CUBOY

UPDATE: apparently abandoned and can never be completed because of a bug in one level. With similar-looking stages, this game provides basic and unimaginable platforming. Despite being labeled as a platformer, you don't have much to work with. Your cube can only move left and right and cannot jump. The secret is to employ springs to launch you into the air. This means you must be precise in your timing to avoid obstacles such as classic spikes and moving balls that kill you upon contact. Despite the fact that there are a lot of stages, the game does not bring anything new and you see the same objects from beginning to end. While it’s true you don’t have any control over the height of the jumps, you can use an exploit that might be just part of the game’s engine. If you push into a wall, you will "brake" and shorten the jump. Sadly, one of the bugs prevents you from finishing the game; there’s a new mechanic introduced near the end of the game that simply doesn’t work. Broken gameplay is the only reason for thumbs down. The progression through the stages should have been done better. Instead of just proceeding to the next stage, you must choose it from the stage selection menu…

I've played about 3 hours into the game and I'm two thirds of the way through the game at the moment. The tl;dr is that I would give this game slightly positive praise in its current state, with some caveats. The first and biggest caveat is that this game has no music. A set of simple 8-bit songs would really go a long way to selling this game's vibe, which is that of a slow paced platformer you might find on DOS or on an Atari. I really like the super retro vibe here overall. The second caveat is that the game is very slow paced. This might not be for everyone. I think if you approach the game as a very difficult, slow paced precision platformer that's going to offer you a sort of meditative experience, it's definitely worth a try, especially for its asking price. I think there are a number of ways the game could improve on the experience it's trying to deliver, at least as I see it: -add music to the game. The sound effects are wonderful, but I think 15 or so quality 8-bit tracks would really sell the experience of the game. -Increase horizontal player speed slightly when the player is in the air: right now the player moves at the same (or very close to the same) spee…

Impressive how a game so simple can be so good!

Well... while this minimalist platformer is a lot of fun and has a great difficulty curve, it is unfinished. I leave a very hesitant thumbs up. There are glitches throughout in the form of holes in the walls and floors, one of which makes level 42 unpassable.

This is my first "rage" platformer game I've ever played and while I think it's nice being really simple and fun to get into, it unfortunately has many issues. You can exploit landing early on walls and making jump buttons jump higher than intended, which the developer seems aware of the latter but it definitely opens the portal to completing levels faster. There's also an unobtainable coin in level 27 (which are fun to collect but don't serve too much purpose) which requires you to reset the level, resetting your coins. Funny enough deaths do not reset your coins. Unfortunately my journey ended on level 45 (although I somehow managed to get an extra level unlocked by accidentally completing one level twice, never managed to replicate it) with an obvious broken boost mechanic, same with 46. I believe the biggest critique for this game is while the mechanics are very simple, these little exploits almost feel like they need to be explained to the player. Maybe some clarity is needed to help distinguish what are the mechanics actually meant to be in the same and bugs that shouldn't be there at all. As on the development side, it was the lack of play testing that ended up making the…