Tokë III

Good mechanics. I had a bit of fun with it.

Tokë III is a cute little 3D platformer that feels like it was made with a lot of love for older platform games. I play as Doke, who goes looking for his friend Tokë after Tokë gets kidnapped by Tako san. Things get even stranger when Doke follows him through a portal and ends up being turned into a skeleton. From there I have to climb the tower and work my way through four levels to get my friend back. It is a silly setup, but I think it gives the game enough personality right away. The best part for me is Doke's skeleton ability. I can throw my own head and then teleport to wherever it lands, which gives the platforming a really fun twist. At first I was mostly just using it to get around simple obstacles, but the levels gradually make me combine it with sprinting and double jumping. I like when a game gives me one strange ability and then keeps finding new ways to make me use it instead of immediately giving me ten different mechanics. The levels are colourful and have that simple 32 bit and 64 bit inspired look the game is going for. I also have to collect spoompkins and find my way through doors and obstacles as I climb higher. The physics can make some of the movement feel …