SLIDE: platformer

Release Date: 2015-07-16

Developer: APAS games

Genres: Indie, Early Access

Price: 3.99

In some platformers you die a lot. Not because you are being killed by things you could not possibly know - you perfectly know whats what but you still cant pull off the moves. In some platformers you spend 10 minutes on a level that can be passed in under 15 seconds. You might look at SLIDEs footage and think that its an easy game. But you would be wrong. SLIDE is a hardcore 2d platformer where you run jump and (often) die. No enemies no blowing stuff up. What makes this game stand out - for better or worse - is a system of contextual jumps which allows to perform dozens of jumps simply by combining direction keys with the "jump". You can even jump down. This feature not only makes for a unique paltforming experience but also adds a puzzle element where you need to figure out what jumps are available to you and which ones to perform in certain situations.