Sokoban template
You can push, you cannot pull, and the fun is the state you got stuck in. Stephen's Sausage Roll (Increpare, 2016) is cruel about that stuckness. Baba Is You (Hempuli, 2019) lets you push the rule itself. Patrick's Parabox (Patrick Traynor, 2022) pushes a room into a room. Two blocks and two targets will tell you if undo belongs. The AI logic puzzle maker is the deduction. The puzzle game maker is the family.
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What makes a sokoban
Sokoban: you push blocks onto targets in tight rooms.
The games that set the standard are Baba Is You (Hempuli, 2019), Stephen's Sausage Roll (Increpare, 2016) and Patrick's Parabox (Patrick Traynor, 2022).
What the template starts with
The sokoban template starts with one small room, two blocks and two targets. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: push, get stuck, undo, push again.
What to change first
Push one block into a corner you cannot fix. The game should let you see that you are stuck. Undo is a kindness you add after the stuck state is readable, not before.
2D or 3D
The sokoban template starts in 2D.
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