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Papo & Yo is a puzzle platformer about a boy named Quico and a monster. Quico must solve puzzles with the help/and hindrance of Monster while he uses this new world to escape his real one.

The game plays like a normal platformer. Jump from platforms, run around and solve puzzles. The puzzles are fairly easy. Sometimes you have to move boxes, switches, use Monster to boost yourself. Or sometimes you have to feed him frogs to make him angry, which will either help you with the puzzles, or make them harder to complete.

The graphics haven't aged very well, but the visuals in the game are really neat. Some of the puzzles use unique mechanics and visuals that really help bring the story to life. Because its a story about Quico's life, there are a lot of interesting metaphors and emotional moments. The soundtrack also really helps with the emotional impact. There were some beautiful songs in the game.

Where gameplay and graphics lack, the story carries it through. It's not a unique story, but they present it well and by the end, you feel like you've been on a journey.

It's a short game, if you haven't played, I highly recommend it. Not for full price, but I would get it on the next sale or in a bundle.

Chilla's Art games usually have a basic formula. Clunky and one dimensional gameplay, bad sound mixing, short stories, and low quality visuals. You would think that's a recipe for a horrible game, but somehow they almost always pull off a fun and unique horror experience.

The low quality visuals usually make the game even more terrifying. Especially the photorealistic but warped faces they usually use. The games are dripped in Japanese culture and you often feel isolated and confused, which gives you a feeling of despair. Even games like convenience store makes working a night shift at the store feel dreadful.

This takes us to Night Delivery. This game definitely spooked me. I am a giant baby when it comes to horror games though, so if you are a horror game expert, then this may not phase you.

You play a night delivery person attempting to drop off some packages. Except you are alone, and its the middle of the night, and you don't know why you are there other then to get the socks scared off of you. The more you deliver some packages, the weirder the story and the people seem to get.
Like most Chilla's Art games, this one also has a moral, or message to tell. it's also very short. About 1 to 2 hours.

There are multiple endings so I advice looking around and trying to collect everything you can.

The game is only 3 US dollars, so if you are interested, I recommend buying it on sale or full price.

Journey is a lovely platformer. It doesn't need or use dialogue to tell you its story. Your thrown into a desert world and you have to journey (get it?) across the different terrains to get your destination.

The music is absolutely stunning. The visuals are still beautiful. I was shocked to find out this was released in 2012. The fact that you can have random other players join you in your journey is wonderful. I only had someone join at the very last 20 minutes, but it was a lot more fun when they did.

I am definitely replaying this game sometime soon and I hope to find more people when I do!

This game is short so I recommend it more on sale, but if you dont mind short experiences that are worth the price in quality, then I recommend it full price too.