#knucklewitch

There's still a lot I need to check out, but so far I've enjoyed:

Root Bear

Angel Pop

Under the Castle

I'm not currently writing anything about it, but I am enjoying it a lot. The art direction and music are absolutely fantastic, as expected, but I'm mostly struck by how deep the movement mechanics feel. It has a somewhat higher skill floor and a much higher skill ceiling than I expected. It really is a game that makes you work a little harder to keep up your momentum (as exemplified by the penguin enemies that exist almost entirely to break your flow if you fail to avoid them), but the tradeoff is that once you get the hang of it it's REALLY satisfying. People are showing off their full combo level runs for a reason. You can absolutely just take your time with it and play it as a more slow-paced "traditional" platformer most of the time, but the real fun seems to be in mastering those combos and figuring out how to go fast

Also I just think it's fun to use the right stick to control the yo-yo. It reminds me of that era when games like Ape Escape were experimenting with other ways to use the dual analog sticks, rather than just using one for movement and the other for the camera