Arthur Loves Watermelon is a difficult platformer the place you might be cursed to leap each few moments, requiring particular timing to outlive.
This recreation is a 2D platformer all about just a little squirrel that very a lot loves watermelon. Throughout his time in his land, he has began consuming tons of the sacred watermelon, which brought on a witch to need to steal them! When the witch stole his watermelon, she cursed him in order that he must leap continuously and uncontrollably.
And that is the place the true problem is on this platformer. Each three beats, your character jumps into the air. This isn’t supreme, however there’s a counter within the higher left hand nook which may give you a little bit of a heads up, however on the identical time, it’s lots to observe. Arthur Loves Watermelon is a tough recreation and all the mechanic of all the time leaping is one that you just do must get used too.
Accumulating watermelons type of reveals you the best way to go, however there are different issues to gather in ranges like keys that unlock completely different areas and potions. Some potions allow you to leap a second time while you hit them whereas others pause your curse for a small period of time (which lets you get to different areas). You see, there are tons of spikes all over the place. Together with robotically leaping, you possibly can sprint and likewise glide if you’re within the air, which strikes you round sooner.
With these two skills, Arthur Loves Watermelon seems like a enjoyable recreation to speedrun. It’s received lots of difficult moments, however as quickly because the leaping sample clicks, you possibly can actually really feel glad as you leap instantly by a degree. There are a couple of completely different worlds to play by with diversified to grasp. I received the possibility to rage stop the sport a number of occasions on the Bilbao Impartial Video games Convention the place I did get a gummy deal with every time I received pissed off (which is really a fantastic advertising and marketing technique).
Arthur Loves Watermelon is at the moment in improvement, however within the meantime, you possibly can add it to your Steam Wishlist.