Jayenkai of SoCoder has applied the Geometry Wars/Echoes retro deconstructionist mash-up mentality to the Bubble Bobble/Mario Bros. style hop-’n-bop single-screen platformer. Enter NeonPlat 2.
Color the white floors to make them tumble. Grab balls and toss them at enemies, then grab the power-ups that float away. It’s all familiar grammar, mixing a bit of City Connection and Snow Bros. Yet the game has such character and verve and immediacy; it takes those mechanics and digests them to make a frothy, fun party game with a sort of a Nintendo DS flavor.