Fairly fun, and it is challenging, although, not always because of the level design. The controls feel slippery to me. Like it has a loose feel to it. The cube slides sometimes which makes precision hard most of the time, and since you need precision for most of the later rooms, it makes it a testament to your persistence to finish. Controls aside, the levels are very well thought out, each simple and challenging by design. Music was a nice touch, giving emphasis to the art style you used. Overall, well done, but the controls need a LOT more work.
Reviews for "CrateRun"
Hard=p
everything was what i expect from a good game, but when you jump not so good at all
The decision to change a normal platformer jump mechanic to a floating, hard-to-control arc inflates the difficulty artificially without contributing anything to the game. The levels are exquisitely designed, I just question that directive choice. Even falling in a straight line, or landing where I expected, became a challenge, especially in later levels where a combination of cannons, spikes, and thin pillars meant precision was needed.
The wall-jumping ability somewhat makes up for this initially, as if I 'messed up' I could still jump off of the side of the block I'd intended to land on, but once spikes on the sides of blocks came into play, I was crippled not by the level, but by not understanding how the square was moving. Sure, if I had exact timing I'm sure I could control it, but with human reflexes, I'd find myself hitting the same buttons at approximately the same timing and moving in a COMPLETELY different way due to the floating.
In other platformers, even those where precision is perilously exact, using approximately the same timing gets you to approximately the same space. The floating of the block meant that I'd completely overshoot or undershoot where I wanted to go, trying the exact same button combination (jumping forward, then frantically adjusting between left and right til I got the right adjustment down doesn't even work because of this).
Music also great.
this game is good but not one of my favs