SUGAMENIA

Quick Summary: As an NES-style Metroidvania, it's an admirable effort for a first-time offering from a solo dev, but an accumulation of flaws makes it hard to justify the price per hour of content ratio. The good: Decent pixel art and chill soundtrack Gating abilities are not the bog standard double jump/air dash and are actually somewhat innovative Puzzles aren't particularly tough but there's some interesting mechanics there, especially in the final zone where there's some interesting stuff where you need to control the player-character and the drone independently to work your way through a set of corridors The bad: Game is extremely linear, there's 10 zones you traverse in numerical order. The only backtracking is to get one item in each zone that is needed for the "good" ending once you have unlocked all of the abilities. There's no in-game map Some of the puzzles rely on maneuvers that don't work consistently so there's a fair amount of trial and error even if the solution is obvious Combat and platforming are extremely basic. Game is overall extremely easy, most deaths basically came because of combat mechanic jank (enemies and bullets are both very small so it can …

Short action game where a friendly drone helps you solve puzzles with its bombs. The story is not worth mentioning because there’s barely any in the game. Your hero Violet wakes up in a prison in a strange place. Luckily, a helpful drone decides to help you and let you out. Now you have no other choice but to run after it and try to get out. Your hero has basic platforming abilities that includes jump and shooting. She can also "stick" herself in a spot where she can fire diagonally without moving, or squat to hit enemies crawling on the floor. It’s a good idea to get comfortable with this because you’ll have to deal with pesky flying enemies. Other than that, though, enemies are very easy and very rarely shoot at you. The building is divided into ten roughly linear sections and is one large stage without loading screens. Both the game and its separate locations are small. It could take you two or three hours to finish. This is not a metroidvania, even if you get a few new skills as you go around the facility. The lack of a map is the clearest indication that this is more of a standard action game. Occasionally a path splits, but it either goes to the intended destination or …

Great mix of action & puzzles. Nice NES style pixel art, and awesome music soundtrack. It runs perfectly in Steam deck, as expected. Very enjoyable game, recommended!