babe-lathe

honestly pretty interesting game

If you're like me and have a soft internal "hell yeah" when you see weird little indie games pop up then this one is worth the dive. The experience is firmly split between two parts: the fairly difficult grid-based platforming and the random encounters that put you into a fascinating collision-based combat system. While I got hooked into both the biggest hurdle is definitely the platforming, which involves understanding how to take advantage of the fact that wall-kicking resets coyote time and fighting some fairly narrow input windows to make those tricks work. But ultimately I found it satisfying once it clicked for me what each challenge was demanding. My only disappointment is that I would loved to have seen more experimentation with the combat. It's the kind of fun that makes me wish it had absurd optional challenges in the same way the platforming does. This is a full recommendation if both modes of gameplay sound appealing to you.