Odd Dorable

[h1]Wouldn't put this one up on the fridge[/h1] ...or Steam, for that matter. I'm really trying to be nice to this one for such a sweet and endearing concept, but it is inarguable that this - a passion project for a man's daughter - may only appeal to one target market: his daughter. Otherwise, I find it hard to coo over this one like a father being handed his 5 year old's drawing of a cat. Unlike [Url=https://youtube.com/@stephen_spencer?si=BB4jXf102kGNSEcZ]Stephen Spencer[/url] who turns his young daughter's stories into catchy pop songs, [i]Odd Dorable[/i] fails to hold up on its own artistic merits. Judging it objectively, there are countless shortcomings that impede the player experience; [list] [*]The game's framerate absolutely tanks to under 10fps often, even on decent hardware [*]The map is enormous with large empty spaces that your character slowly crawls through [*]Invisible walls leave you running circles around the map to find a way to things you can already see right in front of you [*]Sound effects layer over top of each other creating a sort of kindergarten cacophony that grates on you quicky [*]There is little communicated as to what is of consequence, leading yo…

not sure why i didnt write a review for this sooner but oh well this is such an adorable game and although simple, i really like the art style and the fact that it was done by the dev's daughter :) i even almost cried at one point lmao

I believe I got this game on a sale that some time ago, and I found this game to be a cute and pleasant walking sim with cute hand drawn graphics. I've never played anything exactly like it. A unique art style for sure. It's on the short side, as I 100% the achievements in a little over an hour. But the puzzles were fun and the sights were pleasant, so I recommend it.

[h1] Sweet Candy [/h1] This game is an odd one to reflect on. Certainly, using a child's drawing to bring a video game world to life and to let the player experience its silliness is a unique thing to do. I really did hope to come here and unleash words of praise and positivity, but personally I left with some mixed feelings. The game is all right at best. Let's put aside the unique major selling point of having a child's vision of the world set as the art style and just talk about what the game has to offer and who it might sell itself to. If I had to come up with a similar type of game, I would consider the Mario games. Let's say my favourite classic of all time, Super Mario 64. Odd Dorable is the simplified version of one single game world in Super Mario 64, just to give you an idea of what this game demands in terms of puzzle logic and world exploration. It is fun to walk through the peaceful and colourful world. I really enjoyed the a cappella SFX and the child's voice used to give the NPCs and animals some sound to communicate back to you. Perhaps that is the best part: to walk to every place once and take in the sound and the visuals. The walking speed in this game is rathe…

I love the art direction in the game. It's an incredibly cute and adorable experience. I hate to be the one to break the 100% positive streak. Here goes... Odd Dorable is a walking simulator. You walk around in a hand drawn, cute and adorable land to find candy. Some interactions have been recorded by a kid which is awesome. There's some ultra light puzzling going on. The quality of life in the game is awful. I played on a gamepad. There's no native gamepad support. The game adds an unconfigurable deadzone. I set my deadzone 0 in Steam and I expect games to honor it, or make it configurable, as it completely kills the feeling of controlling your character. There's no run toggle, so you have to continuously hold down the L2. There's no in-game menu and I can't control the Steam overlay meaning I can't exit the game. I see the dev advertising (on the forum) the game has Steam Deck support, which it probably has since that device has a mousepad. Most gamepads do not. There's no direction in the game. There's nothing setting the context. It took me 15 minutes to figure out that there even is an objective in the game. I almost quit thinking "Oh, so it's literally just a walking simu…

a bit too bright with colours, but still worth every penny. my mind was blown when I saw the ending