PooSky is a construction kit copy + paste game from Russian asset flip scammer CSM/W.T.B.. The "developer" used the craptastic GameMaker Studio video game construction kit, copying + pasting and arranging premade assets, using premade level design tools so they could pretend they're an actual game developer. It's just a basic GameMaker Studio endless runner template with some MS-Paint vulgar artwork on it, in the hopes the vulgarity will "go viral", an appalling attempt at clickbait game sales. This is pure garbage.
A strong argument can be made that construction kits like GameMaker Studio should never be used to make games for profit, as the "developer", CSM Excellente23 has done here. These construction kits are intended to teach people some of the basic principles of game development, and to make small demos to pass around with friends. They're not intended to replace to actual work of real, professional game developers. So it's inappropriate when amateurs try to use these for profit, without any actual, real game development effort taking place. This doesn't result in products that have any real meaningful value for gamers.
W.T.B./CSM has shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/880370]Jetpack Dog[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/2d-endless-runner-game-kit-27256]2D Endless Runner Game Kit[/url] developed by SG Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/760560]Happy New Year Clicker[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/clicker-game-example-33906]Clicker Game Example[/url] developed by Some Packs Team
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/880550]How To Be Best Russian Game Developer[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/clicker-game-example-33906]Clicker Game Example[/url] developed by Some Packs Team
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/806100]PLATI NALOG: Favorite Russian Game[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/clicker-game-example-33906]Clicker Game Example[/url] developed by Some Packs Team
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096000]Too White Basketball[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/dude-basket-104491]Dude Basket[/url] developed by Feat Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/823920]Kawaii Rainbow Portal[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/infinite-color-jump-game-54926]Infinite Jump Color Game[/url] developed by Puppeteer
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/908120]W.T.B.[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/rgb-a-casual-one-touch-game-62891]RGB a casual one touch game[/url] developed by MAD Entertainment
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/845730]Russian Prison Sport: OCHKO[/url]" = [url=https://gamedevacademy.org/phaser-game-templates-pack-1/blackjack-2/]Blackjack from the Phazer Games asset/tutorial pack[/url] developed by Phazer Games
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From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision.
The implementation here is of such poor quality, the developer couldn't work out how to make the game display in fullscreen, it only runs in a window.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, left handed gamers or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts.
Some of the defects in the game can be attributed to the choice of using the GameMaker Studio construction kit/toolset. This is a very poor quality toolset favoured by amateur developers as it's cheap and requires little in the way of development skill, but unfortunately has very limited capabilities. Just as you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, you can't make a great video game if you use a terrible engine. GameMaker Studio is most commonly used to make retro pixel shovelware and cash grabs.
A strong argument can be made that construction kits like GameMaker Studio should never be used to make games for profit, as the "developer", CSM Excellente23 has done here. These construction kits are intended to teach people some of the basic principles of game development, and to make small demos to pass around with friends. They're not intended to replace to actual work of real, professional game developers. So it's inappropriate when amateurs try to use these for profit, without any actual, real game development effort taking place. This doesn't result in products that have any real meaningful value for gamers.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 3 players, and the worst part is these weren't genuine players, these were the Russian fake review accounts that the developer paid to make the fake reviews. Since the fake reviews are all done, now the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected.
PooSky has the laughable price of around $5 USD, it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the unethical nature of the developer. Remember that if you buy a game from an unethical developer, you're putting your money at risk. For comparison, the $5 asking price for this game could get you games like "Mass Effect 3", "Rainbow 6 Siege" or "Portal 2". Quality, professionally made games like those are frequently on sale cheaper than this. There's also thousands of free, superior quality games on Steam.
[b]Note:[/b] Because this is more of a "joke" game, intended to draw attention from controversy or in the hopes of going viral because it's "so bad it's good" (but it isn't good at all), there's nothing here to offer to serious gamers. As usual, with most awful/joke games, all the comedians come out of the woodwork. The vast majority of the reviews for this game are joke reviews, such as "this game cured my cancer, saved my marriage, changed my life" etc. Because most of the reviews are as insincere as the game itself is, and if you removed the fake/joke reviews the game would have a markedly different review score, the positive review score for this game should be disregarded.
