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lilithkismet rated Greg the Clumsy Ghost

lilithkismet rated a paintjam 5 years ago
A downloadable paintjam for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

I beat every level.  All levels are unlocked from the get-go, so there's no progression. It doesn't keep track of your previous scores or totals, so there's no way to even know if you've completed a level faster than before, or even if you've completed that level at all. There is no story here - just the veneer of one thrown in the game description - you're a ghost (because we didn't animate someone pushing the law mower, not because being a ghost matters to the game in any way) and... you're mowing the lawns because... people are dying in the tall grass, or something. The ghost's name is Greg, and apparently he's clumsy. Except him being clumsy has nothing to do with the game play, it's just an informed trait. The description says you can collect hidden diamond rings, but every level just has a big obvious floating ring you can nab. The single track 8-bit style music and whistling repeat on a short loop, which gets annoying by the 15th level. The biggest issue of all is that the portals are seriously bugged. Most of the time they don't work properly, so you lose important seconds re-entering and hoping this time the portal will spit you out correctly. Devs say they're going to re-do the project, and if so I'll update the review accordingly, but for now this one is a hard pass.