Yukiusa is a free-to-play mountain climbing game, which most likely has been heavily inspired by [i]Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy[/i].
So the player has to climb the mountain by mastering the challenging controls. When reaching the top, the completion time is displayed.
The player controls a yuki usagi (a rabbit made of snow, green leaves and red berries), and I simply love the cute winter-themed art style in this game, with the relaxing soundtrack! :)
The controls work as following: You can move left/right, and jump. Each time you land, you can continue with a large jump, and these can be chained infinitely.
The challenge is that your snow rabbit rotates during movement, and you need to control the rabbit's orientation, and quickly react if things don't work as intended.
Just like in [i]Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy[/i], you gradually improve the more you play. It's tempting to give up after trying the game, and at the beginning it takes some dedication to keep playing. But the more you improve, the more fun the game becomes. :)
One thing I like about this game is the way it handles checkpoints and lifes:
As you progress, you gain more lifes, which can be used to respawn at checkpoints.
If you hit a wall and run out of lifes, you have to climb back by yourself each time you fall, which is very time-consuming. So there's an incentive to take a break, and start a new game at a later time.
But if you get closer to the top, there's a point where you can gain extra lifes more quickly. Once you make it there, reaching the top becomes more achievable, which increases the motivation to keep trying. :)
Thanks to the checkpoints, the game is somewhat easier than [i]Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy[/i]. However, it's very difficult to perform consistent jumps, which might be an issue when speedrunning.
Anyway, I enjoyed this game a lot, and I will probably return to it when it's winter again. :)
