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[Trail Of Pigs]

During my first session i was rather confused on what to do (though, i do get easily confused with text heavy tutorials). However, after experimenting for a couple rounds, the game became very intuitive, and getting further felt rewarding.

This game has a ton of charm. The simple and cute visuals of the characters and backgrounds contrast very nicely with the intense atmosphere and nature of the game in a really twisted way that i love.
The way you need to constantly manage your inventory in two different gameplay segments, and the way the game transitions between these two is simply awesome.

The game is difficult, yea, but i think it works on it's favor, making this a trully cruel world with no room for mistakes. I only managed to get through half of the whole thing, but i plan on revisiting it in the near future (maybe i will get to send that screenshot one day hehe)
Very polished game, especially for a solo developer. Congrats and best of luck on future projects :)

Stopsignal responds:

Thank you so much for the review!! I am glad you liked it! I wanted to make this horrible, kill-or-be-killed world, where having a gun would have the importance guns have. The concept evolved a lot from there, but i think its DNA it's still influencing the game in a strong way.
Having seen the movie The Road recently and playing lots of Stalker kinda made this idea start going big in my head.
Anyways, thank you so much for the nice comments! Also, your art is sick, keep at it!!
Saludos!

[Mad Pirate Skeleton Bomber]

This game might be difficult, but that's exactly why mastering it's mechanics makes this one of the most satisying platformers i've played on this site!

Taking time to learn how to use the bombs and managing to get to the end of a difficult stage was super gratifying (which was also thanks to the way the levels fully explored how you could use the tools you are given with)

Haven't gotten around the bonus stuff yet, but still this is a 5/5 for me

Edit: just beat Gallion Bertha and wow! Just as great as the core game (obviously more challenging). The encounter on the last level was a really nice surprise (kinda wished it had it's own theme haha)

saantonandre responds:

I'm happy to know of players getting a rewarding experience through the harsh learning curve :)
thanks!