RomTaka

Last post of 2017 & first ABC Project update !



I’ve been very active lately : here’s my fourth post of December on BLAEO !

  • Gorogoa

    88 minutes playtime

    6 of 10 achievements

  • JumpJet Rex

    5 hours playtime

    17 of 51 achievements

Gorogoa : I was offered this puzzle game on Christmas (thanks Mach !) and managed to finish it the day after in less than 1 h 30. Being short is the first good point in my view, especially in these times of fat backlog. The design and animations are simple but nice, in a hand-drawn fashion. There’s no text and only a very discreet music : all of this makes it very relaxing. The puzzle mechanics are pretty innovative but I don’t want to say much, not to spoil you the pleasure of discovering them yourselves. It had me well cogitating at first and I had to experiment haphazardly a bit before I got the trick and moved along faster in the second half. The big con is the story, or rather the lack of : actually, you’re presented pieces of stories, in a very dreamlike universe, and I guess you have to connect the dots with your own imagination, which I’m usually bad at. Overall, it’s a nice experience but being this short, I recommend not to buy before it’s around 5 bucks.

Jumpjet Rex : I made progress on my 2018 ABC project by beating this good game. Before including it to my ABC project, I had already played more than half the levels and I finished the last third this month. It’s a good die-and-retry platformer (sort of because there’s no platform since you fly), where you command a little dino with propellers skates fighting hostile environment and robots in space. I know, the pitch sounds odd and the graphics look cartoon but the game is rather hardcore, and I sometimes tore my hair out like Super Meat Boy could make me so. In order to unlock new levels, you have to obtain stars and there are 3 way to get a star on any level : one for beating it, one for beating it without dying once and one for beating it with a time under the par (so you can get the 3 stars in one run if you’re quick enough and don’t die). As usual, I struggled against the bosses but in the end, I took a lot of pleasure along most of the levels and highly recommend it.

Finally, I also altered my ABC project since I realized Morphblade is an endless game : so Mafia II takes over the letter M.

Happy New Year’s Eve and see you in 2018 !

EvilBlackSheep

I’m really really curious about Gorogoa because of the art, but I think I’ll follow your advice and wait for a discount.

Happy new year again ;)

RomTaka

Yeah, it’s definitely a game you must try and judge by yourself. Watch the next sales !

Hey, I just read what happened to you for this new year’s eve, so I shall wish you a well deserved happy 2018 year again !

EvilBlackSheep

Thank you, same goes for you :3