Spinch

Very good, no nonsense platformer.

i cant believe these graphics are real. the mechanics and platforming are cool too. levels have a vibe to them that is very unique and "cha cha". i like.

It just isn't fun to play, simple as

Please do yourself a favour and play a different platformer. Spinch starts off pretty nice, the controls felt a bit floaty from the start, but nothing you can't get used to after a level or three. But unfortunately it doesn't give you more than three levels before the level design starts degrading. Even in the first world, the level design is sometimes very confusing, and that's without the gimmicks that make some of the later worlds borderline unbearable. This game has the worst underwater levels I've ever played, the execution of the almost-3-D-artstyle makes it hard to see where walls are at times, and the placement of platforms and obstacles seems to have been done without much thinking about the actual moveset the player character has. All this culminates in world 6; if you think it sounds fun to play a maze level with enemies that constantly chase you and get super speed if you get too far ahead of them, that also constantly swaps gravity without changing your camera or controls accordingly, and that sometimes gets you stuck in the ground for no reason (oh yeah, this game has some pretty bad bugs by the way, even softlocking me once so hard that I had to quit to menu and res…

this game makes my head hurt

I really enjoy the creature design, low-fi music, and rainbow art style. Platforming is very challenging as you progress, which is sometimes frustrating, but I love the variety of levels and the game overall.