Like a lot of people, I went into this game expecting a certain amount of Pikmin-ness. Instead I got a great little platformer, and I think I prefer it this way. Tinykin is exploding with charm, and even though the gameplay never goes too far beyond "grab X and take it to Y", the game is short enough that I didn't find it too monotonous. I love a good "little characters in a big world" setting, so I often found myself interested in exploring, and accidentally completed objectives when I was really trying to figure out how to reach the highest point or tucked-away pieces of pollen.

I'm kind of surprised how captivated I was with the sound design in Tinykin, everything has a cartoony, cute sound to it. Even hearing the yellow tinykin grunt as you walk all over them is cute. I know saying "this cartoony wink-wonk-wink-wonk sound is exactly what it should sound like when you climb a giant shoelace" makes me sound absurd, but here we are. It's a great wink-wonk sound.

Tinykin isn't a particularly challenging game, but I don't think it needs to be. I think it's just a breezy, lovable little game about a little guy.