Sandloop

Edit: The Development team responded but said that many team members have moved on or are busy, and there’s no guarantee their programmer will actually check on the freezing bug that prevents final challenge completion. Review stands. I think there’s a lot of love here, but ultimately I can’t recommend this game. The mechanics are good and the platforming feels fine, but there are too many bugs paired with non-responsiveness from the development team. The forums have multiple posts about the final challenge being unable to be completed because of a variety of bugs, black screen issues, audio issues, and developers haven’t responded to it for months. It’s entirely possible that given long enough every bug will eventually be fixed, and perhaps I’ll check in periodically to see if this review needs updating. However, releasing the game with a final challenge that can’t be completed and a dev team that neither fixes it nor communicates with the player base over the course of months is unacceptable.

Gameplay is tight, responsive, and doesn't overstay it's welcome. Very cute character design and narrative premise ^ - ^

Really enjoyed this game and how tight it is, even if the main part is somewhat short. Stylistically, a nostalgic, retro world and experience - definitely getting some of "The Big Catch" vibes. A good recommend from me for "Pseudoregalia" and platform-metroidvania fans.

Neutral leaning towards positive since it was a short and sweet 3d platforming metroidvania. The lack of a map, the rough translation, and the threadbare normal ending leaves much to be desired.

cool platformer with a nice semi open world. smooth controls, fun atmosphere, appealing graphics. horribly slept on... 8 out of 10

Very fun little game. Good movement, good level design. Great art and vibes. Terrible translation to English, though nothing that makes objectives too hard to understand. Hit an ending in about 3 hours. Unsure if there's more if you're completionist, and probably will never find out since the sidequest are pretty dang hard. Still, very much worth it for those 3 hours!