FORZA POLPO!

When games are at their best, they deliver pure, simple joy <3

inspired by Jumping Flash and Pilotwings . . . and it shows! if you like those games, or if you just like floating around cute weird little environments, play this. you shoot bouncy pink projectiles!

I really like the game, it has Jumping Flash vibes!!! If you like Jumping Flash, I recommended you play this game! Good: Gameplay: it's Smooth, Simple. Level Design: Each level has a different stage and collect items, and the stage full of Japanese design, really love it, it's gives me some Sakura feels. Control: it's easy to understand the control, jump and shoot, and triple jump. Bad:*Only One bad thing. If the game allows turn-off shaking and some damaging effect, it's helping me more comfortable to play. The last thing to say, Hope we see the game coming to PS5, I think most ppl will love to try it!

This loving tribute to Jumping Flash is extremely well-made and gives a thrilling experience through and through, with a sometimes almost insane sense of altitude. Unashamedly cute, the game knows its audience perfectly well, and its controls are largely intuitive and easy to understand. The level design is usually pretty clear as well, although there are a couple of stages where it gets a bit more confusing; these levels may take a few tries as you figure out what they're expecting from you. But most of the levels do a great job at leading the player where they need to go. My main criticisms of the game relate instead to issues of potential motion sickness. I am someone who doesn't get motion sick outside of extreme VR play, but there were quite a few moments where Forza Polpo made my head hurt and my stomach churn; my Twitch audience had a similar experience as well. I'd attribute this mostly to the fact that the HUD moves independently from the camera, sometimes shaking, sometimes following at a remarkable delay. Occasionally this can cause some definite vertigo. If options were added to keep the HUD locked in place and possibly to reduce screen shaking or flashing, I would recommend this game without any asterisks. For now, I still DO recommend the game, for sure -- but you may want to keep your sessions light and complete the game in several smaller chunks of play, especially if you suffer from motion sickness easily.

A fun little throwback to the feeling of soaring over bottomless pits and timing your triple-jumps just right in Jumping Flash, though it's more of its own take on the formula than a direct imitation. A bit rough around the edges and in need of some quality of life improvements, but for a solo dev, it's a pretty impressive and enjoyable effort.

I have been watching another project Monte Gallo has been working on, while that one is in progress. I tried out this game here & it is adorable. The theme of the game & the audio have a very cute atmosphere to it. I may only be 80 minutes in, but I do recommend this to try out. It does give me 90's vibes from the environment & the style of gameplay. Polpo is still searching for the meaning of life.

Incredibly charming take on Jumping Flash that slots in some fun dreamcast/ps2 era aesthetics and level design principles. If you have nostalgia for any of these things you owe yourself a play, it's an INCREDIBLY charming time.