Coin Bois

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Coin Bois is a simple puzzle game where you slide around and collect coins. The coins you collect extend your life, allowing you to hit spikes.

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Controls


Arrow keys to slide around (like on ice!).

R to reset the stage.

Details


Engine: Custom engine written in C++ and scripted in Lua.

Audio: Sound effects made with Bfxr. Music made with Bosca Ceoil.

Graphics: Made with Pyxel Edit and Paint.NET.

Third Party Tech: Emscripten, Lua, Sol2, SoLoud, msdfgen, MetaStuff, LodePNG, GLM.

Mac Users: If you get a black screen, try using Safari.

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Comments19

Megan Kozun30 Apr 2019, 04:36
Pretty simple but a fun and cute game overall! Good job!!
Black Potion
Black Potion30 Apr 2019, 04:37
controling two cractere at the same time in that king of puzzle game is hard :D but i enjoyed it, wp!
humfuzz30 Apr 2019, 05:14
Not a fan of the timing-based levels, but great puzzle and execution.
plexsoup
plexsoup30 Apr 2019, 06:00
Hoo boy. Difficult game for me. I got stuck on stage 6. Lots of fun. Nice mechanic. Nice audio. Elegant game. If I was better at puzzlers I'd play longer.
CarlsonAndPeeters
CarlsonAndPeeters30 Apr 2019, 06:04
Oh I like this. I like this very much. Not only do I love block sliding puzzle gameplay to begin with, but you created a really clever mechanic on top of that. A+ from me.
khaotom
khaotom30 Apr 2019, 06:05
Nice tricks with the multiple characters. I got stuck on stage 5, might be too long of a day for me brain.
zampi30 Apr 2019, 06:06
Solid game!
michaelsonbritt30 Apr 2019, 09:02
Very creative puzzle mechanics! I found a solution to stage 6 but it seems really cheesy. Is there really a way to get to the upper section? I wonder if the input timing is a little different on different platforms (windows here).
Alchemic
Alchemicauthor30 Apr 2019, 21:04
Thanks for the comments everyone!

Some of the later stages are pretty challenging and have multiple solutions. If you make it past stage 5 then you're doing pretty good!

@michaelsonbritt The input timings are the same on all platforms, the game moves at a fixed tick rate, and there's no randomness involved.

There is definitely a way to get to the upper section of stage 6, but it requires some precision. Hint: try going faster.
GhostGoatsGames1 May 2019, 05:06
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I just keep getting a black on the web build. I can see the hud, but thats it,
Dorblin7z7
Dorblin7z71 May 2019, 05:13
Great use of two characters sharing the same controls, as well as using them to collide with one another!
On one hand it's refreshing to have a puzzle game with some timing based input, on the other hand some of the windows are pretty short, which is frustrating if I already know the solution.
jyrkface1 May 2019, 05:16
great game! Nice job keeping your assets simple, the result looks very polished!
Alchemic
Alchemicauthor1 May 2019, 05:56
@ghostgoatsgames Sorry about that, I'm not sure what would cause that. If you could tell me what browser (including version number) you're using, and what OS, it would help a lot!
JustusPan
JustusPan1 May 2019, 06:14
Thoughs I have yet solved stage 6, some secrets may also helpful for other player. This is not a turn-based puzzle game, which is one of the most amazing and innovative idea of this game. Each little people can start his next action immediately once his has been stop by 'something'. 'something' here includes 'regular brick', 'damage brick', 'another people'. Have fun with it! Nice work ~
Dudum Lare
Dudum Lare1 May 2019, 17:47
Smart take on the theme, I like it! I've played for a while now and got stuck on level 7 - I can't figure it out :P
rosypenguin
rosypenguin3 May 2019, 06:28
Simple mechanics that make their way into nice complex levels! I had fun with this one, nice twist on the classic sliding puzzle games. I got as far as level 7, whereas the other levels were more puzzle-like, this one weas purely timing and I got frustrated having to re-do the whole level because I missed the timing by a hair!
Great work!
coatline
coatline5 May 2019, 18:43
Simple little game. Not often you see puzzle games made in 48 hours so very impressive. Pretty good music for 48 hours too. and the only thing is that I have to complain about is that I wish you restarted the level automatically after you go off of the screen.
Naruvan5 May 2019, 19:28
You could really do a lot with it! This game, like the best of puzzle games, has very simple mechanics that can easily be extended. I found some puzzles really challenging and I hope you will continue working on it!
Oune5 May 2019, 19:32
Nice entry. Two characters sharing the same controls is interesting but I'm not a fan having to hit a timing to solve some puzzles.

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