Mango 64

One of the worst if not THE worst platformer I've ever played, and I play all of them. THE BAD: -No controller support. -Controls are very clunky, trust me you have no idea how bad they are. -You always respawn at your house after exiting any building, so you need to go all the way back everytime. -Not much animations on anything other than when you walk or dash. -Very repetitive music, like 10 second loops of low quality audio. -The game is not polished and looks more like a very dated web tech demo. THE GOOD: -Got a refund. Seriously, I'm not trying to bash the creator(s) of this game, but it baffles me that someone would consider this playable, let alone enjoyable. It's barely functional and it feels like a high school project at best. This game needs polish and/or love and/or more effort put into it.

This game was a very mixed bag for me, albeit one I very much enjoyed playing. I am giving this a thumbs up/yes rating as I believe people SHOULD give this game a shot! However, I must warn that there are many bugs and iffy mechanics and areas that took up a sizable chunk of my 97 minute playtime. Three of those areas would be the end of level two, that jump was horrible, the sky level's grapple mechanics paired with the star boosts were very hard to manage and it never felt like my fault when they failed, and then an overall lack of polish on the final boss. Also the fact my game got stuck on Sunny's dialogue after the boss, as well as Locking Shift turning off every time I leave a building. You may be wondering why I am saying to give this game a shot if I have so many issues with it? Well, I find it easier to voice my issues with a product than praise it, and putting those areas aside, this game was a pleasure to play! I very much found this game to be a short and fun concept piece for what could be an even better sequel or further project! This is a really solid foundation for a quick 3D platforming game, but it leaves a lot of room for improvement, I want to see where future projects go! The designs were really fun, I even want to make a plushy of Mango and the Turtle enemies, makes me wish the game had a museum area. The style of each level was refreshing and always a pleasure to be thrown into. The dialogue between characters is minor but very fun and well put together. Mango is fun to play as, if not a little slow it feels, his mechanics feel well made and allow for a lot of tiny speed skips with his double jump, really engrossing me in the mood of a speed platformer. Overall, short and sweet, unpolished in many areas, but worth the cost and replay value to go for high ranks. I definitely am going to have to make a mango plush

Full playthrough & impressions (spoilers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hV14K-rN8 Mango 64 is a cute, short, fairly fun little platformer that gets a lot of points for its emulation of N64 style and textures. The game comprises 10 total levels and a final boss fight where you must guide Mango, our protagonist flamingo, as he runs, swings, and double jumps through the platforming courses. You're then given a rank depending on how fast you went & how many collectibles you gathered - receive all A's throughout the courses and you get a special reward from someone in the hub world. This incentivizes replaying the levels beyond the initial "plot" clear. While in the hub world, you can swap out your hat to make Mango look a little drippier; halfway through the game, you can also unlock hats that affect your abilities (such as infinite flight), though this nullifies your ability to get A ranks. Without going back through the levels to get all A's, I completed the game in about an hour. I would have tried for all A's if the level replayer wasn't broken at the time; a core element of the game is using your mouse (to rotate your camera) and the WASD keys in conjunction to navigate the world. In my experience, I was completely unable to rotate the camera when trying to replay a level, which made the acquisition of A ranks next to impossible. I imagine this core flaw is/will be fixed shortly after release. While what I played was fun, I also wish there was more depth to the game mechanics. Perhaps more abilities, more varied level designs, or simply doubling the length of the game would go a long ways to extending the enjoyability of it. There could be a whole echelon of particularly difficult levels - or more difficult versions of the levels that already exist - to add onto the relatively easy & charming levels as they are. I also think there was some real potential in adding more things to the hub world - perhaps mini games or other side missions - to flesh things out in the Mangoniverse. Overall, a decent little first game that does an alright job at emulating N64 aesthetics with a fairly fun and at-times-challenging gameplay loop. Pick it up if you're looking for a bite-sized rank-based platformer with pretty aesthetics to spend an afternoon with.

Thoroughly enjoyed this and wanna applaud the GAME DEV for making a cute and charming game!! The last boss is extremely tough but I had a fun time and could compare it to games like TOREE and other 64 inspired platformers! I would recommend for the player to come out of the house that they came into instead of always coming out of your house (which could lead to confusion and immersion breaking). KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK and looking forward to seeing / playing other titles from you!

Why does a 64-bit-era throwback feel like a precision platformer? Because the controls are no good, and the platforming leaves little room for error... but not in a challenging, fun way.