My favorite thing about video games? Layers. Stack those sweet sweet systems high and lemme get a slice. Flicky’s got more layers than an ogre’s onion. All these systems — collecting chicks, avoiding cats, holding a projectile, firing that projectile, cat spawn points, chick exit points, level design dependent platforming — are all coexisting and informing each other. On top of that delicious design it’s also technically stunning. All of these myriad objects onscreen are clear and concrete and feel like they physically exist in a real space, even if it’s a cartoon. When you get hit, the chicks you drop stay where you dropped them. They don’t reset. They don’t flicker. You can leave them offscreen and come back later. In short, Flicky is an immersive sim.