Star Stuff

I’m really enjoying the game so far. The puzzles are well-designed—challenging enough to keep you thinking, but not frustrating. The dialogue didn’t really grab me, so I ended up skipping most of it. It’s not terrible, just not that interesting to read. Two things that took away some of the fun for me is that the game shows you exactly how many lines of code your solution should have for each bot and it hides instructions that should not be used. It makes it a bit too easy sometimes, since it gives away too much about the solution. I would rather have a hard mode that doesn't do that. Still, if you enjoy coding-based puzzle games, it’s definitely worth playing.

Full disclaimer, I am not a fan of programming games, though I am of logic puzzle games. I played this nearly to the end and although I usually finish puzzle games (and games in general) once I got to the final area (well the last 2 challenge levels of the area before that) it just got too much for me and I had to say "ok, this is it for me", which was a shame, but didn't sour the experience. This is a genuinely good game. The way it works is you arrange code to make bots move in a certain way, either alone or in combination with your movements. This makes for a different experience in that you kind of have to understand the puzzle in order to solve it, you can't really trial & error your way through or even just whinging it. The mechanics are overall interesting and varied and until I reached the point where it felt too much for me there wasn't really any mechanic I outright hated. If you are a puzzle game lover, don't miss this one. Even though I was unable to complete it, I enjoyed my time with it.

Got this game as a gift. Nice little coding puzzle game. It's short but sweet and I actually was able to 100% the game. The hints don't give away the answer but help point you in the right direction which I like a lot. These are not overly complex puzzles so it's a good introduction to these types of games. If they release additional puzzles in the future with more areas, mechanics, and cosmetics, I would definitely play it. TLDR: Short but fun coding puzzle game. Great for newbies and people who like cute puzzle games.

The best programming-like I've played, and the soundtrack is top-notch!

An awesome family friendly puzzle game! I really enjoyed this game. Played on the TV with a controller, and it felt like that is the way to go. Played with my partner, passing the controller back and forth, and we had a great time with it! I could also see this working well as an intro to programming for kids. The difficulty is moderate, so I don't think you need to be a puzzle sicko to enjoy it.

Fun puzzles! Could have had a bit more difficult challenge puzzles though.

An interesting take on the "collaborate with multiple versions of yourself" puzzle game, where instead of multiple versions of yourself you're programming little robots to do it. Very cute, and not super hard though the optional levels at the end got tricky.

I like the idea that it combines action-puzzle with programming elements. This can be very nice to get kids into that without make them yawn. The style and art is very cute .

Star Stuff is a cute puzzle/programming game that adds a unique twist on the genre by mixing in the real-time movement of your character with the automation you are programming. For a lot of the games in this genre you write the code, click "Start", and then just watch things happen; in this game, you have a more active role where you have to get stuff done while the code is running. This aspect also made me think out solutions a little differently than usual - trying to figure out how to weave in my own actions (like triggering certain 'if' statements) and interacting with the robots and their limited movesets adds an additional dimension that kept things engaging. The difficulty level felt about just right, and the game does a good job of slowly introducing new mechanics and code statements. There were only a handful of real head-scratchers I encountered, but luckily you only have to complete a subset of the levels in each area to progress, so it's easy to skip levels and come back to them later without your overall progress being completely hindered. The hint system is neat as well; it basically gives you a skeleton of the solution code to fill in yourself. Delightful game, really enjoyed my time with it, would recommend.

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