Lofi Ball

good game, would lose track of time playing something like this. Try it out! 8/10

Ok I have a lot to say about this but if you don't want to read a lot then the short version is-[b]I cannot and will not recommend this game in the slightest[/b], do not waste your time until the developer fixes the many, many flaws.⠀Where do I begin..⠀[b]INTERFACE[/b]-⠀ The menu navigation is atrocious, using a controller will leave you infuriated as your mouse cursor will persist in the centre of the screen effectively changing whatever you select randomly and it can be difficult to get it back to your choice.⠀ The interface is not made for controller input, with scroll bars that need to be highlighted and moved rather than just scrolling through the choices.⠀ Upon finishing a level the option chosen by default is to return to the main menu, not the option to go to the next level and the choice of both font and colour make it extremely unclear what you are choosing.⠀ The options menu is sparse, awkward to navigate and suffers from the same problem of being designed for mouse input since you cannot use the shoulder or trigger buttons to move to the next section, rather you have to use the D-Pad (yep, it has to be the D-Pad) to go up, then left or right to hilight the arrow, click A and you get the idea.⠀⠀[b]GAMEPLAY[/b]-⠀I'll preface this by saying that I played for 40 levels to give this a FAIR review, and I will finish it to be sure because I want to be accurate. That said, the whole experience is utter trash. Choppy and un-optimised.⠀ Camera drifts, CONSTANTLY. I tried everything to resolve this but no, it would not stop. Level design is boring, repetitive and not challenging, then all of a sudden there is a literal arcade level of spike in difficulty where the jumps are made to be so tight you feel like you're exploiting the game by trying to find the limits of hit boxes.⠀ The levels where the difficulty rose were just straight runs with 50-100 bounce poles to send you flying in some direction, and it could be any direction because the physics make absolutely no sense.⠀ There is no verticality whatsoever in any level, they are all flat, they are all untextured, the song just drones on forever.⠀ It isn't like monkey ball where you tilt the level, you roll the ball and have mid air control which I feel would ruin any future added creative challenges if there ever are.⠀⠀Look, I really, REALLY want to like this game, I love games like it. I don't like writing negative reviews but I feel like there are far too many issues to not point them out and while it may seem harsh the changes that need to be made need to be just as severe.⠀⠀A major problem I have with the listing of this game is the suggestion that it will "run well on steam deck" and I'm sorry but based on my experience I just do NOT see how that is possible. Like I said, I will continue playing and adjust my review (only if and) when I find anything to add to this but I hope what I have said can be taken and used to improve all aspects of what is there, because there is a very basic foundation here that can be built upon and the gap in the market exists to make it work if you take the time.