Willful

I had a ton of fun playing through this game. The controls are tight, the level design is fantastic, and the soundtrack is great. I never thought collecting carrots could be this much fun. I would definitely recommend, especially for the price.

I enjoyed this & would recommend it, it's a zany puzzle-platform with good exploration elements and a nice overarching plotline, a few things that could be improved but it was definitely money well spent for a few hours of bouncing around solving jumping puzzles, shooting at things, and trying to find out what the hell was up with Chad anyway (Did I discover the answer to the last one? Play the game and you might find out!). Longer review with highlights & things I thought could be improved is here: http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5267

I do like this game, but I just can't recommend it. I mean, did I really enjoy it? It took me two hours to complete the game, and considering I bought it on sale for two dollars, one could say I got my money's worth. But my issue with the game is this: while it's not a bad game by any means, it simply can't be considered a commercial game. If anything, it's a project game. This should be a free download on itch.io, not a paid game on Steam. So what is Willful, you must ask, because you've probably never heard of it before now? This is the first and so far only review of the game, and I am so sorry it has to be this way? Well, it's about a rabbit named Will, who's been all trussed up to be sacrificed to some kind of god-monster. By random happenstance, he manages to escape, pick up a gun, and now he's off on a quest to journey up to this monster's spaceship and kill it. The story begins and ends there, with everything else in between essentially filler. The only characters of any note ...

I am John Willful Considering this is one of Luke's earliest public projects AND like four dollars, it's pretty damn good. Going for 100% will yield a good bit of playtime, and you probably won't even have to look up a walkthrough (which is fortunate, because I don't think this game has any).

The movement of the game is fine for the most far in being responsive but the physics in the jumping in the game can be iffy with the second jump. I also don't really understand the purpose of having knock-back with the collision on the second jump with various objects. There is slippery collision on the second jump that can be abit annoying. The shooting mechanics starts off underwhelming but becomes decent later on with upgrades. I wish there was a way of knowing how many upgrades I had. I'm fine with a stamina meter in games but I didn't see much added to the game. There is also a fun "bug" with the Omnistar where you can charge a shot with one button and still shoot with the second "shoot" button. The design of the stages were mostly good for the first 6 worlds. I didn't really feel like I got lost in the earlier part of the game and always kinda had an idea of where to go next. However, the later part of the game didn't too good of a job giving that sense of direction and it fe...

VERY well tuned platforming, I love the art style, I love the dialog, I love how short and simple it is, It's just a great game.

A great little game. Stage-based but like a metroidvania, great music and fun graphics.

Edit: You know what, over the last two years since I've played this game I've actually found myself recommending this game to people more than I expected. so I'm changing my rating to a recommend. That said, I still think people should know going in there's a little jank and the ending is still pretty bad (also that last boss fight specifically) I'm still not 100% sure it's worth the price but obviously I still have fond memories of it till now so maybe I'm wrong here. -original review- I liked the game, although I don't think it's really worth more than a dollar. It was a fun world to explore, not very challenging, but fun. I will say, the game really feels like the developer rushed the ending, while jank is present for the whole game, it really ramps up when you're fighting the last few bosses. With the final boss feeling like it was just put there beause the game needed it to be considered finished. If I had anything to recommend to the developer, it would be to take this game, ...