Welp, after getting up the right side, realizing I didn't know how to get to the lever, doing one of the left side ones, and struggling with key+flip for a while, I reset my save data to check if the cracked blocks from the "ending" were a hint to something in the intro. They weren't, and save data reset is irreversible (as advertised). Not really mad, I kinda did it to myself, but I think I'm done for now. Maybe I'll try again in a few years lol
The cracked blocks are something, but you can't do anything with them until you pick up a certain step pattern in the trophy zone. You will probably have to reach the "you won the game" paper before you figure out what you need to do. Good luck and hope you feel like trying again sooner!
Thanks for the encouragement. In general I prefer to figure all these things out on my own, but I'm sure I already partly spoiled what you're talking about by scrolling too far down in the comments anyway. Guess I just ran out of patience, but like I said I'm not mad.
In terms of how long it'll take me to get around to trying again, if ever, you can blame pathological demand avoidance for me simply not wanting to do things on anyone's time frame including my own. This game will probably be preserved for most of the rest of my life, so there's a decent chance I'll revisit it eventually, but my main obsessions right now are quite unrelated.
"B"+home means you have to get all the stars with only "B" in the puzzle garden, without picking up any other spheres other than home. Some people miss that the paper clue is teaching a new step pattern like remove fog. The step pattern is... scroll for spoiler
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And is you still don't know what to do after you go back the garden and activate "B", try pressing the up key a bunch.
FL studio with various sample libraries. The intro music is a heavily edited recording of me playing on a real piano (plus sampled/synthesized instruments.)
really cool /original idea! i...need to play this more, but six spells in and I'm having lots of fun so far, just a bit sleepy to make progress right now :)
General Hints: It is way, way easier to attack the trophies when you have a visual reference for the step shapes you can fit in an area. Here are the possible step patterns for flip (purple) and fire (red), regular and inverted. Lighter square is start, and darker square is finish. I also included the chain flip into fire.
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Hint for Key-Flower and other lower left key trophies.
I got stuck getting started on some of these. Rot13(Yrnea ubj gb punva tngr pyvzof ol fgnegvat n jnyx va gur evtug cynpr fb gur xrl npgvingrf zhygvcyr gvzrf jura lbh arrq vg.) To read the hint, please copy and paste into an online Rot13 cipher decoder.
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Hints for G-Flower-Flip. I hit a point in this puzzle where I stopped having fun and would have appreciated a few concrete “You are doing this right/wrong” because there are a lot of things that have to come together just so and it can be a while before you realize you have softlocked.
First hint, in plain text because it doesn't give anything away. If you are stuck on G-Flower-Flip, drop it for a bit and solve G-FIRE-FLIP instead. It is not one of the trophies, yet G-Fire-Flip presents the same conundrum as G-Flower-Flip with the benefit of being harder to softlock and having more possible solution variations. By taking away your ability to destroy scenery with flower and reducing the complexity to obtaining the single star you can't get as human-fire-flip, it puts focus and clarity on the single major problem.
Hint 2 for G-Flower-Flip Rot13(Lbhe frpbaq fgne nsgre gur gevivny fgne fubhyq or gur hccre yrsg. Gb nibvq ybat-qvfgnapr fbsgybpx, lbh arrq gb chfu gur bar npprffvoyr abgr vagb gur pragre fdhner svefg guvat. Nagv-sehfgengvba, lbh pna fgnfu vg ol chfuvat vg hc vagb gur “pbyyrpg rirel fgne gb jva” abbx ol gur gevivny fgne naq gura fgrccvat hc ba gur pbyyrpg abgr gb chfu vg qbja yngre jura lbh arrq vg.)
Hint 3 for G-Flower-Flip Rot13(Gur frpbaq ybat-qvfgnapr fbsgybpx vf sybjrevat pregnva fdhnerf va gur ebj nobir gur ubzr ebj orsber lbh frg hc. Vs lbh ner fghpx naq qba’g xabj ubj gb trg fgnegrq jvgu guvf chmmyr, nofbyhgryl SVEZ ehyr xrrc nyy sybjref rdhny gb be orybj gur ubzr ebj hagvy lbh unir “cvpxrq n qverpgvba” – lbh jvyy xabj jung gung zrnaf jura lbh trg gb gung cbvag. Bayl gura jura lbh unir guvf fcrpvsvp bowrpgvir jvyy sybjrevat nobir gur ubzr ebj znxr frafr.)
Hint 4 for G-Flower-Flip Rot13(V pbhyq trg rirel fgne jvgu bayl rvtug gbgny hfrf bs sybjre vs hcevtug be gra vs V jnf vairegrq qhevat n pregnva znarhire.)
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To the developer, EpicPikaGuy:
Absolutely fantastic puzzle design. The different star directions and open puzzle field allows new players to compartmentalize on regions and bring previous victories forward unlike many "grindy" high-reset block pushers which feel more like chess plotting moves in advance. The only change I would suggest is modifying the trophies to require G-Fire-Flip before G-Flower-Flip. G-Flower-Flip is a major difficulty spike otherwise. See image.
Which bush exactly? There are a few choices! I posted the step shapes for fire in another comment. The third row is fire upright. You can't get that bush on the leftmost side of the map from the go back to trophy room nook below. You can see no upright fire shape fits.
If you are talking about the bush just upper left of the center star with two blocks sitting on it, you can't pass it. But you have already solved the hardest 2 parts of the puzzle if you have reached that nook before the tower of five blocks comes crashing down behind you. The solution is right there, just not through that bush.
Key fire was probably my favorite trophy overall for where I was in the learning process. It also took me a while, although I got hung up on two different steps.
If you want to know exactly which key gate it is, big spoilers, so maybe don't read: Rot13( Gur ybjre xrl tngr gung gbhpurf gur sne yrsg jnyy...)
More explanation...
Juvpu yrgf lbh trg hc bagb gur gbc bs gur obhyqre syvc znmr naq gura gur evtug jnyy bs gur sybjre beo nern, naq gura npebff gur abj-snyyra fgnpx bs obhyqref gb gur hccre yrsg.
N ebpx jvyy snyy ba gur bcra fcnpr tngr lbh arrq gb ernpu gur tngr hc va whfg gjb hfrf bs xrl, zrnavat lbh ner nyybjrq bayl n fvatyr xrl gb ernpu gur tngr. Hfvat gung bar xrl jvfryl, fgrccvat pnershyyl, naq svaqvat nygreangr ebhgrf gung qba'g sbepr lbh gb gevttre xrl vf gur tvzzvpx bs gur xrl-sver gebcul.
Puzzle game of the Year for me! Got stuck on the G+Flip+Flower for a while working out a way away from the final solution, where I brought one unintended rock to the place but reached a dead end not able to do another. Maybe this puzzle could be a lot more enjoyable to have an alternative solution by making just a little change.
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Welp, after getting up the right side, realizing I didn't know how to get to the lever, doing one of the left side ones, and struggling with key+flip for a while, I reset my save data to check if the cracked blocks from the "ending" were a hint to something in the intro. They weren't, and save data reset is irreversible (as advertised). Not really mad, I kinda did it to myself, but I think I'm done for now. Maybe I'll try again in a few years lol
The cracked blocks are something, but you can't do anything with them until you pick up a certain step pattern in the trophy zone. You will probably have to reach the "you won the game" paper before you figure out what you need to do. Good luck and hope you feel like trying again sooner!
Thanks for the encouragement. In general I prefer to figure all these things out on my own, but I'm sure I already partly spoiled what you're talking about by scrolling too far down in the comments anyway. Guess I just ran out of patience, but like I said I'm not mad.
In terms of how long it'll take me to get around to trying again, if ever, you can blame pathological demand avoidance for me simply not wanting to do things on anyone's time frame including my own. This game will probably be preserved for most of the rest of my life, so there's a decent chance I'll revisit it eventually, but my main obsessions right now are quite unrelated.
How do you get past the trophy that is B + Home?
"B"+home means you have to get all the stars with only "B" in the puzzle garden, without picking up any other spheres other than home. Some people miss that the paper clue is teaching a new step pattern like remove fog. The step pattern is... scroll for spoiler
...
...
...
...
...
...
←↓→↑↑←↓→→↑←↓↓→↑←
And is you still don't know what to do after you go back the garden and activate "B", try pressing the up key a bunch.
I beat it with G+B+shrink and only getting the bush+G G ending
ima 100% it tho
Did ya know this is now on coolmathgames.com?
I made a version for that site. (I didn’t know when they would be releasing it, though.)
Bee Magic
what program and soundfont did you use to create the music, if you don't mind me asking?
FL studio with various sample libraries. The intro music is a heavily edited recording of me playing on a real piano (plus sampled/synthesized instruments.)
really cool /original idea! i...need to play this more, but six spells in and I'm having lots of fun so far, just a bit sleepy to make progress right now :)
General Hints: It is way, way easier to attack the trophies when you have a visual reference for the step shapes you can fit in an area. Here are the possible step patterns for flip (purple) and fire (red), regular and inverted. Lighter square is start, and darker square is finish. I also included the chain flip into fire.
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Hint for Key-Flower and other lower left key trophies.
I got stuck getting started on some of these. Rot13(Yrnea ubj gb punva tngr pyvzof ol fgnegvat n jnyx va gur evtug cynpr fb gur xrl npgvingrf zhygvcyr gvzrf jura lbh arrq vg.) To read the hint, please copy and paste into an online Rot13 cipher decoder.
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Hints for G-Flower-Flip. I hit a point in this puzzle where I stopped having fun and would have appreciated a few concrete “You are doing this right/wrong” because there are a lot of things that have to come together just so and it can be a while before you realize you have softlocked.
First hint, in plain text because it doesn't give anything away. If you are stuck on G-Flower-Flip, drop it for a bit and solve G-FIRE-FLIP instead. It is not one of the trophies, yet G-Fire-Flip presents the same conundrum as G-Flower-Flip with the benefit of being harder to softlock and having more possible solution variations. By taking away your ability to destroy scenery with flower and reducing the complexity to obtaining the single star you can't get as human-fire-flip, it puts focus and clarity on the single major problem.
Hint 2 for G-Flower-Flip Rot13(Lbhe frpbaq fgne nsgre gur gevivny fgne fubhyq or gur hccre yrsg. Gb nibvq ybat-qvfgnapr fbsgybpx, lbh arrq gb chfu gur bar npprffvoyr abgr vagb gur pragre fdhner svefg guvat. Nagv-sehfgengvba, lbh pna fgnfu vg ol chfuvat vg hc vagb gur “pbyyrpg rirel fgne gb jva” abbx ol gur gevivny fgne naq gura fgrccvat hc ba gur pbyyrpg abgr gb chfu vg qbja yngre jura lbh arrq vg.)
Hint 3 for G-Flower-Flip Rot13(Gur frpbaq ybat-qvfgnapr fbsgybpx vf sybjrevat pregnva fdhnerf va gur ebj nobir gur ubzr ebj orsber lbh frg hc. Vs lbh ner fghpx naq qba’g xabj ubj gb trg fgnegrq jvgu guvf chmmyr, nofbyhgryl SVEZ ehyr xrrc nyy sybjref rdhny gb be orybj gur ubzr ebj hagvy lbh unir “cvpxrq n qverpgvba” – lbh jvyy xabj jung gung zrnaf jura lbh trg gb gung cbvag. Bayl gura jura lbh unir guvf fcrpvsvp bowrpgvir jvyy sybjrevat nobir gur ubzr ebj znxr frafr.)
Hint 4 for G-Flower-Flip Rot13(V pbhyq trg rirel fgne jvgu bayl rvtug gbgny hfrf bs sybjre vs hcevtug be gra vs V jnf vairegrq qhevat n pregnva znarhire.)
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To the developer, EpicPikaGuy:
Absolutely fantastic puzzle design. The different star directions and open puzzle field allows new players to compartmentalize on regions and bring previous victories forward unlike many "grindy" high-reset block pushers which feel more like chess plotting moves in advance. The only change I would suggest is modifying the trophies to require G-Fire-Flip before G-Flower-Flip. G-Flower-Flip is a major difficulty spike otherwise. See image.
i need help please key fire please how to get past the bush below the 2 gravity blocks
Which bush exactly? There are a few choices! I posted the step shapes for fire in another comment. The third row is fire upright. You can't get that bush on the leftmost side of the map from the go back to trophy room nook below. You can see no upright fire shape fits.
If you are talking about the bush just upper left of the center star with two blocks sitting on it, you can't pass it. But you have already solved the hardest 2 parts of the puzzle if you have reached that nook before the tower of five blocks comes crashing down behind you. The solution is right there, just not through that bush.
Key fire was probably my favorite trophy overall for where I was in the learning process. It also took me a while, although I got hung up on two different steps.
if not through the bush, then HOW.
You have to get on a wall with key.
If you want to know exactly which key gate it is, big spoilers, so maybe don't read: Rot13( Gur ybjre xrl tngr gung gbhpurf gur sne yrsg jnyy...)
More explanation...
Juvpu yrgf lbh trg hc bagb gur gbc bs gur obhyqre syvc znmr naq gura gur evtug jnyy bs gur sybjre beo nern, naq gura npebff gur abj-snyyra fgnpx bs obhyqref gb gur hccre yrsg.
N ebpx jvyy snyy ba gur bcra fcnpr tngr lbh arrq gb ernpu gur tngr hc va whfg gjb hfrf bs xrl, zrnavat lbh ner nyybjrq bayl n fvatyr xrl gb ernpu gur tngr. Hfvat gung bar xrl jvfryl, fgrccvat pnershyyl, naq svaqvat nygreangr ebhgrf gung qba'g sbepr lbh gb gevttre xrl vf gur tvzzvpx bs gur xrl-sver gebcul.
and HOW IN THE WORLD am i supposed to get on the wall without triggering "the fall"
Once you step up, you are good to go. I can't spoiler hide it, but here is a picture to show you what I mean.
i beat it without ever revisiting the level 1
only by reading comments i knew u could
is there anything to do in the ending other than rot13: frrvat gur ornpu, btw tremendous game, absolutely awesome metroidbrainia
That's it for the ending! And thanks for the kind words!
i wish there are a hidden end
Puzzle game of the Year for me! Got stuck on the G+Flip+Flower for a while working out a way away from the final solution, where I brought one unintended rock to the place but reached a dead end not able to do another. Maybe this puzzle could be a lot more enjoyable to have an alternative solution by making just a little change.
Amazing brain teasing
amazing game! not fully done yet but i'm really amazed by how one level can be solved so many times!