NeonPlat 2

By: Derek Yu

On: August 1st, 2010

[This is a guest review by JimmySH. If you’d like to write a guest article for TIGSource, go here.]

White platforms need more neon, so in NeonPlat 2 Platdude takes his neon-painting pants to run and fill the platforms until his own doom. Soon, the screen overflows with baddies. Kinda like this:

It’s a fast, crazy game by Jayenkai.

In a basic level, platforms spawn in waves, and when all the white ones are painted, the next wave appears. Platdude can get several powerups: slow motion, wings, globes to throw on enemies, and more. The game plays like a combo of classic Mario Bros. (climb the platforms), City Connection (paint them, too), Space Invaders (they come in, from above). Combine that with crystal-clear audiovisuals, with simplistic art in salad-colors molten with laser precision.

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