Felix The Toy

Would of played through the entire game if I could actually see where I was jumping half the time instead of the backs of walls.

Steam seriously needs a neutral rating. By all means this is an adorable platformer really suffers from that first game syndrome. It handles well enough but the pathing for the levels just doesn't seem to flow that well. The explorer mode, that I played first since it seemed like the easier option at a glance, doesn't have much in the way of leading a player towards the goal or even properly communicate what the goal is at first glance aside from the a small hint from the HUD. Retro mode has an inverse of this problem and im left feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of collectibles and while this may not be a problem itself, the level structure rears its head and and im find myself stopped by arbitrary invisible walls in some of the worst spots imaginable. The music however could use a loop point, Kinda jarring to have it fade out at the end of the track only to come back to the same repeated bars. Overall, just an aggressively ok game and the amount of potential shown here is a good start and can only keep improving.

oh hell nah dawg I want my 2 dollars back edit: thanks developer for giving me a jester award I will think about you when I spend my juicy points

Felix the Toy is very nearly a hidden gem, as the platforming is really a lot of fun and the game world is enjoyable to explore. It's basically the plot of Toy Story but it takes a weird detour at the end. The main thing I don't like about this game is the fact that all the levels are open at the beginning. I beat each level in order but technically you can skip all of that and go straight to the end if you want. The electronic music is great and the game play is generally pretty fun. You are basically finding keys on each stage to unlock doors at the end and progress. The game starts out easy but gets gradually more complex. The final few levels have some pretty difficult sequences and this game as a whole took me about five hours to finish. There is a puzzle element to figuring out what path you need to take to reach the key. You might see the key on a ledge but there is a specific route that you need to take that might start on the other side of the level. There are sadly a lot of invisible walls that stop you if you try to play your own way which is annoying, especially since other indie platformers like "Pseudoregalia" have very fluid motion and the ability to carve your own path through obstacles. All Felix can do is move and jump, and while this restricts the game play it also reveals that the main objective is really just to figure out the routes through the levels. There are no enemies and no combat. I think the game needed some kind of combat element to vary the game play, but even without it this is still very fun to play through and I dig the goofy graphics and intense electronic music.

Felix the Toy's presentation is simple and unpolished, but once you get past that, you'll find yourself in an addictive gameplay loop attempting to find all of the collectables strewn across each level. Some keys are simply challenging to reach but others require you to pay close attention to your surroundings to notice traversable platforming sections. For example, the hidden key in [spoiler]Bowling Alley which is only accessible if the player takes a leap of faith jumping on the dangling globes.[/spoiler] A minor critique of the game design is the generous use of invisible walls as this sometimes breaks the flow of a level. Similarly, some objects will have no collision despite appearing to be solid. This is presumably a product of the game being developed by a single person over the course of two years so it's easily forgiven. Even as someone who has never played the original Toy Story PS1 game, I found a lot to love and appreciate.

Слишком примитивный и простой платформер, который может затянуть на пару часиков. Собственно, начнём с минусов: Некоторые вещи в игре не имеют коллизии, с лёгкостью в них проходишь; Все ассеты и вся игра нарисована в Paint'е; В каких-то местах один предмет накладывается на другой, тоже самое бывает и с текстурами; Камера поставлена неудобно, так как вваливается в текстуры. Но! Зато видно, что эта игра сделана с душой и что над ней хоть чуть-чуть, да и постарались: есть прикольный маскот, много уровней, небольшой интерактивчик с ключами и монетами, неплохое заполнение уровней предметами, цветочками и прочими деталями. В итоге, оценка этой игре - 5/10