MagiCat

Super ultra mega cute, but also a very well-designed game. There are a lot of Mario-likes that devolve into "precision platformer" nightmare bottomless pit hells, and this game understands that the real fun of Mario-likes is having unique touches in a lot of the levels, and a sense of exploration and goofing around fun and understanding the skills that you are equipped with. There are still lots of good precision platformers with tons of difficulty (usually rote memorization of level designs) out there for anyone who wants them. But this one is for people who loved Mario 3 and it's fun and cute.

I absolutely love this game. Its so much fun already and I havent gotten far in it. Reminds me of a lot of the classics I used to play.

i really, really want to like this game--the art style is adorable, and there is clearly a ton of love and effort put into it--but it gets really infuriating really fast, with unforgiving platforming and frustrating enemy and projectile spam, and ability progression locked behind teeth-grinding challenges to collect gems. the platforming itself is not very fun, either: as i have gotten further into the game i have felt no sense of developing any sort of sense for movement, which at times feels completely arbitrary. the final nail in the coffin for me writing this review was level 6-7 (yeah, yeah), Magical Space, trying to get the first gem of which genuinely enraged me to the point of rage-quitting, something i am not proud of but which stands nonetheless. if you like retro game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ difficulty like the old Mega Man games, you'll probably enjoy this. at the very least, i'm not quite frustrated enough to regret spending money on it.

I cannot recommend this game in good faith. It is a bit decent at the start (and has some really fun ideas for the overworld) but at one point the platforming gets annoying. Key distinction, not challenging, *annoying*. A lot of times you're fighting against the poor controls and about every death feels like the game's fault, not your own.

A fun, simple, "easy" platformer. The quote marks are because you will die a lot, but generally you can revive exactly at the time and place of your demise as long as you have points to spend (from gathering coins, completing levels, etc.) and use the checkpoints. You also have a healling ability but that's honestly more limited. The main difficulties stem from two points. One: there is a new mechanic every level. Each level introduces some new feature or puzzle that you either interact with or have to avoid. Learn astral projection! Once. Avoid a timed laser that tracks you down! Once. The game is now a shmup! Can you guess how many times that happens? Anyway, not all the mechanics are equal and some are more frustrating than others but it's mostly a minor inconvenience. Once! And two: there is a new boss. Every. Single. Level. Sometimes using that level's mechanic, sometimes just a new spin. Either way, you're always going into a fight with no idea and you'll probably find yourself dying because you don't know what you're in for. I'll give it to the developer that every new level is completely different from the last. As you go along you can purchase power-ups with hidden red…

Not fun. Very cutsey and Mario-esque, but with consistent bugs and unsolveable puzzles if you don't know ahead of time where blocks will move, or un-defeatable bosses which will crawl up and down the same wall in an invulnerable barrier which won't go away.