A walkthrough of the game showing how to reach all the upgrades, orbs, and secrets of boxlife.
Introduction & Notations
SPECIAL NOTE: As you’re discovering the 9 secrets of the game, 1 of those secrets is found by lighting up 4 Black Boxes hidden in different parts of the game. It is extremely important that you do NOT shoot the Fireball Ability at these boxes in any other order than the one that is required. The community (as well as I) have seen this break the sequence and leave the boxes in a permanently inert state. As a result you will have to fully restart the game to be able to get all 9 secrets as well as the Achievement.
This is the only part of the game that I’ve found to be currently bugged in any way. It has been mentioned that you can break out of the map using the Shrink Ability against some of the outer walls of the game world. I have not known this to happen unless it is done purposefully, so you shouldn’t worry about texture meshes. I have never clipped through any surface of the game world and thus being forced to restart.
Let’s get started.
Part I: First 3 Abilities and First 2 Orbs


Once inside you can get the 1st Ability: Jump.



Once inside, you’ll get the 2nd Ability: Fireball. You can blast your way out and head back up the yellow steps to where we started.
Head to the 2-block “door” you saw before. Once inside head through the confetti garden to find the 3rd Ability: Double Jump. There is a distinct chime when pressing SPACE in the air for the 2nd jump.

You can shoot your way up through the ceiling and up here we can hop on the raised rail and hop down to catch Orb #1. You can only carry one orb at a time, so take it over to the pedestals it will be placed.




Part II: Abilities 4 and 5 & Orb 3


Only two more pillars and we’ll reach a much larger surface the same height as the last pillar. Straight ahead you should already see the 4th Ability: Reveal. You can just jump right into it. Wait for it. It’s pretty neat.


As you walk, you’ll reach a wall as shown in the next screenshot. You should reveal some blocks that go to the left. For right now, reveal this 1-block wide path (I’ve already revealed in the screenshot) until it reaches the far wall in the corner. Blast at the wall and you’ll reveal a small hole. We’ll be back for this space in a while, as we can’t get in there yet.
Head back along the path we were initially taking. Be cautious to reveal the path as it will wind a bit out and around the very large structure against the wall that will be our destination.
The path will get bigger leading to it and then you’ll need to reveal platforms to hop up to the top. You can do this by firing fire balls into the structure to find them, but you can also jump for your reveal ability to show them.
Once you’re at the top of the structure, you can jump up on the left and then over into the doorway on the right. Part of the floor will be ice blocks here.
You can just head down this housing-like structure, blasting through the ice blocks to reveal each lower floor. Once you’re at the bottom, you can drop down to the ground floor. This will be next to the yellow steps that led to the guard-tower where we spawned.
You’ll receive the 5th Ability: Remove. This will, up to a certain field around you, collapse the white blocks with little black squares as you walk through them. I call these ones Shy Blocks.
Head through them, going the opposite direction of the steps. You’ll come to the end of the cluster in the Main Hall and you can find Orb #3 here. (You can use the glowing tree for reference if you’re having trouble finding it.) Head back to the pedestal to place it.
Part III: Abilities 6 and 7 & Secret 1



You want to head back to the Main Hall once again, but hug the wall to your left until you see a very tiny Ice Block in said wall. You can activate your Shrink Ability with Right Click. Head through using your fireballs.

Once inside, you’ll traverse some black-walled hallways. You’ll find another Ice Block path soon after. Melt a direct straight path. At the end of this path you made, melt the block on the left and create another straight path. These next screenshots are precisely the path you should take.




At the end of the final screenshot’s path. You’ll find a doorway to the next section of this area with another cluster of Shy Blocks.


Before you head behind the red wall in the corner, turn around and jump on top of the black platform that subdivides the room. Go to the end until you reach a depression in the floor, similar to a trough. Since we never revisit this area, we’ll take the time to grab Secret 1/9 here.




Part IV: Orb 4 and Secrets 2-9



Head to the red square that doesn’t have an alcove and break it open with fireballs. It’s above the Fabric Block path we had to reveal after getting the Reveal Ability (as you can see from the second screenshot). This will be Secret 2/9.









Go to the Main Hall and over to the yellow pillars. Face them in the way I’ve shown in the next screenshot. This will be with the larger red block structure to your back.

















You can now head through the doorway!
On the other side you’ll be rewarded with Achievement. The achievement for completing the game with all 9 Secrets found! Congratulations!