I highly doubt anyone would pick this game up with hopes of a deep plot anyway. I liked following through it even if there weren’t any surprises or twists. Those moments are few and far between, so for a gamer who isn’t really keen on following a plot and just wants to play, this game offers just that. Plot is pretty standard, experienced in three different story arcs, and is advanced mainly on the levels by the main character communicating with the scientist. There are spawning points scattered here and there in the levels so you don’t have to start them all over again but it still gets tedious after a while if you fail because of controls, especially in the later levels where timing is crucial and you’re moving sometimes pretty fast to get past the obstacles/monsters. I replayed the tutorial levels but didn’t notice a button like that anywhere, and also tried different buttons myself, so I guess we don’t have anything like that. Would have been better to include a button for those climbing/dropping down moments because usually it’s just one square you’re aiming for and it’s easy to miss.
It’s easily fixed by quickly pressing to the opposite direction when falling, but that brings its own problems as well: if there’s a ledge you can climb on, you will do so by just pressing to its direction while being next to it, so you might be jumping up and down a few times before you get the hang of the timing/sensitivity, and finally make it to that one lower step. I had many times like those when I, instead of the one lower step, ended in a pool of acid, fell to my death, got pierced by spikes or eaten by a monster. Pressing the correct direction might land you on the step or over it. There are some annoyances with controls, for example if you have a spot where you need to go down just one step. Core keys stay the same but they bring additional options like, for example, having a magnet that lets you progress along roofs/vertical walls if they happen to be metal. You start with your skateboard, but will soon get other means of transport during the game. There is also an option to use A and D to move, but i personally found arrow keys to be more convenient.
There’s also a sticky bubble that you acquire which you can use to push levers, move wooden boxes and investigate the level without going there yourself. You control your character with the arrow keys (another golden oldie). I can see it from his eyes, it don’t feel good to spit out that spiky thing. Soundtrack is pretty upbeat, joyful and energizing pop-style music, enjoyable to listen to while playing. The game is interesting to look at and offers few surprises on the monster designs. T he visual style is explained by its o riginal release as a mobile game, and it works. Monsters you encounter also follow the same design, they’re straight out of those old games. Many different colors are featured on every level on the walls, platforms and enemies. It might be just my age, but playing this was a big throwback to the golden days of side scrolling platformers.
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Graphical style is very colorful, reminds me of those old animated series from the 1990s. Status: Released Developer: Rake in Grass Publisher Rake in Grass Genre: Puzzle platformer Release date: 10th of June 2016 Type: Single-player
It has its moments and atmosphere but the underlying feeling stays with you, throughout the whole game, that it’s aimed mainly at the youngsters. If you have kids this game is a surefire hit with them, but for us adults it’s way too easy. 191 levels to skateboard, fly, arrange boxes, switch levers and play with bombs. A group of teen boys’ day of skateboarding goes horribly wrong when one of them falls into a pipe and ends up in a mad scientist’s mansion, where the aforementioned genius is also now trapped because of a failed experiment.
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