Blocky's Short Quest

Played it for Mystery Tournament, and while I am terrible at precision platformers this one was still pretty good! The music is great and so is the level design!

I'm really enjoying this platform game, and don't let the title fool you, it's not that short, there are many levels! There are some tough passages, but the game is generous with the checkpoints, so you usually resume playing pretty close to where you last died. The only thing I don't like is how the character slips when he's near the edge of a platform, I think the controls would feel tighter if that feature got removed.

I'm just going to give my thoughts after completing every level. It's a solid game all things considered, but the later game was a lot more hit and miss for me. In spite of that, it's free and not so short to be mostly a waste of storage space, so it's worth a look. I don't have much to say about the most of the game, if I'm not mentioning it here it's at least 'ok' if not good. I don't want to spoil too much, but my favourite world was the one with the 'magic' (ie. stamina) meter. It felt like such an interesting mechanic, that I've never seen before in a platformer, and was surprisingly not awful to play. Now onto the negatives: The hitboxes are wacky, I'm almost certain that either the edges of platforms are rounded and/or the player is, which doesn't line up with the boxy visuals. World 12 (rising lava) and World 13 ('fuel' (ie. hunger) meter) have a lot of overlap in terms of how they play. It bored me a little trying World 12 after completing World 13, and seeing the mechanics built up in a similar way for the most part. World 15 was lame; wall jump after the more exotic mechanics, seriously? The final World was fun at first, but after I started level 2 and realised the…

Fun little game! I've played through the first world so far, and the platforming feels very crisp while the level design has some fun gimmicks and challenges. The different stages feel like they naturally progress in difficulty without being unfair, and the different obstacles are added on to each other in a very natural way. Overall great experience, I'm excited to see what the next worlds hold!

A solid precision platformer that is reminiscent of the classic Newgrounds flash games. Every level has new mechanics, and while some can be more frustrating than others, they are built on and expanded upon as the game goes on. The graphics are also very cute, kind of a cross between Super Mario Land and BoxBoy. Great effort from the dev and definitely worth a play, especially when it's free!

good game