Box ninja 4.0

Ok. I gave the 2.0 version a try while I was waiting, so I have something to compare this version to.

-The flower pedals look a lot better than your old effect. They're drawn over the ground, though (the soil at the bottom of the screen), when they should probably be behind it like they're behind everything else.

-Even though the pedals look better, everything else isn't so appealing (ex. different sprite resolutions, stretched sprites, a random line on the background grass and a really ugly "box" texture). I'd strongly recommend redoing the graphics completely, or getting someone else to, if you want more people to play/test your game.

-The bright rectangle at the bottom of the screen (my HUD area?) is off-center and drawn behind the floor, so it looks really weird. The text and arrow icon don't stand out at all either.

-Why does my ninja's arm constantly move back and forth?

-The physics feel really buggy. The boxes' movements are a little unpredictable (at least in terms of how far they move). It also looks really bad/glitchy when boxes are allowed to slide on top of one another. The arrow bounces aren't always accurate either, so when I have to bounce to get the button, it feels like chance.

-I think the puzzles might be easier for you to control if arrows were destroyed upon impact with boxes. As it is now, I can often push a box out of the way and still hit the button perfectly with the same arrow. Some levels near the end of the first stage were easy to complete with a single arrow because of this (and I was given five).

-If I reach zero arrows, I think the level should restart after a certain time without me having to try shooting again first.

-I would really strongly recommend not using the pop-up windows for messages. Just write the message into that HUD area at the bottom or something. The pop-up just destroyed the flow of the game.

-Getting ice arrows screwed up the alignment of the icon next to the "equals" sign. Also, I found it very strange that both arrow types weren't shown at once. Why not just show all the arrows I have and let me switch back and forth in the list? There seems to be a lot of room there for multiple icons.

-The first key/lock level wasted three of my arrows by destroying them even though I was aiming at the bottom of the key box and it should have just moved upward. It also didn't move all the way to the wall and ended up stuck about 6px away from it instead. I tried three times, with two different methods, and then gave up on that level.

-A sprite-based crosshair would be nice. Sometimes the arrow didn't go where my mouse cursor was pointing, but a cursor/crosshair that you have control over could be positioned exactly where the character is aiming.

I like some of the puzzle designs you've come up with, but everything just feels so random with the current physics. Having arrows bounce the wrong way and boxes move unpredictably really ruins what could be a pretty good game.