JumpBeard

[code]For other game reviews, please [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40640212/]follow us at What The Game?[/url][/code] Jump Beard (JB) is a 2D platformer built on the Unity engine. JB is all about jumping; timing jumps, positioning before jumping, and gauging how long to hold the jump key down before release. JB has a sort of ricochet or bouncing that causes jumps to rebound upwards or down, depending on vertical velocity. It is a modest looking game with simple controls, but the difficulty on the easiest setting is pretty close to impossible for the average player. That is, JB will put patience to the test on the first level. The graphics look hand-drawn for the most part, but that doesn't really detract from the game itself. JB has very few options, the sound and music can be volume adjusted. There is a drunk effect toggle that seems to have no impact on the game play. Full screen can be toggled on and off. There doesn't appear to be any save game mode, although there is a continue option. So, it is possible to continue from wherever the player last quit the game. The keys cannot be remapped and are not explained anywhere. There is no tutorial of any kind or instru…

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected. - RealPlayers Production, The Art Of Fall

good game

I received a free copy of this game via Curator Connect. While precision platformers aren't typically my thing, I was curious to see whether the much-mentioned one-legged protagonist would offer any interesting representation as a disabled character - so I recruited a friend who likes precision platformers to play it for a bit while I watched. (It did not, at least in the starting section.) My player lasted six and a half minutes before giving up in frustration at the unexplained, unintuitive controls and the punishing level design that destroyed all progress made in moments. I've rarely seen such an appalling first level in my time reviewing games, even though I consciously try to give amateur games that come my way a fair chance. Upon trying 'easy' mode rather than 'normal', we discovered that it's exactly the same level design, but simply adds in an essential UI element - a charge bar for the jump power. I was wryly amused to see that the preview videos have therefore had to be played on 'easy' mode, presumably because even the developer struggles to play the game in 'normal' mode with no indicator bar! Overall, this game is of such low quality it has no chance of justifying …

nice

An interesting game with retro OST and beautiful look. One of the biggest challenges I've ever played. TBH, I destroyed my keyboard... XD