SkateCat

Just in case you stumbled upon this game and were wondering what it is - it's basically a family project developed by a young boy with some help from his father. I've found out about this game when reading Retro Gamer magazine and decided to give it a go. I understand the general limitations of such family projects - but, well, it is being sold for the price which in some countries like Poland amounts to up to 9 dollars. As a family project it should have been free from the start, I believe - itch.io has many similar games available for free. There was a small release of physical NES copies which could justify paying some money just to cover the expenses - but not when we are talking about the Steam release. The game itself is very simplistic. Overall, for a game made by a kid it's very good - there are many (relatively) levels with good enough variety. But: 1. Controls with constant inertia are extremely hard. Inertia in such games can often be infuriating and that is the case here. 2. Just out of curiosity I've checked out the Ukrainian localization and it's broken completely. This is something small that you can easily fix - and if you've decided to include 10+ languages then it would be a good idea to at least check with ChatGPT if the texts are OK. 3. The difficulty is typical for NES titles and is, well, unfairly hard. I've run out of two weeks that I had for making a refund but I would make one if I could. I do not recommend paying more than a few dollars for this game on Steam - but if it becomes free at some point it's worth to check out.