reIterate()

[i]Played for 4-5h as Beta Tester.[/i] [b]Thank god for slow mode. [/b] Black Country Games provides us with another entry in the “throw your damn controller at the monitor” platformer. The worst part (and by that I mean best part) about it is that, like Quickley Quackley before it, reIterate() provides a narrative that keeps you going through its challenging levels to find out more about the world and its characters. Quite the achievement considering the story is told via cryptic one-sided dialogues and floating texts in the background. But you know what? It works. Even though I had a hard time doing it, I made sure to collect every “devlog” just because I wanted to learn more. reIterate() sells itself as “the purest 2D platformer” and I’ve gotta say it surely succeeds at that. No gimmicks or thrills here, just tight classic platforming with wall jump and double jump. It felt kinda like playing a less slippery Super Meat Boy. Really liked the fast fall, felt snappy and forced me to use the wall slide and double jump to slow myself down. My only nitpick on the movement would be that often in particularly tight spots, my double jump would either trigger too early after what I intended to be a single jump, or not trigger at all as I’m falling rapidly to my death. The levels are well thought out, really challenging the player to use their move-set to the best of their ability. Contrary to other games I played in the same genre (thinking here about Celeste, SMB and Quackley mainly) the optimal route didn’t appear clear to me from the get go. This was at times frustrating, but it did give an almost puzzle-like approach to solving them. Which would be fine if it wasn’t SO DAMN HARD. Luckily, the blessed slow mode allowed me to take a break, de-rage, approach the level from that puzzle-solving angle and figure out the route that would work best for me, before then trying to execute it at full speed. Great stuff. All in all, this was a fun and challenging experience with some great design decisions.

run,jump,die

This game was very fun! Great to play if you love a challenging precision platformer! I only had a few gripes with a few levels within the last 10 (minor spoilers): - The player is quite slippery and accelerates fast. It works very well for most of the game, however, a few later levels require you to have more precision and it the slippery movement does make that extremely unforgiving. (you can slow time, however.) - There were a few times where the player is required to learn a new way that a mechanic can be used in a time sensitive, very dangerous setting. And these tended to be at the end of a level, requiring the player to redo the entire level just for a chance to learn what they are supposed to do. Other than those 2-4 levels, It's a great play! Highly Recommend.

very fun. tight controls. Pretty short but when your done you get a harder mode which well made.story mysterious, but still intriguing. good simple art. 10/10 would recommend.

Super fun platformer and absolutely flawless on the steam deck so far! It's awesome to just just jump in and out of if you only have a few minutes to game here and there during a busy day. I found the dev on youtube and was intrigued. This dev is solo and I think it is a cool game for his first release!

I love it. It feels addictive like sugar Only problem I found is sometimes the character don’t jump correctly

legit cant stop walking in circles 5/5 star would eat with cheese tho

this is a review XD and I wait for the sequel (with an editor and a world leaderboard ;)