Bump Bump Bump

[quote]Courtesy of [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32143389/]Notable Releases[/url] curator group [url=http://notablereleases.com/post/indie-weekly-2018w14/#bump-bump-bump]Full Review[/url][/quote] I’m fairly confident that this game has nothing to do with the hit B2K song of the same name, but it makes me smile nonetheless. Bump Bump Bump has all the same delightful minutiae of Peggle, or its mechanical predecessor Pachinko – but without the reliance on chance. Each level starts with a ball being shot out of a hole at a pre-determined angle and your goal is to use an inventory of shapes, called bumpers, to get it to another hole somewhere else on the screen. There are obstacles along the way like walls and spikes. The former will result in bounces and the latter will cause the ball in play to disappear. Once you get the ball to its desired home, a new puzzle will appear before you. Each level is comprised of a handful of these screens. Finishing the first level reveals that each of the screens are connected as part of a larger landscape. At first, these puzzles don’t interfere with the other in any meaningful way, but by the halfway point this becomes the focal point of Bump Bump Bump. The angle the ball landed in one hole will determine how it launches in the next screen. Bumpers you placed in previous screens may now be blocking your path. These twists may force you to backpedal while keeping the larger picture in mind. The details in this minimally designed puzzler have been carefully crafted for you to enjoy the result of your creation. For example, once a level is completed, Bump Bump Bump zooms out to show you each screen in one playfield as the ball you set in motion several puzzles ago, makes its way to the final hole in the last puzzle. You can sit and watch this indefinitely until you’re ready to move on to the next challenge. Additionally, each bounce on the way to the ball’s destination plays a progressively higher note. When there are multiple balls in play – especially at the end of a level – this makes for for a simple but pleasant melody. Well worth the price of entry, this puzzler is a delight throughout each of the 72 puzzles.