Bleep Bloop

Bleep Bloop is a well-designed puzzle game which took about 2 hours to complete. Levels are grouped in worlds, and each new world introduces a distinct gameplay element which is used with increasing sophistication throughout its levels. This structure keeps the game interesting. Coop play consists of each player controlling one of the titular characters, although arguably the real cooperation is more in reasoning towards the solution of a given puzzle rather than in moving the characters.

[b]bleep bloop[/b] is a simple sliding game. you're in separate control of two squares, wasd for the yellow, arrows for the red, and the goal is to reach the exit on every level with both of them. it can be played in multiplayer as well, takes [b]about 2.5 hours[/b] to complete. there are [b]25 levels[/b] in 5 hub areas, with the hubs themselves acting as sliding puzzles as well. sadly, there is no simpler way to select levels even after completing the game. [b]no timer, no move limit[/b], but no level names or numbers either, plus [b]no undo, nor level reset[/b]. esc doesn't even bring up a pause menu, holding it will drop you back to the current hub where the level has to be selected again. very cumbersome. mechanics include bubble gum, which stops one of the squares in the middle and creates a sticky tile on each side to stop the other square. switches toggle blocks and if one happens to appear on top of your characters, they die, but no level reset or progress loss, you can continue from the last safe place. colored blocks move along with the same-colored square, but unlike in many games, if you can't move, the blocks don't move either, hugging a wall and spamming a direction won't work here. and finally, in the last level pack you can create blocks in every direction around the current square when you push against the wall, thus easing the way of the other one. the graphics are functional, sound effects are annoying, but [b]the music is excellent[/b], mostly electric guitar, some piano and other stuff, easily the best part of the game. separate volume settings available, but no windowed mode, alt+enter only produces an unresizable window, and [b]there's no exit button[/b], have to hold esc once again. really lazy. I like sliding games, but this is below average, nothing to write home about and the execution is lacking, would be weak even for a $1 game. I paid about that much during a sale, still don't think it was worth it.