Browser Game Pick: Guardian Rock (Stefan Ahlin)
Guardian Rock is a great new browser game title that makes full use of [EDIT: Zelda things excised!] sliding block puzzle fun. Stefan Ahlin (or Torpedolab, as he calls himself) has, however, taken the idea a lot further and there are some truly difficult solutions to be found here.
The idea is to slide the 'Guardian Rock' around the levels and crush all the explorers. Problem is, once old G Rock starts moving, he can't stop until he's crashed into something solid. He's then got to reach the goal once all the little men have been walloped! It's a hard life, this 'protecting the ancient temple' thing.
Give it a blast over on Torpedolab. Oh, and while you're over there, give Super Briefcase a quick go, too. I meant to give it a mention a while back but it slipped my mind. (Thanks to Alex Shen for the recommendation!)
Comments
Though the mechanic of the two is completely different - Kloony made an equally interesting project of the blouder being the anti-hero:
http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/boulder
Kudos to both these games
I'll see how far i can get on the normal levels! =)
Posted by: NotWorthy | August 29, 2009 2:29 AM
I really like the tiles.
Posted by: lout | August 29, 2009 4:35 AM
i'm pretty sure sliding block puzzles are _not_ present in most zelda games. there are puzzles where you push single blocks single spaces, but that's a stretch.
Posted by: what | August 29, 2009 6:57 AM
I'm pretty sure his last name is Åhlin, not Áhlin.
Posted by: Marcus | August 29, 2009 10:23 AM
I gotta agree with that other guy. This kind of puzzle is not in any Zelda games. Sorry.
Posted by: Mark | August 29, 2009 12:09 PM
For some odd reason, this reminds me of "Don't Save the Princess".
Posted by: Anonymous | August 29, 2009 4:31 PM
Come on, guys :).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xemfY6uZMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpQQm10cpo4
Posted by: Mark Johns | August 29, 2009 7:24 PM
Fun little game. I like the sounds and music.
Posted by: keeblur | August 29, 2009 7:25 PM
@John: Finally someone to back me up! I can think of 2 different 2D Zeldas which use it too, but I can't find any youtube vids atm :(
Posted by: Michael Rose | August 29, 2009 8:12 PM
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons used it too. Dont be so picky... If I think of Zelda puzzles thats the first thing that comes into my mind (after the trading sequence of course..)
Posted by: Bleagle | August 29, 2009 8:58 PM
I've played the zelda games and never thought about them when i played this game...
sliding blocks! it might as well be compared to the sliding blocks puzzles
Posted by: mots | August 30, 2009 3:10 AM