## Purpose
This is a short list of very good puzzlescript games - a personal, yet publicly shared, reference (to be updated whenever needed)
## Criteria
The list focusses on games released within the years //2014--2022//, yet many during this period were overlooked. As long as they match the **criteria** below, suggestions are @@@ welcome @@@.
Please be aware that there's a separate list for [site.author's Puzzlescript games|puzzlescript/index.html], as well as games where site.author collaborated (e.g. those from the [thinky-collective]) or was indirectly involved (e.g. @JackLance's' [ENIGMASH|https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e23f1fb3e9de2fd42fafaf4d4c]).
Inclusion criteria:
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To be included, a game must score very highly in at least one of these **inclusion criteria**:
-**Atmosphere:** pleasant colours, agreeable music, cool animations;
-**Challenge:** challenging puzzles;
-**Originality:** a distinct style, goal, mechanics or story;
-**Effort:** intense detail, innovative features;
-**Tradition:** faithful [#ports] of old classics.
Exclusion criteria:
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Fatal is the failure to meet at least one the following **exclusion criteria**:
-**Completeness:** not unfinished, not unpolished;
-**Intuition:** lack of awkward controls, lack of visual confusion;
-**Kinder-friendly:** absence of violence, blood, scares and profanity;
-**Minimalism:** no repetitions, no padding, no unnecessary moves, no wasted time;
-**Optimism:** no negative feelings, at the end of the game;
Balance criteria:
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To keep this list manageable, no more than 18 games per year are selected, encompassing 5% to 10% of the year's batch. Thus, as the year approaches its end, some games are hidden and others take their place. These replacements are guided by a subjective idea of **balance** across all games and authors.
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## Original Games
★ TITLE AUTHOR>>>P YEAR>>>InputLabel TAGS>>>InputLabeltl
//- [The Skyscraper Plagiarism agency|https://dee-3.itch.io/the-skyscraper-plagiarism-agency] Dee-3 2024 Gravity,Swapping
- [I'm too big for the target|https://sftrabbit.itch.io/im-too-big-for-the-target] Josheph Mansfield 2023 Switch, Circuit, Sokoban
- [Courtyard|https://parachor.itch.io/courtyard] Parachor 2023 Exploring, Sokoban
- [Knotwork|https://clickmazes.itch.io/knotwork] Andrea Gilbert 2023 Celtic, Maze
- [Instrument of the Winter Song|https://jpojecp.itch.io/instrument] jpojecp 2023 Music
- [Hermit's new home|https://bnhw.itch.io/hermit-the-crab] Benjamin Davis 2023 Exploring, Sokoban, Swapping
- [Sokoban... in 3D!|https://beekie.itch.io/sokoban-in-3d] Beekie 2023 Sokoban, Difficult, 3D
- [Cookies Overlap Delicious|https://competor.itch.io/cookies-overlap-delicious] Competor 2022 subtraction, xmas
- [Travelling Home for Christmas|https://clickmazes.itch.io/travelling-home-for-christmas] Andrea Gilbert 2022 phase, xmas
- [Hat tricks|https://clickmazes.itch.io/hat-tricks] Andrea Gilbert 2022 teleport
- [Gorgon's gaze|https://farawaytimes.itch.io/gorgons-gaze] John Thyer 2022 Sokoban, Mythology, Sight
- [Sisyphus' Sokoban|https://remi-tootata.itch.io/sisyphus-sokoban] Rémi Töötätä 2022 Gravity, Mythology
- [Remnant Labs|https://neonesque.itch.io/remnant-labs] Neonesque 2022 Exploring, Metroidvania, Garden
- [The Sorcerer's Detritus|https://chz.itch.io/the-sorcerers-detritus] Chz 2022 Platformer, Difficult
- [You make a mean move counter|patternscript:88a4f757301357d09c6cd9c07e94b0fc] misshappensmiley 2022 Reinterpretation, Phase
- [Football with friends|https://clickmazes.itch.io/football-with-friends] Andrea Gilbert 2022 sport, team
- [Rampster!|***6b5b9a5ccdfb7bd5d88ab66ad83ce882] Patty 2022 Sokoban
//- [Hebird|patternscript:5ddd0569697361191ae5211cdd5b65fa] Karoo 2022 Hex, Gravity, Snake, Difficult
- [Hats off|https://holymahogany.itch.io/hats-off] Peter Jacob Smyth 2022 Platformer
- [Spaceship Collapse|***74800e822b2ab824004a6bf9c9618ff3] ([harder version|***9c47b664d44c0b6b8fbfa3b63fb13c83]) thelast19digitsofpi 2022 multitask, metered
- [Every star needs a tree|https://toombler.itch.io/every-star-needs-a-tree] Toombler 2021 Sokoban, xmas
- [Glyph dentaku|https://competor.itch.io/glyph-dentaku] Competor 2021 Subtraction, Logic
- [An Elastephantastic Adventure|https://sftrabbit.itch.io/an-elastephantastic-adventure] Joseph Mansfield 2021 multiblock, exploring
- [A Sailor's Pastime|https://menderbug.itch.io/a-sailors-pastime] Menderbug, Zachary Barbanell, Jimmy Harrington, Corey Hardt 2021 knot, rope
- [Headlong hunt|https://toombler.itch.io/headlong-hunt] toombler 2021 slide, sight
- [Fractal Microchip Mazes|https://clickmazes.itch.io/microchip-fractal-mazes] Andrea Gilbert 2021 maze, recursion
- [Bodenhorizont|https://minotalen.itch.io/bodenhorizont] minotalen, Mer Grazzini 2021 garden, exploring, procedural
- [Furniture Science|https://vexorian.itch.io/furniture-science] Vexorian 2021 Wraparound, Multiblock
//- [Rolling block colour mazes|https://clickmazes.itch.io/rolling-block-colour-zone-mazes] Andrea Gilbert 2021 maze, tridimensional
//- [Stick-with-it mazes|https://clickmazes.itch.io/stick-with-it-mazes] Andrea Gilbert 2021 maze, colour
- [Pushing it|***2fe3172d2b9fe684977d184f1b6226d5] Jack Lance 2021 spring, phase, switch, sokoban
- [Shall we golf?|https://nebu-soku.itch.io/golfshall-we-golf] nebu soku 2021 sport, snake, team
//- [Boolean bloom|***2eee3685e7c384447d931b500517231b] vexorian 2021 sokoban, spring
//- [I am two|https://nebu-soku.itch.io/i-am-two] nebu soku 2021 sokoban, team, memory
★ [Gridblocked|https://auroriax.itch.io/gridblocked] Auroriax 2021 Wraparound, Board-game
//- [Where the heart leads|https://skyychann.itch.io/where-the-heart-leads] sky chan 2021 Sokoban, Swarm, Connect
//- [Pip Push Paradise|https://dario-zubovic.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=291a12b7feb72de9ba0d0280cfc4f561] Knexator 2021 Sokoban, Dice
//- [No left turn mazes|https://dario-zubovic.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=4939d50b45c57c3f16af18cacef940f1] Andrea Gilbert 2021 Maze, Constrained
//- [No left turn mazes II|https://jackkutilek.com/puzzlescript/noleftturn.html] Kutilek 2021 Maze, Constrained
//- [Guided sock meditation|https://pancelor.itch.io/guided-sock-meditation] Pancelor 2020 Sokoban, Line
- [Simple Sokoban|https://competor.itch.io/simple-sokoban] competor 2020 Sokoban, Difficult
//- [Sound Garden|https://nebu-soku.itch.io/sound-garden] nebu soku 2020 Garden, Sandbox
- [Wall Clip|https://galactical.itch.io/wall-clip] Galactical 2020 Wraparound, Sokoban
//- "Goosey Gardens|https://chemelia.itch.io/goosey-gardens] Chemelia 2020 Garden, Gravity, Sokoban
- [Gyoretu Puzzle|https://nebu-soku.itch.io/gyoretu-puzzle] Nebu Soku 2020 Swarm
- [Mouse in slippers|https://playtest.chapliboy.com/puzzlescript.html] Chapliboy 2020 Sokoban, Slide
★ [Mac and CHI|https://jacklance.github.io/MacAndCHI/] Jack Lance, PHI 2020 Sokoban, Team, Spring, Switch
- [Polyomino Puzzle|***b47581d15bc95200036b30bed28393e7] Zithral 2020 Filling, Multiblock
- [Cutters and Concrete|https://bregehr.itch.io/cutters-and-concrete] Blake Regehr 2020 Sokoban, Subtraction
- [{{Metamor[ρ]hosis}}|https://le-slo.itch.io/rainwater-honey-oil] Le Slo 2020 Gravity, Difficult
- [Overreaction|***3799fa548d5bd3f7da98a193a2234030] Le Slo 2020 Magnet, Sokoban, Difficult
★ [Selene's Labyrinth|https://jcgyo.itch.io/selenes-labyrinth] jcGyo 2020 tridimensional, Sokoban, Visual, Exploring
- [One level|https://dario-zubovic.itch.io/one-level] Dario Zubovic 2020 Reinterpretation, Sokoban
★ [Un-lock|***0bde9b6117e2c7aebb4f226b47cbdc47] Noa Hoffmann 2020 Sokoban, Subtraction
★ [Boogie Woogie|https://jackkutilek.itch.io/boogie-woogie] Jack Kutilek 2020 Sokoban, Spring
- [Edge Case|https://parachor.itch.io/edgecase] Parachor 2020 Sokoban, Wraparound
- [Memory Push|***9f23c563f0effa7fc4def338b054f005] Le Slo 2020 Sokoban, Memory
- [Fallen Leaves|***58325085befa37ab497168cd803c64cb] Le Slo 2019 Gravity, Sokoban
- [Laser League|https://timknauf.itch.io/laser-league] Tim Knauf 2019 Laser, Team, Sokoban
- [RGB Quest|https://dario-zubovic.itch.io/rgb-quest] Dario Zubovic 2019 Colour, Gravity
- [Dice Ant|https://tophwells.itch.io/dice-ant] Cristopher Wells 2019 Sokoban, Wraparound, Dice
- [Baguettes|***acb8f759e725b2f0f879aee8a7c885bc] Blake Regehr 2019 Sokoban, Multiblock
★ [Omniban|***96608bd07725a3a105bb0027a7b73da3] Patrick Traynor 2019 Reinterpretation, Sokoban
//- "Two faced|***235bd81d5e1b4bff727cbf09dbf18df3] Le Slo 2019 Sokoban
- [Pupush|https://www.increpare.com/game/pupush.html] Increpare 2019 Sokoban, Difficult, Dual
- [Broken Abacus|***f7518dbe107486ab1a50e6119f4bc3f2] Le Slo 2019 Sokoban, Difficult
- [VEXT EDIT|***9eb8f8f3df4efb450b798a279eeba2e0] Jack Lance 2019 Reinterpretation, Programming, Sokoban, Multiblock
- [Snake holes|***b7e46660fd11c8c775e51af5249de771] Jack Kutilek 2019 Snake, Sokoban
- [Gingham|***659ff18f159ae3cbecffe6578816457e] Jack Kutilek 2019 Teleport, Sokoban, Phase
- [Line of sight|***de1bcd042688497e6222c9bba414f33f] Joel Fox 2019 Sokoban, sight
- [Puzzling Duckling|https://jdersch.itch.io/puzzling-duckling] Jonathan 2019 Fishing, Sokoban
- [Splitting Headache|http://www.draknek.org/games/puzzlescript/splitting-headache.php] Alan Hazelden 2019 Divide, Sokoban, Multiblock
- [Swapbot|https://gate.itch.io/swapbot] John M. Williams 2018 Fishing, Swapping
- [Alien Disco|https://tophwells.itch.io/alien-disco] Cristopher Wells 2018 Swarm, Wraparound
★ [Islands|https://rosden.itch.io/islands] Mark Signorelli 2018 Contraption, Switch, Sokoban
- [White Pillars|https://rosden.itch.io/white-pillars] Mark Signorelli 2018 Find-the-goal, Sokoban
- [Skyscraper|https://rosden.itch.io/skyscraper] Mark Signorelli 2018 tridimensional, Contraption, Switch, Sokoban
- [ParaLands|***1fa8e206e54b1a66926bec98d3df63cd] Lukas Schüller 2018 Sokoban, Dual
- [XL-Plan|***537878634acb9aa4cfbd5298856ea1ef] Mark Richardson 2018 Programming
- [Hey you! Stop blocking the laser!|***3df1b85582d3d6fc4f24] Chris Pickel 2018 Laser, Mirror, Sokoban
- [Sumoban|***45d0e587a92b73ed55981fa63d95981f] Marcos Donnantuoni 2018 Sokoban, Sport
- [Hungry Kraken|***108de5a6080a5f0fcf5a7d427da73641] Stephen Lavelle 2018 Fishing
- [Kreiseln|***f5edfbbec44f7e1f43ca501b13fd67d7] Stephen Lavelle 2018 Sokoban, Rotation
- [Bring the ice cube|***bf3272fd7b73c43acb4f835478fb25ee] Stephen Lavelle 2018 Sokoban, Difficult
- [Fish Friend|***5e841571fd059992949fe6940bc95475] Jack Lance 2018 Team, Platformer
- [Out of bounds exception|https://cyatheatree.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=4b31e5425f31775057ec1003ff0b4271] Cyathea Tree Studio 2018 Reinterpretation, Sokoban, Boundary
- [Hop to, Kangaroo!|https://chyme.itch.io/kangaroo] Chyme 2018 Knight
- [Beach Jump Maze|https://oveahlman.itch.io/beach-jump-maze] Ove Ahlman 2018 Teleport, Maze
- [Vertebrae|***ce2474f62432e2a703bba3fb65f5b01f] Ali Nikkah 2017 Difficult, Exploring, Sokoban, Snake
- [Princess of Isometria|***df6e531d7f76b581dd66ecb7ca793d7a] Jere Majava 2017 Platformer
- [Symbolism|***57da05bc817b904d037df40fefa78d66] Richard Locke 2017 Programming
- [Entanglement, chapter 1|http://www.richardlocke.co.uk/beta/entanglement/chapter-1/] Richard Locke 2017 Exploring, Switch
- [Rock, Paper, Scissors|***62070c89dc7604de2484] Ivan Koswara 2017 Sokoban, Multiblock
★ [Kiri's Garden|***6ddffd193911af605c2479c52af7b1ae] Tim Knauf 2017 Filling, Garden
- [Filler|***dead21bf09bebb91c128eb27629affcb] Hugo B Designer 2017 Filling, Snake
- [Fossils|https://heskhwis.itch.io/fossils] Rémi Töötätä 2017 Exploring, Platformer
- [Programaze|***983d3fe448e281182289826597fe5a4b] Adam Gashlin 2017 Programming, Maze
- [Manni the Mountaineer|***2a4c5818a4efc5523edd] Denis Prause 2016 Platformer, Sport
- [Slide Rule|***8b6e3c506bd45c02fa54] Jim Palmeri 2016 Slide, Sokoban
- [My first Kishoutenketsu|https://remi-tootata.itch.io/my-first-kishoutenketsu] Rémi Töötätä 2016 Fishing
- [Robot Heist|https://w.itch.io/robot-heist] Anna Anthropy 2016 Laser, Team, Sokoban
- [Vacuum|***b1de1cc4f616b950f59b52e703457a37] Mark Richardson 2016 Sokoban, Exploring, Metered
- [Twinkle, twinkle, little square|***991339bc02d728fc7070] Mark Richardson 2015 Connect, Visual
//- [Sixty-five|***733b19d715db2c4d7775] Chris Pickel 2015 Endless, Exploring, RPG
★ [Skipping Stones To Lonely Homes|http://www.draknek.org/games/puzzlescript/skipping-stones.php] Alan Hazelden 2015 Exploring, Difficult
- [GB Senku|https://pixelartm.itch.io/gbsenku] Pixelartm 2014 Subtraction, Board-game
- [Weird bug|***8a619fd0ae022e2e0f1b48e1295a9541] ostroff, eakle 2014 Connect, Sokoban
- [Singleton Traffic|https://tophwells.itch.io/singleton-traffic] Cristopher Wells 2014 Connect, Boundary
- [Miss Direction|***8540011] Malcolm Tyrrell 2014 Gravity, Platformer
- [Gobble rush!|***9479176] Mark Richardson 2014 Team, Avoidance
- [Colour plus Colour|https://www.ben-reilly.com/weakly-games/003-colour-plus-colour/] Ben Reilly 2014 Colour, Sokoban
★ [Boxes and Baloons|https://www.ben-reilly.com/games/boxes-and-balloons/] Ben Reilly 2014 Platformer, Sokoban
★ [Beam Islands|***11359118] Mjau 2014 Connect, Multiblock, Divide
- [Love and pieces|***6846450] Joseph White 2014 Connect, Multiblock
- [12345|***8450765] Ivan Koswara 2014 Connect, Sokoban
★ [A Kishoutenketsu in the countryside|https://heskhwis.itch.io/a-kishoutenketsu-in-the-countryside] Rémi Töötätä 2014 Exploring, Sokoban
- [Mirror Isles|https://www.draknek.org/games/puzzlescript/mirrors.php] Alan Hazelden 2014 Teleport, Mirror
- [Frogbike: Magnet Hero|***1ec17c6dfa898d32e8cb] Ian Fitzpatrick 2014 Magnet, Sokoban
- [Space Valet|https://bnhw.itch.io/spacevalet] Benjamin Davis 2014 Multiblock, Fishing
- [Sokochrome|***47f443db6973d820383f] Connor McHarney 2014 Colour, Sokoban
- [Don't Play On the Ice|***8970711] Connor McHarney 2014 Filling, Slide
//- "Color lift|***4e63f6b8876c8bea3448] Connor McHarney 2014 Connect, Fishing, procedural
((site.author's selected puzzlescript games))
## Ports
★ TITLE AUTHOR>>>P YEAR>>>InputLabel TAGS>>>InputLabeltl
- [5 Step Steve|https://leaving-leaves.itch.io/5-step-steve-demake] Leaving Leaves, EPGA 2021 demake, sokoban, metered
- [Block dude|https://haydenschiff.itch.io/block-dude] Hayden Schiff 2021 demake, platformer
- [Patrick's Parabox|https://competor.itch.io/patricks-parabox-puzzlescript-demake] Competor 2021 demake, recursion, sokoban
- [Baba is you|https://galactical.itch.io/baba-is-you-puzzlescript-Port] Galactical 2020 Reinterpretation, Sokoban, demake
- [Sasquatch Sokoban|***d6a415a64049d198331d2a033d9ebbc0] jcGyo, David Skinner 2020 Sokoban, Isometric, demake
- [Multiban|https://minotalen.github.io/multiban.html] minotalen 2019 Team, demake, Sokoban
★ [Something Penguin Something|***9cf12965bff8b2b637dc2abadc307396] William Fernandes 2018 Slide, Sokoban, Switch
- [Pentago|***8d806fcb27bac319506ffc79d7e9ad76] Noa Hoffmann 2018 Board-game, Multiplayer, Rotation
- [Otherly|https://parachor.itch.io/otherly] Parachor 2016 demake, Platformer, Avoidance
- [PacPac|***ff545124a5ea5bf23ba0eef071a56533] William Fernandes 2016 demake
- [Cyberbox|***a0e0b94c91f3fe029c89] Anna Anthropy 2015 demake, Logic, Sokoban
- [MNSWPR.EXE|https://benjamindav.is/mnswpr/] Benjamin Davis 2014 Logic, demake, procedural
((site.author's selected puzzlescript ports))
## FAQ
### How is the game list sorted?
For games published in the most recent year, the most recently added game is on top.
Older games are simply grouped by year and then by author, without any particular order.
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## Notable lists
You may also like:
- @Andrea's [collection|http://clickmazes.com/ps/ps-taster1.htm]
- @kutilek's [collected list|https://jackkutilek.com/puzzlescript/collection.html]!
- @lavelle's [Puzzlescript gallery|https://puzzlescriptgallery.tumblr.com]
- @Auroriax's [Puzzlescript Plus Gallery|https://auroriax.github.io/PuzzleScript/Gallery/index.html]
- Roy Smit's [Game and Walkthrough list|https://roysmits.nl/games/] :::NL
Finally, all puzzlescript games ever made are gathered at the [Puzzlescript Games-Database].