Recent reviews by XeoSho

Color Jumper blends the puzzle and platformer genres in a perfect way. You can’t simply button mash your way through a level, and you also can’t just plot out everything without the having the dexterity to pull it off. You have to be good at both of those aspects to succeed.

In the beginning the controls can be a bit frustrating, but you get over that pretty quickly. At first I didn’t like that the jump and rotation are the same button, but it quickly becomes clear that the entire game was designed with that mechanic in mind. If those actions were placed on separate buttons, many of the puzzles would lose their challenge entirely. The player really has to think about how to order their jumps to get past certain points in the level.

The one boss level I’ve played so far was very well designed. Although I died repeatedly, I continually learned the aspects and timings of the fight, so I did a little better each attempt. Beating the boss, or any level of the game for that matter, gives you a super gratifying feeling that you’ve really overcome something.

The visuals are simplistic, yet engaging. There’s not a ton of flash, but that’s a good thing. I wouldn’t want a bunch of over-the-top visuals getting in my way when I’m trying to see the puzzles. The music and sound effects match the game very well.

The content is definitely worth the $8 price tag, even for someone who is absolutely terrible at platformers like me. If you’re a hardcore platformer junkie, I’d say Color Jumper is a steal. After you've beaten the 100+ there are additional time and rotation challenges to dive into. Ghost mode is great, too.

My only real complaint about the game is the lack of tooltips for explaining menu items. I’m still not sure what changing the rotation setting does, and I’m not super clear on how the time and rotation challenges for each level work.

All-in-all Color Jumper is a fun, engaging, and at times enraging platformer that sucked me in even though I am traditionally very VERY bad at the genre. I would certainly recommend it, and I’d consider it a must-have for any speedrunners.