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Review by Jellepostma all reviews by Jellepostma

A cute game offering an AI take on a fable. The world it presents is full of small puzzles you need to solve together with your elephant companion. However, the game can be quite frustrating to play at some times, since precisely controlling both your character and the elephant can be a tough feat to accomplish, however interesting of an additional game mechanic it may be. The elephant rushes around the level trying to follow you, jumping to its demise even though you did not intent it so. At some point, you need to move planks in order for the elephant to make in through the room, which proves a difficult task since these planks are so easily moved by accident. It does not help either that the jump and pull action are bound to the same key and one cannot jump while standing still, and also not pull while moving. This makes it very difficult to move said planks in the right position.

Despite its flaws, the game's atmosphere is great. It has a nice visual style, great enchanting music and a nice world (and graphs!). The genre requirement has been fulfilled with the help of some AI magic, and I can give a wink to the "iridescent" style of the bubbles floating around (as pointed out by the elephant in the room). Overall, it was a frustratingly enjoyable experience and very impressively executed considering the time limit. Kudos!

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 4 Technical 2 Genre 4