Straima

Really fun little platformer

A trippity puzzlely platformingacious time! Me lovies~<3

Hardcore platform action. Unique art style. If it is too distracting, there are options to tame the graphics to optimise gameplay. Lots of modes (main, level editor, infinite runner, multiplayer modes). Like all Caiysware games, this one packs a lot of content in a low low price. Highly recommended if you are into challenging games that require a decent level of patience to get good at.

Um jogo com gráficos simples, porém muito bonitos e com gameplay bastante diversos.

Frustrating but addicting. The gameplay is really intense, so I ended up playing it in short, frequent sessions. You can also jump into the Room Reviser (i.e. level editor) for a relaxing break. The game doesn't really have a specific gimmick that defines gameplay, but it holds up fine using just good, mostly generic controls and great levels. Somehow the player character is really endearing.

Straima seems like it ought to be off-putting. That cute-grotesque style of sprite art, the trademark babble diction used when the game occasionally bothers to explain something, all the oddball mechanics. It's probably just me, but I find it cozy. It's a comfy platformer, enough so to make me come back and keep exploring the map and earning time/no-death medals after reaching the end. Plenty of levels here have powerful WTO energy: "what the... oh!" A level can look unfair at first glance, but some prodding and consideration reveals a strategy or a path through the nonsense. Straima has substantially over a hundred single-screen levels, each distinctive and providing a unique sort of challenge. Though self-described as "difficult," Straima is on the forgiving end of this style of platformer. You've got a per-level life limit to squish all the pinkies on the screen, and squished pinkies stay gone when you respawn. Stuck on a level? Head elsewhere on the branching world map, and you might find a helpful power-up or life-up, or a different path to your goal. I had some frustrations early on when some mechanics didn't behave how I expected. But it only took some observation and experimentation to get into the groove. It's a good groove, not much like anything else.

Extremely fun and hard. If you like hard platforming stuff with tight controls, go for it !

Edit: The developer has reached out to me and is very helpful, so be sure to read the comments under this review. The menu is quite unreadable. I'm pretty sure I got stuck in the tutorial, because when I did the same thing again later it magically worked, maybe the enemies are just hard to read against the wonky backgrounds. I'll give it a second chance later, but I'm disappointed for now.