Re:Fresh

[b]RE:FRESH[/b], is how a starter dream project should be done. This is a charming little platformer that doesn't try to do anything crazy. It features simple 3D platforming that has both easy challenges to tougher time trials if you feel like doing those. Furthermore, the dialogue is quite appropriate for such a silly game. There were a couple bugs I encountered like clipping into terrain and being stuck but those didn't really become so frustrating that it took away from the experience. The pricing is a bit steep but if you go into this with the right perspective (and from a sale), then this is a great way to spend a night. [b]PROS[/b]: - Snappy platforming - Cute writing - Optional challenges - Easy to pick up and understand [b]CONS[/b]: - A bit buggy - Unfairly priced - Very short [i]Those hoop challenges are damn difficult for a cozy game.[/i]

mascot-style platformer which engages the visuals of solarpunk without any of its politics. You play a single character who can solve a majority of a region's problems after a storm. The rest of the folks in the area can apparently do this, but you're eager to lend a hand--nice! Well, a nice thought. In practice you become a central hero figure on a heroic quest to solve other people's problems for them, and while you're hard at work they are... waiting for you to do things for them. Mutual aid is built upon helping each other, not on everybody relying on one person, even if they can accomplish things on their own. The fact that the story parallels a 'great man' tale is quite the opposite of mutual aid. The lip service to returning the favor at the end is little more than an attempt to circumvent the problem they created for themselves in wanting to be a solarpunk story. But that requires much earlier decisions to have gone in a much more different direction. Why, for example, are we playing only one character? The storytelling power of different characters accomplishing different tasks isn't just a great mechanism for showing different perspectives or skills, it also does a lot to remind us that the story we get to be a part of belongs to many people, not only one. There's a great little quest at the end where you repair a bridge upon introspecting that the area it returns access to is of cultural significance to its inhabitants. Thing is, you're not asked to do it, and don't know that it is what they want. Sure, the area might have importance (not that the game shows us that, merely that the character we play as thinks so) but... if it's of cultural significance, why are we going rogue and taking care of this? And, to return to aesthetics, the solarpunk aesthetic is just... wrong. Solarpunk isn't twee and spotless, it isn't unexplainably magic technology; it's covered in moss and dirt, problem solving with the biome you occupy, not against it. The central problem with this game is that if you ask me to set aside the poor utilization of solarpunk... it's just a crummy student project.

Unrefined, floaty and slidy. The base game is overall easy to get through but the general platforming feels god awful and that made every time trial feel abysmal. The design was also rather shallow character and building wise with characters that looked like they were ripped out of MySims. It's wholesome, sweet and thankfully short but I can hardly recommend this game.

[h3]Pros:[h3] + Cute and short + very nice platforming, with additional jumps and dashes it gives a lot of satisfaction + easy enough for kids [h3]Cons:[/h3] - becomes too easy with additional jumps

This is a short but solid game. It was challenging at first but gradually getting easier with more upgrades, keeping the game cozy and stress free. I wish it was longer, either add more islands, npc, or increase the materials needed as you progress further. My critique on this is that, it doesn't have a page of what upgrades that you've got, what buttons to press, or even key binding in settings. I had to look up on YouTube what's the button to dash, because I accidentally skipped the popup. This can be added in the tab menu, along with other gameplay related stuff that may be needed and not in the game.

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