Rising Dusk

Its got a gimmick in that coins make platforms and blocks appear or disappear - depending on your count. A gimmick that the game makes excellent use of, explores uses of i havent expected and in general produces level design that had me gripped about this mechanic despite me not expecting not much out of this. You can tell that this game was produced with no small amount of attention, making the most of its relatively short lenght (if you ignore the collectibles), prompting you to replay and view levels under a different context each time, planning ahead for how many coins to collect and when, especially if you do try to get the collectibles. If you're used to pixel perfect platformers though, i've got to say that the controls here are not exactly tight - nor does the game demand such tight control of you thankfully - i've ran into odd collision boxes, slid off things i feel i shouldnt have, failed jumps i feel i should've made easily sometimes. Despite these issues, this game has prositively surprised me and given me well worth my money, i can only advise you to look past the aesthetic if its not for you and look into exploring these mechanics yourself.

[h1]Don't wait until the night...[/h1] Rising Dusk is best described as a puzzle-platformer that's pretty tough. You have to think about where you want to go, how many coins you want to avoid, how many you need to reach certain objects and keep both eyes wide open for hidden items and passages. Many levels have multiple paths to follow and the temple challenge levels especially require you to put on your thinking cap. Theoretically you can finish the main game in under 4 hours, but there's so much more to discover that you'll easily sink in double that amount. Undeniably, part of why lies in the graphics. Beatiful pixel-art character models and backgrounds, coupled with music that is very good in parts (in others this can fall a little short of the mark). The attention to detail is spectacular, in a word. Though the unnamed MC is cute, the real stars of the game have to be the many yokai you encounter, including their #1 fan Gaijin Goombah who is scouring the square on a lookout for ninja's. Each and every one of them is gorgeously portrayed herein. Gameplay wise, the game does like to mess with your mind a little. Some levels require you to re-think the way you normally approach levels in this game. The controls are mostly tight, but hitboxes can be a little iffy on pc/enemy and projectile/pc both... Rarely pc/platform. Since there are savestatues in various points of a level, its somewhat forgivable though. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] Would I recommend Rising Dusk? [u][b]DEFINITELY[/b][/u] It has a few minor nit-pick issues, like Onibaba's randomness, but for a mostly solo developed game its nothing short of breathtaking. If you aren't convinced by the storepage screenshots and things... it's just 5€, cheaper than a cup of subpar coffee, sooooo... can't go wrong with it, eh?

I do not support precision platformer where the devs implement the tap to short jump and hold to high/long jump. With the glitches the game has where you cant jump from on top of other characters head makes the game frustrating with that jump system. Some of the times the input does not even register for me. I tried, and almost close to the end but this is too frustrating to go on so I am just leaving it here. I never supported games with this kind of jump system and I never will. The games was actually fund and interesting, the puzzles and visuals of yokai from Japan were very good. But all ruined because of this precision platformer ♥♥♥♥♥♥ jump system. If you wanna spend hours trying to solve 1 lvl then be my guest, hopefully you can avoid the glitches but I wont go any further than this.

This game deserves far more recognition and success. Seems like it is largely a one man effort, and that's amazing given the number of things it does par excellence. The gorgeous pixel art style, the heavenly and relaxing Japanese inspired music, the unique Japanese mythological theme, interesting puzzle-platformer game design with counter-intuitive coin avoidance and the reasonably long play time. The couple of things holding it back are the high difficulty level which is compounded by the sometimes weak controls for a game this reliant on perfect jumps. It doesn't help that games nowadays have lowered the bar in terms of difficulty compared to say the NES era, so many would not be patient enough to stick it through. Those who do though would find a rich and memorable experience.

Хорошая, милая, добрая игра. В некоторых отзывах есть жалобы на управление, типа для платформера оно слишком неточное - есть соскальзывания с краев, например. Считаю эту проблему несущественной, т.к. тут не требуется пиксельно-точного платформинга, для комфортного прохождения не обязательно быть ветераном адских хаков на Марио)

A tough one to judge. Since the price point, I'll thumbs up, but I'm far from as enthusiast about it. Why? Because while there are things Rising dusk does right, there's just about as many things that are lacking. The pros: -the idea of avoiding coins (but not entirely) is pretty original and provides variety in a pretty worn-out genre (platformer nr 12'047 so to speak) -the puzzles are interesting in design -visuals and sound are okay (I wouldn't say stellar, but probably better than can be expected) The cons: -controls could be bit tighter. I felt like I was doing worse than I should be doing in spots -you often won't know whether or not you need coins until after you've passed parts. Be prepared to go back to the (fairly scarce) last checkpoint often -the visuals and theme are just sort of "there". I have honestly no idea what I'm supposed to be working toward

Even with some blocks having partial hitbox problems, it's still a little unique gem, both for the mechanics and for making every single coin matter so much, and without making it in a casual rage game. A real shame this game it's so hidden

Not my cup of tea, but clearly a well designed little puzzle platformer. There is this cool mechanic that revolves around collecting or AVOIDING to collect coins in a level, depending on where you want to go etc. There are even enemies that steal coins from you and you suddenly realise every enemy is positioned with a purpose that can either help or hinder you from reaching platforms. Visuals are pretty ugly but soundtrack is actually quite good.