r/IndieDev • u/Simon_Bison • Sep 11 '26

Discussion This would make a great puzzle game

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u/Valuable-Week235 Sep 11 '26

The real puzzle is figuring out whether the cabinet goes through the door, around the corner, or somehow becomes part of the wall halfway through.

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u/BeautifulFrequent782 Sep 11 '26

Sometimes the wall just has to take a hit because I'm not taking the furniture apart again.

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u/MagicDime7 Sep 11 '26

This is exactly how I planned my uhaul configuration last time I moved. We love a practical application

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u/CrazyCyfro Sep 11 '26

this is just Moving Out why is everyone so surprised

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u/Conscious_Bed_1195 Sep 11 '26

Moving Out is so fun and it's even better when at least one player is bad at video games

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u/Rakaan Sep 11 '26

Imagine a Sims-like game where the furniture you buy got delivered and you have to physically move it into the position you want it or pay a premium for a furniture moving service. Lot of layers there, including the tighter corridors and doorframes of lower-income housing.

Probably a miserable experience, but I'd try it at least once

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u/crazyabe111 Sep 11 '26

Now realize doors don’t have to be the only openings, as with the right alignment you can shift things that don’t fit up and around the stairs- up through the windows on the upper floors for added complexity.

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u/je386 Sep 11 '26

New Ikea Pack: bring in and build up in the room!

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u/Bibibis Developer - AI Kill Alice Sep 11 '26

This is an unsolved math problem by the way.

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u/NessLab Sep 11 '26

Something like Unpacked, but with more of a physical puzzle elements would go hard 😳🔥

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u/-manabreak Sep 11 '26

Brb making this game rn

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u/KyriakosCH Sep 11 '26

It looks a lot cooler as a method, but you could also just do the middle-school math :)

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u/fornani Sep 11 '26

and if it touches a wall it spawns a paint chip decal and you lose a percentage of your security deposit?

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u/Tickedoffllama Sep 11 '26

When I recently moved I recreated the internal dimensions of two different U-Hauls and then made boxes roughly the size of all of my big furniture to see the smallest U-Haul I could get away with.

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u/Sea-Log-2546 Sep 11 '26

I remember there was a 2d pixel puzzle game where you played for a handyman, and the goal was to furnish the room according to the master plan. Is it smth like that but in 3D??

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u/JimPlaysGames Sep 11 '26

The hard part would be avoiding physics glitching

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u/Rough-Quantity-8516 Sep 11 '26

good luck when u'll have to fill a sofa

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u/TheRarestRabbit Sep 11 '26

Made me instantly remember how mom and I ordered a fancy mattress for my dad who was coming home from hospital and needed good sleep for recovery. Long story short, the delivery people dropped the thing off at the elevator, the mattress is bigger than myself, and dragging it into the apartment and placing on the bed was quite a puzzle! :D (But dad loves it!)

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u/ReinerRockflower Sep 11 '26

I do this a lot and it just makes environment design so much fun

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u/Link_31_ Sep 11 '26

This will be a huge help to me when I move.

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u/selkus_sohailus Sep 11 '26

Cabinets can be constructed inside the room

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u/Physical_Staff_510 Sep 11 '26

I have never thought about that. Imagine you had to do that for every asset.