Pushing bins round a warehouse isn’t simply the pastime of the costly robots working for Amazon, it’s additionally what Sokoban lovers take pleasure in doing too. There are fairly just a few variations of this puzzle idea, like SokoBunny the place you’re in command of a bunny kicking bins round. However what if the bins had been cartons of milk as an alternative, and also you had to assist a cat fill his bowls up?
Properly, that’s Fluffy Milo in a nutshell and it’s right here to take you on a puzzling journey that goals to ship enjoyable for the entire household.
Fluffy Milo is centred on a really unusual trying cat named Milo who is formed like a block dice. He’s fairly hungry and so is in want of your assist to replenish his bowl utilizing a carton of milk. Performed out from a chook’s eye view perspective, the concept is to maneuver Milo round an association of tiles – utilizing the analog stick – so as to push the carton into the bowl tile. That basically is all there’s to Fluffy Milo initially, with such simplicity that means it’s straightforward to select up and anybody has the chance to succeed.
There are sixty ranges in complete and also you gained’t simply be shoving a single carton on a regular basis. I imply, it’d be an actual drag if nothing modified all through the journey. Happily, the problem escalates steadily as you progress and this provides selection to proceedings in two predominant methods.
The primary methodology is by slowly growing the quantity of cartons and bowls, making certain it’s a must to logically work out the most effective route for every carton, earlier than making any rash strikes. Contemplating the variety of cartons finally reaches ten, you actually should suppose just a few steps forward.
The opposite change sees the structure of tiles develop greater and extra advanced, with tiles additionally lacking in locations. If there’s no tile, then Milo can’t traverse it nor push a carton into that individual spot. This causes conditions the place sure cartons can solely be manoeuvred alongside a selected route and that really helps make sense of their preferrred remaining locations.
My one actual difficulty is that it’s often tough to know whether or not a tile is there or not, as a result of the autumn atmosphere is equally colored to the tiles themselves. It caught me out a few instances by not realising there’s a lacking piece, resulting in some faulty strikes.
There’s an choice to undo as much as three strikes without delay for those who do make a small mistake, which is certainly potential within the center to latter phases. Typically that’s not sufficient leeway although and resetting the whole degree is important as an alternative. It’s a superb job that the options are by no means overly powerful, in any other case frustration would absolutely come up. Finishing a degree doesn’t take lengthy both, so retrying isn’t time consuming in any respect.
That does nevertheless imply you may have all sixty ranges of Fluffy Milo wrapped up in round an hour, which is a tad quick even contemplating the finances worth. I do really feel it may benefit from just a few extra mechanics to maintain the expertise recent in its entirety, or doubtlessly lengthen it with non-obligatory bonus ranges with elevated issue for these wanting a problem.
By way of visuals, there’s an enthralling aesthetic to Fluffy Milo and the seasonal environments are good sufficient as backdrops. Each fifteen ranges it adjustments to a unique season, breaking apart any potential monotony on the eyes. What you see right here isn’t going to wow you, neither is the non-intrusive BGM going to be one thing you lengthy to listen to exterior of the sport, however mixed they do an honest job of making a calming ambiance.
Total then, Fluffy Milo delivers a healthful Sokoban puzzler that’s straightforward sufficient for many to become familiar with. The issue curve is completely spot on and also you’ll seldom really feel any puzzle is past fixing so long as it’s approached logically. It may do with being a bit longer, maybe introducing a few extra mechanics for some extra selection, however for the value you may’t moan an excessive amount of.
Fluffy Milo is an effective puzzler and you may do lots worse than to fulfill this very hungry kitty’s cravings.
