With its simple challenges and gorgeous hand-drawn graphics, Alike Studio’s Love You to Bits has long been one of our favorite puzzle-adventure games on iOS. The follow-up, Bring You Home, shares the same cartoony 2D visuals and fluid animation as its predecessor—but plays like something altogether new. And this time around, it’s available on Mac too.

In Bring You Home, you’re a quirky alien named Polo on a quest to rescue your kidnapped pet. But there’s a twist: Instead of controlling Polo, you manipulate the world he’s in to ensure his path is clear of danger.

Each level presents a new puzzle: a scene divided into vertical slices that you control (via up/down arrows) to choose different options that create Polo’s path. In some scenes, the solution might involve figuring whether the ladder, drawbridge, rope ladder, or tree trunk will help you make your way safely across. For more difficult scenarios, tinker with elaborate contraptions that bounce and ricochet Polo toward the exit.

Click the big Play button and Polo treks valiantly into whatever colorful world you’ve set up for him—often to his untimely demise. That’s OK, though, because Bring You Home is all about second (and third, fourth, or fifth) chances.

“Failing is an important part of the gameplay, because you see new and different things,” explains Xavi Terris, who founded Alike Studio with his twin brother, Marc. “In fact, lots of players fail deliberately just to see what happens.”

Whatever the solution for a particular level, Bring You Home allows you the freedom to go at your own pace. And we recommend taking your time—it’s the only way to immerse yourself in the game’s joyous art and abundant humor.