Grub Gauntlet

A fun puzzle game in which you must arrange various objects around the room to help the hungry man reach his food. Oh, and you launch him by pushing the TNT detonator behind his back. In the current version, the game has 35 levels that get increasingly difficult, but the good news is that you'll be introduced to each item that will aid you in solving all of these puzzles. Bombs, which can be used to push the man in various directions; portals, which can be used to connect two portals to travel between them; conveyer belts, which are a more precise version of the bomb that can be rotated; and levers, which can be used to open doors and rotate conveyer belts, are the main objects at your disposal. Several extra items can be found in the final stages, although they're more of a showcase and will almost certainly be built upon in future updates. You only get a limited number of objects in each challenge. Naturally, you don't have to use them all; certain problems can be solved by arranging objects at an angle and then testing where the man will end up. A dotted line that shows the man's route from previous attempts is a nice feature. It's quite useful because you can move the objects about and change their placement without having to remember your mistakes. While the first few levels are quite basic, the true problem begins when you have multiple food objects scattered over the area. This forces you to arrange and connect things in such a way that the man can fall down multiple paths in a single run. Objects can be placed practically anywhere in the room except against the walls and near food. However, when I placed two on top of each other or rotated and dropped the detonator in the wall, I had issues with object selection. I had no choice but to reset the level because I couldn't select them again. The included editor can be used to create new levels, which can then be uploaded to the workshop.

Not too tough. One level with fans is currently broken (Level 36) so I would wait for that to be fixed before you buy it. Otherwise the game itself is cute.

It's a mediocre puzzle game that based more on trial-n-error, rather than logic and physics. The UI design is quite questionable, where level occupies the entire screen, and other useful commands becomes keyboard-only or put on a floating window that blocks the level in different ways 90% of the time. I do not recommend getting this with full price. This achievement also seemed to be bugged too. Most importantly, the game seemed to be an abandoned project, where last update is in Dec 2021. Quite unfortunate because the game seemed to be quite well polished otherwise, and the devs are ambitious enough to add a workshop support.