Gecko Gods

I wanted to love this game so much, had been following it through development, but got soft locked in a room an hour in. I reported it on the discord but on scrolling through it seems the exact bug had been reported three months ago, just two days after release. Multiple other areas seems to have been reported as soft lock later in the game too which has put me off and I have requested a refund. I loved the look, the feel and the first island was great fun on gameplay and I won't hesitate to pick it up again in the future if the soft locking/save bug gets fixed. If this happens I will update my review because I really do want to love this game.

I didn't hate the game, but I didn't find it worth the price unfortunately. I liked the art style, and some of the initial puzzles, but after playing the game it really feels like it just need awhile longer in development. It really lacks a lot of polish, I regularly ran into glitches, a lot of the level design was sketchy at best, and in a lot of places things just don't look right. The ending was borderline impossible for me to make out what was happening, it glitched pretty severally, and looked awful. I really liked the demo, but the full game didn't really offer me much more than it. The plot didn't really have anything going for it, very generic. I honestly would've preferred the game if the gods never spoke to you. The poor level design makes figuring out the right way hard, followed by being weirdly railroaded into certain stuff by being told directly things that you don't really need to be told. There's all sorts of little stuff. The "skins" shown color doesn't actually match what color the skin is. The money achievement literally requires more money than it is even possible to spend in game (roughly 2.5k more if my experience is anything to go off of). You constantly glitch through your sailboat and the waves. Also most surfaces. There's gaps you are visibly large enough to crawl through that the game just denies you with invisible walls. All the little things that really make a game come together just aren't there. The game also just lacks depth in a lot of it's mechanics. There's platforming, puzzles, and combat but it's all rather shallow. It's not bad, it just isn't really great either and doesn't all come together. That's a bit of a reoccurring theme. (major spoilers ahead) I think the problem with game is exemplified by the end. Your final reward is you hatch 3 eggs hidden within the temple and the other geckos scuttle away, never to be seen again. The geckos are in insanely large eggs, and hatch fully grown (just another version of the player model). I really think that they maybe could've taken the time to actually make baby gecko models, and maybe make the gecko eggs not quite so comically large. But I guess there wasn't time for that. Overall, again, I didn't hate it, but I can't say I'd recommend it either.

Пишу отзыв после прохождения игры на 100%. Мне очень понравилась как сама идея игры за геккона, так и сочетание весьма живописного стилизованного визуального стиля с медитативным исследованием (и охотой на жуков!) Смена дня и ночи невероятно красиво смотрится, расцвечивая локации разными оттенками. Представленные в игре острова не отличаются большой площадью, но составлены с учётом особенностей перемещения: возможность бегать по стенам и потолку и отсутствие урона от падения позволяет немного иначе взглянуть на исследование. Благодаря ящеричной перспективе и маленькости гг сразу увеличивается доступная площадь и повышается масштаб. Головоломки несложные – они скорее призывают внимательнее изучать окружение. Враги тоже есть, но особой проблемы не представляют. Интересная деталь: если геккон получит много урона, то отбросит хвостик, который потом отрастает. Для преодоления водных преград между островами и прохождения несложных испытаний есть лодка. Исследовать острова можно в любом порядке, за исключением вулканического: его лучше оставить на финал. Он же привносит в игру минимальный челлендж – ловушки и забег на время. К счастью, такого в игре мало. Есть и минусы. Часто камера либо прилипает слишком близко, либо улетает вдаль; направление клавиш может внезапно меняться при перемещении. Попадаются дыры в текстурах. Попадаются и баги с не срабатывающими с первого раза механизмами. Невероятно милая и с душой созданная игра, и одно из моих открытий года.

um jogo para matar a saudade de sable

Really fun and great looking puzzle/exploration game. The music is really chill too. Plus, if you put geckos in it, chances are I'll be jazzed on it.

This game is so cute and has a beautiful art style! It's quite unique for the genre I think as well. The game tells you next to nothing about what to do yet it's very clear what you need to do anyway by only level design, good example for show don't tell when it comes to games like this. it's also just fun running around and climbing on walls as a little gecko!

this game is beautiful and very fun!

очень милая и медитативная игра, головоломки не сильно сложные, а мир приятен глазу даже не на максимальных настройках. за первые три часа прошла почти четыре острова и пока что все нравится. рекомендую тем кто хочет отдохнуть и приятно провести время