Starkoban

Starkoban is a challenging mix of star battle and sokoban, for stark puzzlers..

Place each stone in a different region to win. Placed stones become active and are named "stars".

Like in normal Star Battle geometries, stars cannot occupy the same line, column or region, neither touch diagonally.

If you never tried star battle before, don't worry, as each rule will be explained to you gradually! But if you did, you're about to experience some surprising twists!

Starkoban

Press X or Tap at a spot to draw an auxiliary mark. Do it again to erase the mark.

Press Z or (undo) to undo a move.

Press R or (restart) to restart the level.

Press L or the Level-selector-button.

(tap) or (click) the level name.

Start typing the level name and the cursor will move to the correct level. Press (enter) to confirm.

Alternatively, you may type the level number. Press (enter) to confirm.

Press (left) or (right) to move between levels. You may also use ↹ (tab) or ⇧↹ (shift+tab). Press (enter) to confirm.

Pressing Esc or L will close the menu without changing level.

Toggle Fullscreen by pressing F or (fullscreen).

Request a hint by pressing H or (hint), but use them sparingly to preserve your standing, shall you enter Hall of Fame!

Toggle the music playlist by pressing M or ♫ (music).

Leaving the current tab or window will also pause the playlist, but it wll resume automatically when appropriate.

Starkoban by Pedro, 2020.

Background (Guitar solo) music by Sei Mutsuki, 2020, CC-BY 3.0.

Starkoban's soundtrack playlist:
Track
Poema2
Guitar Gentle

Made with Puzzlescript and the Game Bar!

Added more detailed instructions to the beginning of game, and placed the "one rule" per level after the level title.

The "special push" was removed, following feedback from CHz, Stephen Lavelle (Increpare). Many thanks!

Level "Imperfection" was thus moved to the bonus levels and "Dharma Wheel" was edited so the special push is no longer needed.

The contrast between the regions was improved, by adding region outlines (with a splatter effect), darkening the regions and lightening the starlines (palette change). Thanks Portponky, Joseph Mansfield (sftrabbit), Karoo!

Two new levels added, combo levels reordered, difficulty adjusted or reclassified according to player feedback.

The keyrepeat interval was fixed - thanks Joel Fox!

Two new levels added.

Wednesday, 10/07/2019Games Puzzle Puzzlescript