Soko-ban (remake w/ level editor + level packs)

[arj0n]

Soko-ban

This is a remake of the well-known classic puzzle game where you move boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations.
Based on the DOS version.

• easy to use level editor included, create, export, play and share your own levels
• seventeen extra level collection packs included, giving a total of 1576 levels

status: final test phase, soon to be released.
will be available for: Windows & Linux (freeware)

intro:
[imgzoom]https://dam1976.home.xs4all.nl/AGS/sokoban/Promo/1_Promo_Outside_640.png[/imgzoom]
the lobby:
[imgzoom]https://dam1976.home.xs4all.nl/AGS/sokoban/Promo/2_Promo_Lobby_640.png[/imgzoom]
start playing level1 (of the original soko-ban level-pack)
[imgzoom]https://dam1976.home.xs4all.nl/AGS/sokoban/Promo/3_Promo_LVL1_640.png[/imgzoom]
the level editor:
[imgzoom]https://dam1976.home.xs4all.nl/AGS/sokoban/Promo/4_Promo_LVL-editorv2_640.png[/imgzoom]

[FormosaFalanster]

Oooh I had this game as a kid, I loved it! It was especially fun for me because my father worked in a warehouse when I was a child 

[arj0n]

Oooh I had this game as a kid, I loved it! It was especially fun for me because my father worked in a warehouse when I was a child 

Yep, had it too as kid and played is so many times. But I found the level editor to be quite hard to use.
And as I had some extra time because I'm waiting for audio from voice actors for my Mortville project,
I decided to make a Soko-ban remake with a level editor that is easy to use. Soon to be released

[CaptainD]

Retro vibes
They're multiplying...
And I'm pushing
some blocks
Onto targets
Level's supplying
It's electrifying!

Which is all to say, this looks great... 

[arj0n]

Thanx, Cap! Very poetic   

[heltenjon]

Oh no! There goes my spare time! 

[arj0n]

sowwy 

[CaptainD]

Thanx, Cap! Very poetic   

Actually it's a take on the lyrics of a song from Grease "You're The One That I Want" 

[Frodo]

I LOVE Sokoban.   
Really looking forward to this.   

[Cassiebsg]

Oh, rats! It's still in production! 

Looking forward to release day! 
Good luck and get this done soon. Let me know if you need a tester. 

[arj0n]

Thanx Frodo & Cassiebsg 

@Cassiebsg: pm-ed

[cat]

Natsukashii! Looking forward to that 

[arj0n]

Natsukashii! Looking forward to that 

Sweet memories indeed 

[lorenzo]

Nice! Sokoban was a great game. I always thought that the lift to select the levels was the cleverest thing.

A mouse-controlled level editor sounds like a great addition!

The screenshot of the level seems to be missing the "three-dimensional" effect that the boxes and walls in the original game had, though.

[arj0n]

Nice! Sokoban was a great game. I always thought that the lift to select the levels was the cleverest thing.

Well, once in the elevator, selecting a level isn't done anymore by typing the number and then Accept, this time a level-list is shown.

A mouse-controlled level editor sounds like a great addition!

That's the whole reason I made this remake, because I didn't like the way the level editor works in the original (I used to play the dos) version

The screenshot of the level seems to be missing the "three-dimensional" effect that the boxes and walls in the original game had, though.

I didn't used the "three-dimensional" effect indeed, I couldn't easily implement that, so I choose to go with this "straight top-down view" version...

[lorenzo]

Well, once in the elevator, selecting a level isn't done anymore by typing the number and then Accept, this time a level-list is shown.

It's probably much quicker to use as well.

I didn't used the "three-dimensional" effect indeed, I couldn't easily implement that, so I choose to go with this "straight top-down view" version...

Makes sense! It's not a big deal, really. The new "flat" version looks nice.

[Sinitrena]

I loved Soko-Ban. It was my very first video game (well, after Pong, but definitely the first on a computer) This remake gives me feels!

Should I post the link to the online version I found a couple yeaes ago, that has countless additional levels? Oh, here it is, in case someone is interested: https://www.janko.at/Spiele/Sokoban/index.htm

[FormosaFalanster]

Apparently someone else tried to make an AGS sokoban at some point but it doesn't seem to be completed: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2380-boxes/

[arj0n]

I loved Soko-Ban. It was my very first video game (well, after Pong, but definitely the first on a computer) This remake gives me feels!

Should I post the link to the online version I found a couple yeaes ago, that has countless additional levels? Oh, here it is, in case someone is interested: https://www.janko.at/Spiele/Sokoban/index.htm

Thank you!

Apparently someone else tried to make an AGS sokoban at some point but it doesn't seem to be completed: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2380-boxes/

Yep, that's a Russian prototype, seems to be an alpha-demo with lots of features missing...

[selmiak]

looks very interesting. I remember I played one of these puzzly games ages ago.

• seventeen extra level collection packs included, giving a total of 1576 levels

Are they all recreations of original levels or did you design so many levels yourself or are they somehow randomly generated?