Jumpala

Jumpala is one of those nice casual games which can be played with up to four people (local or online PvP or 2x2 in Teams - so playing Co-op in a human team against the PC team is possible). There are officially ten stages to select (after earning enough: each unlock is 3000 Jenny) - easy once are directly selectable and more interesting ones with falling bolder, crystals or even LASERs are to be unlocked - and officially 7 characters to choose from: * Lola (sword), * Frore (ice), * Cid (computer), * Bommer (explosion), * Reese (speed), *Dr. Time (time manipulation), * Ribbon (stealing). Both character and stage have also a random mode to select if someone prefers to get a surprise. The sound and animation are fitting to this game, but at the beginning it was a lot to get accustomed to and the PC is a quite hard enemy (CPUs are difficult even when playing in easy mode of versus game; in solo game mode they are OK). With a real person - in best case playing in front of the same screen - it is huge fun - but be warned: This fascinating game can be a real `Mensch-ärgere-dich-nicht' game! If you stay at ease you can win - if one gets in rage you may see your avatar falling a lot - which is not good for the score ... and your self-confidence. ;) You can get Items for special abilities (e.g. moving/destroying/locking platforms) and each character has a Special Ability & Ultimate Ability usable when Special Meter has at least 1 or all 4 bars, respectively (tutorials for all 7 official characters and Item Guide exist). I played current version 1.1.0 under GNU/Linux with Logitech F310 controller. Jumpala is an HTML5 game by a responsive developer (a BIG PLUS) running through NW.js, essentially a modified version of Chromium. See the forum for changelogs (and maybe soon a small `manual´). So it currently deserves 4 stars for multiplayer (local was tested - online is also available) - and about 3 stars when playing against the CPU - but this might soon turn for the better!