- Autosaves, after every puzzle. A full playthrough can take 1.5~3+ hours, depending on your experience with puzzle games and how much you want to complete.
- Goofy little cosmetics, unlockable through normal gameplay (no microtransactions, or megatransactions).
- 8+ beepy boopy music tracks, which can be muted from the in-game settings menu. Soundtrack download (320 kbps .mp3 files) is available alongside the full game below.
How to load the game?
You can play the downloaded .pdx file in two ways:
- Sideload it to your physical Playdate console, either wirelessly or via USB cable. Note that the .pdx "file" appears as a folder on Windows! See the instructions here: https://help.play.date/games/sideloading/
- Open it in the Playdate Simulator app, part of the free Playdate SDK available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Download the SDK here: https://play.date/dev/
Game Controls:
- D-pad to move
- A button to undo your last move (up to 30 undos)
- B button to bring up the in-game menu
Bug reports, questions, feedback, etc. are all welcome in the comments thread below, or feel free to message me on Twitter.
Made for Playdate, using Pulp!
UPDATE: As of 2023/10/10, the game is also available on Catalog, the official Playdate game store! https://play.date/games/blocky-balloons/
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Comments
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Love the game! I have become the balloon! π
Thank you Walkfask! ππππ
Amazing game. I really love it.
is it inspired by any other game?
Thanks
Thanks a lot! Yeah, I would say other sokoban puzzle games like Baba is You and Stephenβs Sausage Roll. Both of those are much better games.
Really enjoyed it! The puzzles are very creative and have a good difficulty progression: I was never stumped for long but still felt clever for solving them. I also like how the game manages to accomplish this while just sticking to a handful of puzzle mechanics that interact in fun ways. Kinda reminded me of some of my favourite early Game Boy puzzlers like Catrap or Kwirk. I think this is my favourite Playdate game so far!
Thank you so much for this nice comment Aardvark Soup, Iβm really glad you enjoyed it!
Just completed the game 100% and it was a real treat! An incredibly charming and thoughtful puzzler.
I playtested the first few levels of this a few months back and it was very fun to dive in and complete the rest in this full release. There are some tricky puzzles in there!
Thanks for the kind words and support! πββοΈ