El Panadero -The Baker-

Really chill music, I came for the unique art style but stayed for the jams. Anyways it's a bit rough around the edges but it's a cool idea and there is clearly a lot of heart and soul put into it- I enjoyed playing it!

A game that brings me closer to drugs because I wonder how would it feel to be on some at the same time I play this. [i]El Panadero[/i] is an action platformer with collectathon vibes, which has a pretty weird and unique art style and very good music. It's a very simple enjoyable game where you punch everything, collect coins and [b]bread[/b], and move forward with the story. With around 1.5 hours of juice, the game gets better and better the more levels you go through and the weirdness gets even weirder. Even though sometimes I didn't knew what the hell I was punching, I knew it deserved it. I think the best boss was the Coffee one, as it has the most clear and understandable choreography apart from showing the 100% accurate story of how the "Marranito" bread was invented. For all other bosses (except for some of the last ones), I didn't understand their mechanics and just punch them to death. There are other aspects where feedback could improve. I had to get used to the art to differentiate the background and foreground, for the first 2 levels it took me a bit. Also, the combat doesn't have much feedback to know if you hit something or if you got hit, however it's not a diff…

The story is completely incomprehensible but omg this is a good time. You can tell how much effort went into all of this, the hand-drawn art and animations are really cool and everything together gives a really unique, surreal experience. The game itself isn't very long so it's really fun to just pick up and play.

The visuals caught my attention right away. From the very beginning, the art style gave me a nostalgic feeling, similar to the kind of charm you find in games by Onion Games. The gameplay is quite simple, but it works well, and considering that almost everything (except for music and localization) was created by a one man army, I believe supporting this game is a great way to support the art form, the medium, and these kinds of unique and interesting projects.

It feels old-school but also fresh. It's a fun beat em' up platformer with light shmup elements. It's very simple to pick up and play, and the unique visual identity might look busy but it works perfectly. It's a fun and chill game.

A very good second game from that studio, the art style reminds me of the 80s comic strips in the newspaper. As a mexican I can say that the environmet of the city of Guanajuato is captured very much in line with the levels of this game. In a world of AAA games, we need more indie games like this.