DOTORI

Straight to the point, get from start to finish in a few minutes with only a few button combos. No backgrounds besides a flat color, no world building, no plot, the menu is a text list with a weird font, and looks unfinished. The movement is excellent though, this fluffy ninja is impressively acrobatic. So far so good (halfway through maybe? depends on how complex the later levels are), the difficulty does go up, great if you enjoy a challenge. Don’t remember if I missed something obvious or needed a break, but there’s no going forward without passing through each level.

This is an amateur project at best, highly unpolished and controls aren't responsive enough. Don't waste your time...

It's a very uninspired, souless and unpolished game... you don't even get credits when you finish the game. It's a very very short and extremely simple platformer where the gameplay kinda works... you jump, double-jump, wall-jump and pick blocks off the ground, that's it. It plays akwardly, - Visuals: the cutscenes are very basic but ok (btw I have no idea of what happened in the ending), - I'm pretty sure they use Arial font in italic in-game, - there are only 3 types of background in the whole game, - every "scenery" you will be seeing are just blocks, from walls and floors, to itens and traps, just blocks and blocks. - It's not challeging at all, just in the third "map" it gets a little more annoying but just because the game asks you to use their physics with an awful execution. - Music it's praticaly inexistent, - You barely see your character when you are playing (I tought it was a bear before I read ththis game page), - There are achievements only for progressing each stage, - I don't even know if collectibles in-game gives any reward, - The 3 or 4 bosses are very broken and etc... I was very hopeful for this game as I like platformers and had it in my wishlist…

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DOTORI is a charming yet demanding indie platformer developed by indev-studio and published by CFK Co., Ltd., starring a determined little squirrel named Rico on a quest to rescue his sister Lottie. What begins as a simple tale of siblings gathering acorns quickly transforms into a high-stakes adventure after a mysterious owl abducts Lottie, thrusting Rico into a gauntlet of challenging stages filled with traps, enemies, and precision-based obstacles. At its foundation, DOTORI presents the classic appeal of retro platformers, blending cute character design with tightly structured, often punishing level challenges that require timing, adaptability, and persistence. The game’s art style sits comfortably in the realm of colorful, expressive 2D animation. Rico’s character design, with its combination of innocence and determination, adds an emotional anchor to the journey. Environments are vibrant and varied, ranging from wooded areas to hazard-filled mechanical zones, each designed with bright palettes and clearly readable obstacles. The visuals remain simple but effective, providing clarity during fast-paced sequences where understanding the environment at a glance is crucial. DOTORI…

On my quest to play some good squirrel games I found this one... is this even a squirrel game? Good nuts: - Funny intro with our heroes - Our sister is pretty cute - 4 boss battles with increasing difficulty - The ending is a bit better than squirrel games usually have Not very good nuts: - Levels are just floating blocks, no nature, no beautiful sceneries, no enemies, no lore, no nothing - Collecting acorns seems to be useless - The game is too short, if you don't die much, you'll beat it in less than an hour - Main character doesn't look like a squirrel even a little bit I guess I'll leave a thumbs up, but only because I could actually beat this game. Won't bother with "bonus stages", the game felt frustrating already.