Bat to the Heavens

found this game from a random stream of a random person in a random server it's quite a gem and i like the innovation with simple mechanics, i like the cute art and the attention to details contrary to average platformers, this game feels pretty sleepy and open world. sleepy because usually the music is pretty chill and you can leave the game on background to keep the music on and do your stuff i also like how you can just drop down to the previous level, or if ur hacky enough skip lots of levels, this gives the open world feeling but anyway the attention to details is huuuuge i also like to see my friends pick up whatever indieslop i find from the other folks

This game and Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom showed me that to make the best platformers you have to replace the basic jump button with a convoluted and hard to master movement system that allows you to completely break the game and makes you feel like a speedrunner on a second playthrough, because you now have the full knowledge of how it works.

i think its important to preface that this game isn't for everybody, both from a mental standpoint and a physical input standpoint. but despite that, this game has scratched the itch leftover from games like Celeste that i've longed to re-experience. this game is hard, *really hard.* and i'm saying that as someone who's made it to grandmaster at the Celeste: strawberry jam. its a game that has a very specific level design philosophy that requires alot of trial and error. with secrets to boot too. half of your time is gonna be spent figuring out how to even solve the puzzle, and the other half will be spent trying to execute it. sometimes you'll solve a puzzle in a way that doesn't feel right, but if it works, it works. that game doesn't care how you do it, as long as you do it. some people say there's no tutorial, but just by how its designed i think that's an unfair way of putting it. The entire first half of the game is essentially one big tutorial, introducing and training you bit by bit on mechanics and tech that will be integral to progressing further down the game. its a game that "tells you" (or rather shows you) mechanics when the time is right. i do think some of them co…

One of the most demanding games I've played, but that frustration is counter-balanced by an incredibly expressive toolkit that is rewarding like no other. There are so many hidden elements to this game that it disguises from you at first, and their continued evolution inside the level design is really compelling. Far better than it's popularity (or lack of it) suggests, and an easy recommend if you want a game to smash your face into.

I swear I finished this game over 4 times but I was on offline

I've only played a little bit so far, but the exploration is really clever and the central movement mechanic is super unique. Also, the art style is very charming.