I have to assume that the student team behind this got an A+ on it considering they were able to craft a fun little 15 minute slice of 2D platforming with a charming short story. I'm not sure how they got Nolan North himself to sign onto this but obviously that gives them some gaming gravitas right out of the gate. I enjoyed how meta this was with the environment changing all around the character. It's simple and tongue-in-cheek but gives a great excuse to string together different gameplay ideas in the context of the narrative. The parkour gameplay reminded me a lot of the surprisingly fun Mirror's Edge iOS port. I'd recommend this to anybody who has even a few minutes for a quick little bite of gameplay, and I wouldn't mind at all to see this fleshed out into a full project. Bonus points for the interesting design concept videos and tests playing over the credits that gives you a glimpse to how it was made.

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2023


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