Jelly Express

This game has totally met our expectations and more! When we saw the game in the store about a year ago we knew it was for us. It's as if the creators made the perfect game for us. I guess you either love it or hate it. It's clear to us that the creators spent a ton of time designing the levels to be fantastically frustrating and hilariously enjoyable at the same time. The physics of the Jellies and the controls are also perfect. And there is tons of content and replayability potential, best value for money I've spent on steam. We'll definitely be following their next projects.

The core mechanic is simple: two players each control a jelly, balancing a stick to transport a fragile box to the goal. On paper, it sounds straightforward. In practice, coordinating movement between two players is really difficult. Imagine that meme where someone jams a stick into their own bike wheel before riding. We spent about five hours with the game, managing to earn three stars in the first two chapters (an achievement rate of only 0.9% at the time of writing). By the halfway point of chapter three, we gave up. There are moments of triumph when everything clicks and you feel genuinely proud. But most of the time, the experience is punishing, frustrating, and unforgiving. The flaws only amplify that feeling: [list] [*] A lot of bugs: The physics engine frequently breaks, stages fail to transition properly, and the screen occasionally whites out. These issues occurred at least once or twice per hour-long session. Requires a full restart most of the time. [*] Steep difficulty curve: After the tutorial, the game immediately throws you into challenges that feel like jumping from basic algebra straight to differential equations. New mechanics are introduced and then follow…

What a cute and unique puzzle physics-based game! Worth every penny! 10/10

awful level design that tries to mimic pikuniku but unlike that game, you can get stuck at multiple points in this game

So, this is a janky physics style level by level co-op puzzle platformer. There's 5 "biomes", with each biome have its own unique set of gimmicks to change up the "retrieve and then deliver box" gameplay loop. For example, one biome is underwater, so you have to essentially swim the boxes to the goal, and another example is one level has you have to reflect light to open doors and pathways to get the box to the goal. As such, you'll need to play this game with someone you really jive with so as to effectively work together to solve/cheese each puzzle. Now, are there certain gimmicks and gameplay features that suck or just aren't as fun as others? Yes. Most games like this will have them. One that springs to mind is this whole "stick to teal circle things to do some crawling and swinging platforming" thing that really didn't feel great to do. As such, there are times where it'll get frustrating and tedious to play through. But I'd say at least 70% of the gimmicks work well (enough). There was also a time where a level essential broke. It was a level where on the left side was an elevator platform went down to 2 giant swinging spheres that you had to maneuver onto in ord…

Cool game, can see this become something overwhelmingly positive one day. Cheap too. Recommend it. 8/10