Box-Out!
It'll grow on ya!
Made with ♥ by Mike Dillon
for NIJISANJI EN - April 2023
Come visit me at mikedillon.me
Get the Drop on It!
Ready your mouse and choose your oshi! Inspired by the classic arcade games Qix and JezzBall, Box-Out! is a fast fingered, fast paced, fast play area capture puzzler that will bend your brain and make you beg for more!
Grow your boxes and drop them into the pit, but beware - those pesky fireballs are bouncing around the field trying to wreck your progress! Outwit, outpace, and outsmart them with your oshi by your side to help you advance to the next level!
Can you achieve a high score with all four characters? How many levels can you clear?
Get in there and get the drop on it!
Starting a Game
Hover over a character with your mouse to see their name, perk, and high score, then click them to start the game as them.
Gameplay
Fill the pit in each level up to the target amount by creating and dropping boxes into the playfield.
Move your mouse to where you'd like to start growing a box. Click and hold to keep it growing, and release the mouse button to drop it into the pit. If a growing box hits a wall or another box, it will automatically start dropping.
Boxes are vulnerable to fireballs when being grown or dropped, so avoid being hit while you create them!
Points are gained when a box lands on the floor or another box, locking it into place and allowing fireballs to bounce off it. Bigger boxes and higher drops award more points, so get out there and get dropping!
Earn bonuses for completing the level quickly and for each percent over the target you fill with boxes. Extra lives are awarded every 30,000 points. Try to use them well!
Keep going and try to get a high score with each character!
Characters and Perks
🎰 Nina Kosaka
The fox of heaven whose big heart makes boxes grow faster!
🐧❄️ Petra Gurin
The frosty penguin whose chill makes fireballs move slower!
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Reimu Endou
The ghost of darkness whose gravity makes boxes fall faster!
🪄 Millie Parfait
The witch of calamity whose magic lets you win by filling less area per level!
Tips and Tricks
- Try to trap fireballs with cleverly placed boxes to allow for growing big boxes that earn bonuses!
- Watch fireball movement patterns carefully - you may be able to see something you're not expecting!
- Try placing boxes where fireballs may be moving to control where they might go next!
- When in doubt, drop the box! It's better to make a small box than to lose a giant one you're growing!
Other Information
You can reset your high scores at any time by pressing ENTER/RETURN to pause. Use the cursor keys to choose the Reset High Scores option in the menu and press ENTER/RETURN. The game will ask you to confirm a reset - press ENTER/RETURN to confirm, or to exit the menu, choose Continue.
Credits
All work by Mike Dillon except where noted below.
Characters: NIJISANJI EN
Explosion sound from Alpine Alpaca
Level Clear sound adapted from Treacherous Tower
32-bit integer printing code from Felice
