RuneShroom

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game could be fun but i dont really feel like playing it on a keyboard. add controller support? reminds me of a more polished old school flash game from the bit if played. the keyboard layout isnt fun for platforming.. for me at least but i do recommend giving it a try,

Thousands of retro 2D platformers are infesting Steam, and "RuneShroom" is just more pollution in a crowded market of terrible games. There are over 17,000 platformers on Steam, literally thousands (you can go see for yourself if you search for the platformer tag on the store, I'm not kidding). And this is far from being one of the best of those. This is a really lame thematic ripoff of Hollow Knight but with about 2% of the visual quality and polish. Just like Hollow Knight, you're doing a bit of precision platforming and fighting underground mushroom/insect enemies... the insects are laughably poor copies of the bugs from Hollow Knight, it's obvious the developer was trying to ride someone else's coat-tails. This is focused more on precision platforming rather than narrative and Metroidvania type gameplay... which makes this even worse. The level design is unengaging, too... you need to deliver an incredible value proposition if you want people to play platformers in this decade. The platforming genre is pretty much obsolete... just a tiny number of professionally developed platformers exist on PC and offer any real value or interest to gamers (Silksong, etc). This is no…

The main issue with this game imo are the controls. Controller support could've mitigated things. Besides that I enjoyed the soundtrack and what little of the first stage I could get thru. I'll still give it a thumb up as others may not have issue with the controls. Gameplay here: https://youtu.be/M37lrPodKTQ

Reminds me of Hollow Knight

Had no problems with the controls, had fun for the first two levels, but the sudden, inescapable darkness is a bit of a bizarre ending to a game.