I'm sure it's no surprise I'm under one of this guy's games again with another review. This time, he was nice enough to give me a copy of this game for playtesting, which I'm very thankful for.

Back on topic, Bananarang: The Scattered Shards is a platformer with light action and puzzle elements. In the main stages, you collect all the crystal shards to advance, and boss stages at the end of each world should explain itself.

Each main stage contains 30 shards to collect, most requiring some condition to be met. Most of them require having a certain boomerang equipped, which is done by swapping them out using special blocks, but there is quite a bit of variety. Sometimes there are enemies, but outside the first couple worlds they are meant to be avoided rather than defeated. Getting hurt is no big deal, as health is regenerated over time. Even then, (outside a certain world) shards collected is maintained after dying, but enemies respawn and your boomerang is reset.

This game had a bit of a different approach to boss design. The fights mostly consist of surviving until they become vulnerable, then you hit them five times in one way or another before they lose health. It places a heavy emphasis on memorizing patterns and more importantly being patient. Health regen seems to be a bit faster during these stages, so there is a lot of room for error.

That being said, I should mention that it is heavily recommended to look through at least some of the enclosed Player's Guide before and while playing, as some of its information isn't conveyed in-game, but even so I've only needed to look a few times.

Either way, this game is definitely the most solid game this dev has made thus far, and I'd like to thank him again for reaching out to have me test it. I look forward to its release!