Stone Age Recreation Evaluate: Coloured Results

A Colourful Puzzle Platformer

The world isn’t precisely hurting for puzzle platformers. In reality, the indie sport area is positively awful with them. And you realize what? Numerous them are good, too, which is what makes it actually exhausting to face out in that individual style. The parents at Flynn’s Arcade, those who printed some killer arcade-inspired fare like Donut Dodo, Galacticon, Sentry Metropolis, and extra, have been form sufficient to supply me a evaluate code for his or her newest providing, a sport referred to as Coloured Results. It’s a puzzle platformer with a minimalist look and I’m completely happy to say that it does certainly stand out from the gang, albeit not at first look. 

In the event you’ve ever performed video games like Kombinera, BoxBoy, and even the elegant Donkey Kong ‘94, you will get a reasonably good learn on what sort of sport that is simply by it. You’re taking management of a bit character with an goal that should be accomplished via a mix of platforming expertise and puzzle fixing. What makes Coloured Results particular is identical factor that makes all the perfect on this style particular, a mix of nice character and design. 

The hook of Coloured Results is the, properly, coloured results. You play as a bit fella in a cape who seems strikingly like the principle character from Hole Knight if he have been smaller and extra pixelated, and your mission is to get via a door in every stage by gathering coloured keys, a process that turns into increasingly sophisticated as the sport goes on. 

The identify comes from the powerup system, which relies on colours. Very shortly after beginning the sport, you’ll encounter your first boss battle. When you defeat it, you acquire your first colour skill, which is a blue double bounce. All through the sport, extra bosses present up, they usually every grant you new colour talents from teleportation, a ranged assault, and extra. The trick is although, you’ll be able to solely maintain one powerup at a time, that means that the extra complicated ranges would require some severe planning to determine tips on how to greatest make the most of your talents to get the keys required to open the exit door. 

There’s a bit extra to it, however that’s the fundamentals of the mechanics, and truthfully, all you must know to know to determine if you happen to’re going to love this sport. It’s acquired some catchy music, a pleasant easy visible type, and a few severe head scratchers by way of puzzles. I made it about midway via the sport up to now (or no less than I believe I’m midway accomplished) and I’ve actually been having fun with my time with it. It doesn’t revolutionize something, it merely does what it does extraordinarily properly, which isn’t a foul factor within the least. 

I had mentioned earlier than that I acquired this sport through evaluate code equipped by Flynn’s Arcade, but when I’m being sincere I in all probability would have wound up shopping for it myself anyway as a result of it solely prices a whopping 5 bucks. 

In the event you like these sorts of video games, give coloured Results a go. In the event you don’t, this one in all probability isn’t going to show you right into a fan, however not for lack of attempting. It’s a splendidly well-made sport with an amazing worth and loads of strong puzzling motion. Right here’s hoping I can truly end it sometime, as I’ve been caught on stage 24 for a number of days, however I’ll determine it out! 

Coloured Results is accessible now on Steam, and releases on November 23 for Nintendo Swap.