Aya's Journey

Aya's Journey is a "template" flip. The Russian asset flip scammer behind this filled out a basic template in the craptastic Cocos2D (a blight on gaming), changed the name/reskinned a couple of things, and put it on Steam as if it was their own game. Aya's Journey is an unabashed, lazy ripoff of Limbo (Copyright Playdead/Microsoft Game Studios, 2010). Many lazy "amateur" developers don't pay attention to their obligations under copyright law, and often steal the ideas of actual, real game developers without credit, such as the "developer" here has done. At this stage no legal action has been taken by Playdead/Microsoft Game Studios against the "developer" here, but it's never off the table, as previous copyright law cases have shown. Putting aside the unethical intellectual bankruptcy of stealing someone else's game concept for profit, this is also breaking that unwritten law of stealing other people's game ideas... you should at least try to do better than the game you're ripping off. Aya's Journey is considerably worse than Limbo. Boogygames Studios have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or through closely linked/alt accounts. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself: [list] [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/973200]Case Simulator Weapons and Armors[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/yet-another-case-opener-91635]Yet Another Case Opener[/url] developed by NeraQuam [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/909830]Color By Number - Pixel Draw[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/pixel-art-color-by-number-117587]Pixel Art: Color By Number[/url] developed by Moana Studio [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/707610]Food Mahjong[/url]" = [url=https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/3337/mahjong-game-engine]Mahjong Game Engine[/url] developed by SmallBigSquare [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/713590]Hidden Object - Food[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/hidden-object-game-template-19394]Hidden Object Game Template[/url] developed by Puppeteer [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/714570]Hidden Object - Tools[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/hidden-object-game-template-19394]Hidden Object Game Template[/url] developed by Puppeteer [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/718350]Loot Collection: Mahjong[/url]" = [url=https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/3337/mahjong-game-engine]Mahjong Game Engine[/url] developed by SmallBigSquare [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431210]MahJong - Medieval Fantasy[/url]" = [url=https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/3337/mahjong-game-engine]Mahjong Game Engine[/url] developed by SmallBigSquare [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1053780]Pixel Art Monster - Color By Number[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/pixel-art-color-by-number-117587]Pixel Art: Color By Number[/url] developed by Moana Studio [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/681150]Rainbow Duck[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/switch-the-gravity-63196]Switch The Gravity[/url] developed by App Advisory [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/666800]Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/klondike-solitaire-complete-game-tutorial-101265]Klondike Solitaire Complete Game Tutorial [/url] developed by University of Games [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/709940]Weapon and Armor: Mahjong[/url]" = [url=https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/3337/mahjong-game-engine]Mahjong Game Engine[/url] developed by SmallBigSquare [/list] Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The implementation here is of such poor quality, the developer couldn't work out how to make the game display in fullscreen, it only runs in a window. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 3 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. Aya's Journey is relatively cheap at $3 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend.

Игра довольно интересная но однообразная, кроме того что бы бегать в одну сторону и прыгать больше ничего тут нет

I enjoyed it. It's a simple game. I'm a simple man.

喜加一

Есть масса подобных платформеров с аналогичным гейм-дизайном, но с поддержкой Mac OS. Игра вышла в 2017 году, но никаких подвижек команды в сторону наполнения игры хоть каким-то сюжетом, видимо, никогда на произойдет и сейчас она висит в стиме только чтоб разработчики зарабатывали по доллару на ваших покупках по купону на скидку.

This is a change in pace for me, because I genuinely hate writing this review. I've wondered why the 'Limbo' style games never caught on. Until now. This game is like Death Stranding, except bad. Bad in an irredeemable way. I don't even think it matters what I say, because this game seems to be in eternal 'Early Access.' It's very likely the 2 people working on this game (that's not a joke), gave up on this project as no progress has been made in 3 years. But hey that's what happens when you allow 2 people to run a game company with ADHD. (that's a zinger). This game was made with paint, and runs at 60 frames. Only problem is that at most, any given object has 2 frames. Including our Limbo rip off. Of which, you can't tell if they are looking into the awful repeating background or blinking every second. You know what made Limbo's dark atmosphere great? It blended well, it was quiet, it allowed the curiosity of the player to do the work for it. This game just throws a bunch of random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RNG puzzels at you, without the slightest hint of how to complete them. GOOD THING THE GAME HAS A NO LAG JUMP THAT YOU CAN DO ON ANY SURFACE REGUARDLESS OF SLOPE. Does this game need work? Yes, it needs to be blessed, because I gave it to the end, I ACTUALLY PLAYED THIS GAME, and I have nothing but resentment for the 2 ass hats who made this game look like it might be good. SPOILER: [spoiler] IT'S NOT [/spoiler] Oh also, here's a first, this "music" is great for 1 minute of reveal trailer nonsense, but a single track for an hour, makes me want to rip my ears off, shove them into YOUR ASS, so I can listen to the sweet sweet release that is the ♥♥♥♥ OF THIS GAME. Please, developers, please actually work on this game? Yeah? Got questions on how to improve it? I got tons of suggestions, but this isn't an "Aya's Journey suggestion." It's a review, and as they say in Poland: It's ♥♥♥♥.

Stimmiges 2D-Game, sehr zu empfehlen!

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Probably developed as a 'just for fun' project by someone relatively new to game making. The game is a lot like Limbo and even has a few points where I would say it is pretty good. But overall I would not recommend since the game is neither finished nor polished. I do still urge the developer to continue developement as I do see potential.

This game ain´t definitely like Limbo. It´s just a jump game that looks like it. If you wanna run, jump and die thousand times because of the bugs in this game, go for it. The game is not finished and I don´t think they´ll fix something in the future. Don´t buy it.