A Humble Choice game for Dec. 2023. The Gunk is a very okay little puzzle platformer that's somewhat like Super Mario Sunshine or Okami: vacuum up toxic goo and restore the land. Movement and combat is much less sophisticated than in either of those games, but it works well enough.
For most of the game, exploration is straightforward enough that it's not really a puzzle platformer. Things gradually ramp up and by the end of the game, progression requires multiple steps over several rooms.
It has a vaguely environmentalist message, but unless I missed something, the story is too vibes-based to really make much of a point.
It's mostly a very pretty game, but the limits of its time/budget are apparent in face-to-face cutscenes between the MC and her parter. Their mouths move with their words, but their faces are otherwise still.
For most of the game, exploration is straightforward enough that it's not really a puzzle platformer. Things gradually ramp up and by the end of the game, progression requires multiple steps over several rooms.
It has a vaguely environmentalist message, but unless I missed something, the story is too vibes-based to really make much of a point.
It's mostly a very pretty game, but the limits of its time/budget are apparent in face-to-face cutscenes between the MC and her parter. Their mouths move with their words, but their faces are otherwise still.