In this game, you run around jumping and shooting enemies as quickly and accurately as possible in order beat each level by touching a pole.
Pros:
+ Simple and cute design
+ Upbeat music
+ Quick deaths and level restarts
+ Responsive controls
Cons:
- Hardly any shading
- Unfair tasks
- Gets difficult quickly
- No settings to change difficulty
The design is cute and simple with upbeat music. Since deaths and restarting a level are quick, its easy to continuously play the game, even though a single hit will kill you. The quick and responsive controls make you feel as though you have full control over your character.
However, the lack of shading can make aiming and platforming difficult. Also, there are moments where the game is unfair. For example, at one point in the first world, you have to jump to a platform, turn, jump off of the platform before it disappears, and shoot a ball that is firing over your head (which will cause you to die if it hits the ground). Doing this is quite difficult because you can't stand on the platform, and aiming at the ball changes the direction that you're jumping in. This would have been fine if there were settings to either remove the balls or to stop platforms from disappearing, however, there are no settings to modify the world or to change the game's difficulty.
The game's design is simple and enjoyable, but I would have prefered to play on a less challenging difficulty and then change it after getting better at the game. Also, if the difficulty could have been reduced, this would have been my kids' first shooter.
