Vampire's Best Friend

Amazing and super charming game, I wanna see more!

If you're a fan of the games found in UFO 50, and also enjoy challenging platformers, then Vampire's Best Friend is completely up your alley. The movement is simple, but the design of the stages and the unique challenges therein really push you to learn all the intricacies. Seems like it would be really fun to learn how to speedrun too!

a cute game with a unique control scheme and plenty of charm

very cute little flap em up, isn't super long but can get very challenging. one warning though, requires a lot of accurate button mashing.

El gameplay es innovador, la historia y los personajes son re cute, el diseño de niveles es creativo y súper abierto, y el porcentaje de cosas que tenés que agarrar para terminar el juego es más que razonable. Generalmente cuando juego algún indie desconocido no tengo mucha expectativa, pero este definitivamente es una joya oculta. Y si no me creen a mí, lo jugué específicamente porque lo recomendó Derek Yu ;) Tocará probar los demás juegos de este dev!

Super cute, super brief, hellish precision challenge from hell.

Rolled credits and am excited to try and 100% the game. Really unique and creative and fun and charming gameplay. The level of challenge was perfect. And I love the problem solving that comes with the energy bar because not only do you have to figure out how you're going to do something in a certain time, but you also get to pick where your checkpoint is, what position you start from. (And the fact that there's the time limit/energy meter makes where you start extremely relevant). Compared to most platformers, like Celeste, where your checkpoint is on a platform at the bottom left corner, if you started a few pixels to the right or a few pixels to the left it wouldn't make a difference, you could just take a few steps forwards or backwards. The added complexity of Vampire's best friend of having what exact pixels you start from is maybe my favorite mechanic and one i haven't seen before. Music and art are great <3 I discovered this game from remap radio.

someone called this a batformer and i concur

Super tough but also cute! If you are craving a true challenge this game is for you

A nice and concise precision platformer (or "bat-former"). I like how much nuance the movement has despite such a simple control scheme. Many screens demand some serious finesse, but with enough patience and experimentation it'll eventually click. There's a pleasant variety of mechanics and hazards, and it only took a few short sessions to acquire all the collectibles (though I did retain some experience from playing the prior Next-Fest demo). It's initially unintuitive and difficult, but if you commit to its quirky controls it'll become quite fun and rewarding.