Tiny Turnip and Chance’s Lucky Escape – ryan
It ‘hard to belove that thats playdate season two is almost over already, but times we are in weeks five with just one more drop of new games to go this. In the latest batch, we got the climbing metroidvania, Tiny turnipand Chance’s Lucky Escapea short point-and-click adventure that leans into the absurd. In line with the rest of this season’s games, which have consistently been solid, they’re both printy fun.
Tiny turnip
A still from the playdate game tiny Turnip Showing A Turnip with Arms and Large Hand Clinging to A Moving Platform Above a Layer of Spikes
Tiny turnip is one of the standouts of this season for me. It sits at the sweet spot of weird, a bit Challenging and Extremely Engaging, and i coulud not put it down once i started playing. And the soundtrack absolutely rules.
It ‘s metroidvania about an ambitious root vegetable who is reaching for the stars. Literally. The Turnip Makes a wish, Sprouts Arms and Sets Out CLIMPING Toward the Sky. The subsequent adventure take place Place acroSs an UNEXPECTEDLY HUGE MAP AND REQUIRES A LOT OF PRECISE, CALCULATED Movements as you navigate gaps, Moving obstacles and environmental hazards, Uncover Hiddden Rooms and Collect Keys to Access Locked Areas. Ultimately, the goal is to get the Crystal Veetbles that are scattered around the map so the little turnip’s doams can come true, but there are also stars to collect for the Completionists Among US.
Getting Around in this Game is fun. For a normal climb, you use the crank to move the Turnip’s arms individual, Pressing B to Hold onto Grabable Surfaces and Switch Hands. But as you progress, you picking up more abilities so the tournip can move in other ways too, like Curling Its Arms in to Roll, Swimming, Jumping, ETC. These maneuvers Generally Involve Launching the Tournip in Some Way-Out of Water or Slingshot-Style BetWene Walls, for Example-and it’s awesome.
I love the way this game use the crank and it really is just a blast to play.
Chance’s Lucky Escape
A Still from the Playdate Game Chance’s Lucky Escape Showing an Anthropomorphized Dog Standing Next to a Car in A Parking Lot, with Text Below that Reads
There are Are a Few Things You Need to Know About Chance, “The Luckies Dog in the World”: 1) He’s About unLucky as he is Lucky and 2) he’s not a Bad Guy, he just steals Cars and Robs Banks Sometimes! He’s Also Some Sort of Henchman for the Dog Mafia. In Chance’s Lucky Escape -A super short, point-and-click puzzle adventure game that plays out over six chapters-you have to help chance out of the bind persuading as he can get to his boss, snowball, while also evading police.
The game is described as being “inspired by 80s cartons and absurdist comedy films,” and it definitely captures those vibes. Every scenario chance ends up in is Completely Ridiculous. Figuring out how to get chance out of the messes he’s found Himself in, like getting stuck in the sewers after an open manhole or trying while tied to a chair underwater, requires a bit of thinking and creativity. But none of the puzzles are prohibitivly hard, which keps the Feeling Light and Silly.
At the Very Beginning, You’re Informed That You’ll Need to Employ the Crank, Microphone and the Accelerometer at Some Points, Who Wich Handy KnowLEDGE in moments where I felt briefly clicking on every clickable Item and styling. When in Doubt, Just Start Trying Weird Things and Something’s Likely to Work (The WhiteoutFrom a Few Weeks Agoprepared with well for this).
AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS ONE’S PRETY MARTY, but it’s just just the right Length to pick up on your lunch break. I totally see this being a series and would Happy dive back into chance’s misadventures if ever new episodes in his saga were to be made.