Tightrope Theatre

I just completed the first theater, and yeah I love it! Quite challenging precision platformer, but I love the concept and its polished aesthetic.

What a genuinely delightful little game! The aesthetic is lovely, the music is brilliant, and the gameplay is challenging but simple! As a precision platformer I think this is a wonderful short but sweet experience! But I can certainly see some people having some trouble with it. I've seen some comment that this has "Ice Physics" but I find that to be untrue. The game responds to how long you're pressing a directional button or jump for, and as a result it's actually capable of very precise movement! I never felt like a death wasn't my own fault in this game once I got the basics down! It also does an incredible job of introducing obstacles and mechanics and then mixing and matching them for more challenge as the game goes on! Personally, I consider this to be an A-tier game! I fully intend to check out the rest of the games by this developer

Just completed, it's good enough. Criticisms: - Controls don't feel great (maybe by design due to theme). - Bouncy ball mechanic is infuriating. - You shouldn't be able to fall off at the left and right borders. - A single popup in the intro should inform you that jump height is affected by how long you press the jump button. - Should be an option in game to remap your jump button to W/Up (had to use external software to do so).

I was gonna give this a thumbs down, but ended up feeling like completing it in spite of the relatively frequent frustration, so I guess it's strong enough to merit a weak recommendation. There's honestly two sides to this game: there's the level design itself and the general physics. The handling in this game is a bit deceptive, in that at first it appears that the precise platforming is almost impossible but then you realise (first somewhat unconsciously, finally objectively) that there are small tricks to make it play more in line with a regular platformer. The level design is once again single screen stages where you advance to a goal platform, but they quickly get rather cramped in terms of obstacles [b]and[/b] tiny platforms to navigate. While a few obstacles do remain "theatre specific", this time around things get significantly reused to create tense situations. Gameplay pacing is a mix of rewarding slow methodical platforming and reckless runs where the ideal timing is actually very close to leaps of faith from the start. Oh, there's also a minor plot going on, but there's not too much of it. You get one intro cutscene and two sandwiching the final main theatre. I get pi…

Excellent game. Such small, sweet games are like a pack of jelly beans you want to keep in your pocket and chew on from time to time. ^_^ Cute pixel art, mechanics, challenges, excellent platforming.

Precision platformer with ice physics. I only got this because it was in the bundle.