Madcap Castle

I bought on first place just to see what it was like, and after playing until the 1/3 of all levels I can say that I will keep that game to play more! Remind me when I bought my first game boy and how the years passed fast! If you want to chill and play a little bit of old school game, this game is for you.

This game is just so-so. The real downfall in this is that I was expecting the kind of game where you get more and more spells as it goes on but instead you are given one at a time so each room is very straight forward in how they are completed and more relies on annoyingly precise platforming rather than any sort of clever thinking with how your magic works. Around the half way point it felt more worth it to stop playing rather than continue. If you enjoy tough platforming games then this could be for you but I personally find that it gets difficult later on for the wrong reasons. This isn't that bad of a game, but it really isn't all that great either.

Madcap Castle aims to be a puzzle platformer from the days of Game Boy era games and does a very good job at reaching those aims. TLDR; First Impressions Video and Critique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iStmcOoIko The controls are tight and intutive as well are the mechanics relating to your active abilities on each world. The movement is the biggest thing that could have made this game cross the line between challenging but attainable or frustrating and sloppy. Im happy to say that it most certainly falls into the former category making the puzzles challenging but I always felt that I could complete them with practice. The only things I would like to see from either a patch on this game or in the developers future games is more love for the options menus! Please put in something to the effect of audio sliders for your music, FX, and master volumes. By no means is the sound unbalanced between the different types of sounds created during gameplay but it is always a little piec...

this game. this game. where to start. this game is so refreshing, even though it does not have "the best graphics on the planet" to me, this is a wink, a nod and a m'lady to the good old days. this game has a demo version, with 45!!!!! levels. played through it, immediately fell in love with it, and purchased. Madcap has a big skillcurve. you can get through the first couple of levels with ease, but after level 15 it gets exponentially harder. full controller support is a welcome gift, and it plays like the old days. just an allround well designed and put together game, that is harder then any souls game ive ever played. Kudos! will be sinking a lot of time in this, and for 10bucks, its a steal, and definitely a hidden gem!! purchase this game now, and have fun with hours of giggles and rage! (might want to stock up on controllers)

It's very cute and recreates the feeling of Gameboy games perfectly, I like it

Madcap Castle is a precision platformer where you have to get to the exit but each room has requirements such as pushing all buttons and killing all enemies. Many different traps and enemies are placed in such a way that the rooms won’t be a simple A to B walk. You have one skill that changes halfway through each castle (a world with 15 puzzles including 1 boss). There are 10 castles with their own gimmicks. The gameboy style in terms of graphics and music is charming. There is a lot of content for the price paid. The skills, levels and bosses have creative ideas and it can feel great to clear levels/bosses sometimes. I like what the game is trying to do as it’s my kind of game. The big issue that ruins things is the way challenge is achieved. There is fair challenge where a game can be incredibly challenging but the controls are perfect, the enemy behaviour is predictable, the traps are consistent and you know what you’re supposed to do. Madcap Castle is extremely challengin...

A small, simple plattformer styled like a Gameboy game. Every level completely fits on screen and you have to reach the exit on the right side from the entrance on the right. Every few levels you get a new spell to solve the following levels. The small space filled with instant death traps makes timing and precision necessary but the short distance to the goal shapes the game to a hard plattformer of small bits. This would be an amazing game for short breaks, however, the rooms usually are peppered with switches you have to press consecutively before the exit will open. Obviously this is to lenghten the individual levels but it often just forces you to cross the same Room twice or more. Even with this nuisance this game is a nice little intermezzo for everybody interested in precision platformers.

Fun puzzle platformer!

Finally I completed the game with all levels zero death. My first challenge of hell in 2024. If I knew the journey was that tricky and awful, I would think twice before buying this game. Have to say some designs are very smart, while the flaws are just as astonishing. I doubt whether they tested every level, quality control is definitely missing in this game. Some levels are extremely easy to beat, while others? I do not even think the developers want you to complete the game, they only want you to get mad. Unless you really want to challenge yourself at a high level, do not consider this game. Very few can play to the end, not even the developers themselves I guess.

Ok if bought on a sale for 50 cents or so