Core Descent

Wonderful little puzzle-platformer! Simple puzzles that escalate moderately, enjoyable skills to unlock and areas to discover.

This game is very fun in its core gameplay loop: switching back and forth between platforming and sliding puzzles. The upgrade flow is fairly consistent and also very enjoyable. However, there are two major things holding this back from being a great short game: 1) The movement is very slippery; if the dev implemented "coyote timing" into the jumps, that would go a long way toward making the platforming more satisfying without changing the difficulty in any substantial way [strike] 2) There is at least one softlock in the game after the base exploration loop is finished. Without spoiling things too much: if the player needs to fall down a one-tile-wide hole, the player is apparently too wide to fit down that hole. In at least one instance, this softlocks the player into a spot that they are saved into. This is the reason I would not recommend the game to other players. [/strike] Edit: Dev is aware of the softlock and working to fix it.