Gamefinds: Soko Striker

We love it when we find weird and unique indie games to tell you all about! Our alien friends to the left herald these occasions. Pointed out in a post on Metafilter by long-time user pwnguin, Soko Striker is fun, and not excessively challenging, free Soccer-themed Sokoban game by Axylaric on itch.io. The idea is to get all the balls (up to three in a level) into the goal net. The ball slides when you kick it, continuing to move until something interacts with it. We could call these “ice block” style Sokoban pieces. One wrinkle in this is that the balls can’t cross the white lines at the edges of the board, or it’s a foul and you have to start over. There is no undo command, only a retry, so think carefully before making a move. You yourself can walk outside the line freely, and will often have to. Those yellow barriers in the screenshot above are simple blockers, mere walls that the ball will collide with and come to a halt. Later on you find these other players on the checkerboard…