Sokobond
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| Sokobond | |
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| Designers |
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| Programmer | Alan Hazelden |
| Artist | Harry Lee |
| Composer | Allison Walker |
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| Genre | Puzzle |
| Mode | Single-player |
Sokobond is a puzzle video game created by Alan Hazelden and Harry Lee. Gameplay involves moving atoms around 2D grids to form chemical compounds. The game was released on Linux, OS X, and Windows in August 2013. It was later released for Nintendo Switch in September 2021, and iOS and Android in May 2022. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics.
Sokobond is a Sokoban-style puzzle video game themed around creating chemical compounds from atoms.[1] In each level, the player is presented with a 2D grid containing walls and atoms. The player controls one of the atoms, and moves it around the level. Moving atoms next to each other bonds them, and the two atoms then move together as a compound.[2] There are five elements introduced: carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and helium, able to form four, three, two, one, and zero bonds respectively.[3]
There are a total of 105 levels, grouped into sections with themed challenges.[4] Mechanics introduced in later sections include introducing objects that can remove bonds, increase the order of a bond, or rearrange bonded molecules.[3]
Development and release
Sokobond was created by independent developers Alan Hazelden and Harry Lee.[5] The game's music was composed by Allison Walker.[6] The game was released on Linux, OS X, Windows-based personal computers on 27 August 2013.[3] The game was later released on the digital distribution service Steam,[5] after being greenlit by the community.[7] On 2 September 2021, the game was released on Nintendo Switch.[8] It was ported to iOS and Android on 19 May 2022.[9]
Sokobond Express, a mashup of Sokobond and Alan Hazelden's Cosmic Express, was announced on 27 July 2021,[10] and released on 22 February 2024.[11]