Honeyslug‘s Gamma 4 presentation piece, Poto & Cabenga, has now gone public. If you’ve got trouble multitasking, maybe this is a good life tool. It’s a single-switch game, where you control two characters at once.
For Cabenga, hold the space bar to run and release it to jump. For Poto, hold the space bar to slow down and tap it to jump. You can imagine the complications that play out, as you collect objects, avoid stray hedgehogs, and collaborate between the two characters to solve problems. All with a single button. Now there’s overloading the functions for you.
Even before you get to the mechanics, the aesthetics are a big draw. The designs and layout, by pop artist Richard Hogg, are lush and clean. In place of traditional sound effects, the player’s actions are accompanied by Tetsuya Mizuguchi-esque flourishes that build on the music, resulting in an interactive soundtrack. It’s a very holistic bit of design, all around.
It’s free, it’s neat, it opens right in your browser. It only takes a few minutes to play. Go pick it over. Only downside is sitting through the tutorial again whenever you replay. Oh well! Such is modern game design.
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