Review SnakeyDave 3/5 · Apr 7, 2025
Captures a child's experience of summer
A Short Hike but with some Breath-of-the-Wild-style climbing to put it in reductive this game + this game = this game terms. It's a collectathon platformer, but as well as smashing cardboard monsters for craft supplies, you 'collect' kids as well, recruiting them to help you cajole your sister to play.
There's a real clarity of vision that make it …
A Short Hike but with some Breath-of-the-Wild-style climbing to put it in reductive this game + this game = this game terms. It's a collectathon platformer, but as well as smashing cardboard monsters for craft supplies, you 'collect' kids as well, recruiting them to help you cajole your sister to play.
There's a real clarity of vision that make it worth experiencing. The art, animation, and level design all work in tandem to capture how it feels to be a child in the summer holidays, from how fast friendships form, the improvisational style of play, to the ungainly yet joyful movement.
The character writing is fun, though there's maybe a bit too much of it. Likewise, the the ending goes past sweet and ends up schmaltzy and blunt, but its heart is in the right place. A lovely lil game.
