Lion Quest

[h1][b][u]Overall - 24/100[/u][/b][/h1] This block-based platformer is not put together well and is barely even about lions. Save your money. [h1]Playing as a cat - 20/20[/h1] Really the only thing this game gets right -- you are playing as a lion! You have animal friends! [h1]Acting like a cat - 0/20[/h1] If the game hadn't told me once or twice that the lead character was a lion, I would have zero idea that he was one. This is a generic platformer with a questionably-lion-shaped group of blocks as your character sprite. [h1]Adorableness Level - 0/20[/h1] For a game with a lion protagonist, nothing is cute about it. The game is made of of squares. Probably about 50 squares overall. It's just not much to look at. [h1]Polish - 2/20[/h1] This game was designed in a way so that nothing is intuitive. What is a part of the level and what is background is indistinguishable. The level select screen is a confusing level in itself, without a lot of signposts helping you figure out where to go if you just want to play the game. They tried to solve all of this by starting you out with 4 (!) tutorial levels, which tell you what the deal is with everything--since every gameplay element looks like a cube, it requires a lot of explanation. At times, the screen will be overflowing with an unreadable amount of text giving you help, at other times you'll get nothing. Even the settings screen is a completely non-intuitive blending of gameplay and menu. [h1]FUN? - 2/20[/h1] I abandoned this game shortly after the tutorial. Nothing about it draws you in, and it's just a frustrating mess.

Has a ton of content for a small game, for real. My playtime at roughly 5 hours is all just the main story. Platforming is hard (because I am bad at platformers?) but fair. Simple graphics, but it works. Plot is a bit odd, but it is fun. Sometimes the levels can glitch. I do agree with someone who wrote that the mechanic of using multiple characters at once could be used more, but when it is used it is creative and can be challenging. To be honest I am just working through my backlog trying games I own from many humble/jingle bundles. Before I started playing it I did not expect to finish it, but I enjoyed it enough to finish it.

yes i had fun

Cute pixelated interpretation of animal platformer but a lot of the game[play is garbage. I played for quite awhile and only have 2 achievements to show for it. A lot of different death achs would be welcome as well as jumping achs and little special areas found. And really this game needs more character. Have the character actually talk to each other in between areas. Or even during the levels. BUt everything is just bleh

Lion Quest has some interesting ideas inside of it, but honestly it's a bit messy and unfocused in the execution. I'm legitimately interested in seeing some other work from Dracula's Cave, but this seems a bit too unpolished for me to recommend to folks.

I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of you. In fact, I may have played this game for only a day or two. That being said, after doing so, I had a new joy and hope for life. I managed to leave behind the pain and suffering that had been thrust upon me. I could experience the joy and happiness of other people. I relaxed for 5 ♥♥♥♥ minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay. After realizing this, I turned off the game and went back to work. My hand hurt a lot, but I was motivated. I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and became the father I needed to be at that moment, not the weak boy I was behaving like. Today, I am close friends with the mother of my children. We don't fight, argue, or say hurtful things to each other. We are parents and friends. Now I have 3 children. My third child is, wait, ALSO 4 YEARS OLD. The woman I am with was going through a very similar situation at the time of my separation, and we just unexpectedly stumbled into each other's lives. We have been dating for a year and are very happy together. Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today. This silly little game helped me realize that. Thank you.

A very cute platformer.