Ibb and Obb

Release: 2014
Platform: PC
Developer: Sparpweed
Genre: 2d, Puzzle, Platformer, Cooperative
Gameplay Stats: 5 hours, 4/10 Steam achievements

A friend suggested that I try out this game with him, so we got to play a sweet coop game! There is a single player mode as well, but I didn't try that at all.

Graphics: This game is very minimalist in its design. There is very little and next to no shading. There's not much that I would call superfluous, which can be a good thing when puzzling. I'd by lying if I said that this game was breathtaking, but it is pretty elegant in it's visual design. This won't be winning any awards, but it's also not ugly. There's not much difference between levels besides a different color background.

Audio: The sounds were fine? The music wasn't intrusive in a good or bad way. I won't be looking up this soundtrack at any point in the future for another listen, but I also won't be advising people to mute it. The sound effects were in a similar vein. Nothing great or terrible, just serviceable.

Plot: There's really not a plot here except go to the right. There aren't even any words in the game apart from the menus.

Gameplay: This game plays fairly well! Much like its design, it won't be winning any awards, but it's good. There's a small momentum mechanic that I honestly didn't notice until some of the last few puzzles, so that made for an odd difficulty curve, but overall the game progressed pretty smoothly. The developers used the philosophy made famous in the Mario games, introduce a mechanic in safety and then present it in progressively harder configurations as the level continues. It suits the game!

Overall, this game is enjoyable. I'd hesitate to say it's a masterpiece, but it works for online coop which is huge. This game has a really good difficulty curve and the netcode is quite good. Apart from that, the game is pretty minimal. I think this aids the game during a playthrough, but I think it will hurt it as far as staying in players' minds after they've completed it. [7.5/10]