Lab Rat

Game lost me on the second tutorial puzzle. What does it want? I must be missing something. First puzzle is a column of spaces with a block and a button. Push the block onto the button. Next puzzle is a block and a button and 2 lasers. No clue is given. The solution is not to move the block onto the button. I randomly tried a bunch stuff, nothing worked. That isn't the kind of game I want to play. Tell me what the goal is!

Fun, Portal-esque game, with fun banter and interesting puzzles.

I really appreciate this game. For a lot of reasons. First, it's a solid sokoban. There is enough diversity and interesting gimmicks to keep the game fresh. The way the level selection process changes as the story progresses was really cool. Sometimes a sokoban will be a giant overworld with varying degrees of meta puzzles. This game progresses and changes as you go along and it made the game feel a bit more alive and interesting. Second, it's pretty funny. I really enjoy all of the videogame references and social commentary. And the way many of the gimmicks are tied to themed areas. The noise that you hear before the first of these presents instantly triggered me back to my childhood and I knew what was about to happen before it came on screen. Great job! The difficulty for the game is average. I have played a lot of sokobans, Monster's Expedition, SSR, etc., and this is a much simpler game. I did get hung up a few times, but nothing like these other sokobans where I would spend hours on a specific puzzle. All sokobans don't need to be that way, and sometimes it's just nice to solve puzzles at a good place and enjoy a game with a silly story. The graphics, sounds, music, and voice acting, all are solid. I did find a few bugs. These were easily fixed by quitting a level and going back in. Nothing game breaking, though levels would freeze. I think the dev team is small, so it's not a huge deal. And if the dev team is small, then this is a very impressive game. Either way, it really is great. Overall, this is a really fun game that I would definitely recommend. If you enjoy sokobans, I would just go ahead and pick it up. If you have never played a sokoban, this would be a solid first entry into the genre. I completed the game 100% in 8 hours. If you really like puzzle games and sokobans, the asking price is totally fair, given the quality of the game, the experience, and the gimmicks/puzzles. If you are new to the genre, and it's on even a small sale, I would definitely pull the trigger.

Charming puzzle game with well designed puzzles (you can solve them all with careful thinking and deduction, rather than just messing around), and funny dialog/story that gives a good reason to stay invested!

在等沉星之序发售期间有讨论推荐到这游戏，抱着反正不太贵的心态入手玩玩，结果只能说远超预期。游戏体量不算太大，不过也算没有水关了，新机制引入的速度很快，因此整体体验还是比较流畅的。也就是推箱子类型游戏常有的需要倒序解谜却不提供草稿功能略微难受。 总之，就算原价不愿意买，打折那也确实买不了吃亏了。 剧情方面密集玩梗也是一大亮点，但是这块就不剧透了，大家自己体验吧。结局略微套路但至少氛围感是给你拉满了。 中文翻译质量算是个小槽点，就，看得出来确实是人工翻译的，但也确实不太通顺，属于翻译味比较重的那种翻译风格，而且少量剧情以外的配音就没给字幕了。当然，可能对注重剧情的玩家来说差别不大就是，游戏里的剧情主要在玩欧美那边的梗，能看懂的英文估计也不会那么的差就是了。 最后，SteamDeck原生分辨率高画质基本稳60帧以上，只可惜默认设置直接全低了，分辨率也不对，需要手动改一下。

If you wanted portal's humor but a put in a sokoban style puzzle game get Lab Rat. The game is very meta with humor that is perfect if you understand game design, culture and tropes. A video going more in depth: https://youtu.be/DD5ss_wnUmc