SomnaBuster

I tried my best to like this but from world 5 onwards the game just becomes terrible and badly inspired by the original rayman 4/10

I only played to credits + playing abit with the "pogo-mode" (I cleared the game unaware of this mechanic). I recommend watching the dev's own time attack videos of the stages to get a look at what is possible. Visual presentation speaks for itself.

Fun game. Simple but enough interesting stuff going on to recommend it. My biggest issue is nowhere does it seem to tell you how many collectables are in each stage or what collectables you might be missing. But the game itself is still fun so if you're not one of those '100% completionist' types, you'll be fine

https://youtu.be/zikGMJ_9Nu4 Very silly premise and style are carried well by responsive controls and varied level design to keep things fresh throughout.

Absolutely fantastic.

labor of love to the 16/32 bit era that is ridiculously fun to control brimming with charm, from the sega genesis inspired music to the digital paint artstyle. BUY IT

Something was missing for me on the platforming that I can't quite piece out. Maybe a part of that was some hope for there to be more spots where Broomshred as a walljump would be required more, yet Broomburst and ceiling walking (which is sick, btw) handled most of the platforming and big skips that I magic'd upon. Like even when going through stages again to cut down on my times, it was a bit too much a chill jaunt with not enough stress to make stages memorable in terms of testing you mechanically. But aesthetically? Musically? This is one of my favorite games to just look at, and there are some real Sega-fied earworms among the tracks. I am in love with the hand-drawn artstyle that I already experienced in Disaster Arms, but it hit even stronger for me in SomnaBuster with things being less "industrial" and mechanical, and more dreamy, mysterious, abstract, etc. Awesome character and stage designs on display here.