Ok, so, I'll be honest, I'm not really a fan.
The physics are the main problem. The really low gravity when in the air, and the fact that you mantain your lateral velocity after changing directions, especially after you dash, makes really simple things like just getting coins way harder than they should be, and it just feels weirdly off.
On top of that, the lives system is stupid. You get five lives, but you get a bonus one when you get farther than you've been in any previous attempts in a level, or when you beat one. Also, from level 6 onwards there are bonus hearts you can find in the level. And that sounds pretty fair, right? But here's the thing: when you lose all your lives, you have to replay the level before the one you lost your lives on.
And that makes no sense whatsoever. Either be hardcore and make me replay the whole game like Super Mario, or be chill and have me restart from a checkpoint like Celeste. If i failed on this level, why should I be replaying the one I just succeeded on? And guess what? If you lose all your lives on that level, you have to replay the one before that. Why?THAT MAKES NO SENSE. Oh, and on top of all that, since all collectibles also reset when you use the reset button (sends you back to the start without losing any lives), you can just abuse this whole system and farm infinite hearts by getting a heart, resetting, getting it again, and so on.
The artstyle decent, but kinda empty and nothing particular.
The music is also decent, but too epic and solemn, this game needed something silly.
Now, while playing I had set out to make a big argument about how this is good but has nothing special and different from any other normal platformer game, and another one about how this game is not for me but I have to admit it's good, especially for being free and made by just two people, and someone who is a bigger platformer fan would probably enjoy this. But then, I progressed. I progressed, and it got harder, but not any fun to play. And not any difference in the gameplay. A platformer is supposed to be hard but also fun. Celeste is the perfect example. Two summers ago I spent like 5 hours straight trying to beat a single screen of Celeste. And a couple of screens later, i found out the rest of the level was locked behind some collectibles and I would have to do it all again. But I was fine with it, because it was hard, but fun. This is just hard. Not fun at all, tedious actually. And yeah, I know I'm comparing a random free steam game to the holy grail of indie platformers, but that's just an example, and it gets to a point where a game is just not enjoyable and just painful.
So, screw those things I was going to say. I really wanted to give this a positive review, because of those things and also because indie devs always need support, but man, I just can't. This game is bad.
