Tumbles

Had a lot of fun playing Tumbles, it took me back to a much older MSX title with similar gameplay mechanics called Bugaboo. Tumbles himself is such an adorable mascot, easily one of the most well designed I've seen in a long time. Gameplay is built around physics based manoeuvring by flinging Tumbles up onto platforms and getting him to the next area. The frustration obviously comes with getting higher up and making a calculated error and ending up closer to the bottom, but that's the entire nature of the game. Each new area grants you skill points that allow you to upgrade your abilities to make traversal easier, ranging from your silk, to your stickiness, to your floatiness. The weather effects are great and the BGM is super cosy, really adding to the atmosphere and general vibe of the game. Taking bad falls and hitting rock bottom have made me want to ragequit more than once, but my desire to see Tumbles reach the end of his quest and fulfil his destiny only pushes me further towards completion!

The game's title of tumbles is very fitting - you will definitely tumble, but that is just part of the journey. It is a fun little game to pick up and play. Also it has a cute caterpillar. what more do you want?

A lot of fun, but rage inducing. One wrong launch and you can end up tumbling all the way back to the beginning. My kids love launching the little caterpillars. It would benefit from native controller support.

Try to go fast > Fall > Try to go slow > Fall > Call Tumbles a silly little worm > Apologize to Tumbles > Get Leaf 10/10 i love Tumbles, The Best Caterpillar

Tumbles is great! Its really difficult but my friends and I used the safety net setting to get through the game. I played the demo and the game looks even better now. I especially like it when he goes splat and I want to see all the different butterflies at the end.