Jump, step, step is a new programming puzzle game developed by ‘Thang & Dzung Phung Dinh’. Jump, step, step is already out on PC but coming to Xbox One 11th of August.
Jump, step, step has been described as a relaxing game but puzzle games tend to make some gamers scratch their heads and really think. Players control a robot named Bob, who got short circuited. We must help him find his lost limbs, find out what happened to Bob, and collect the missing parts of a broken spaceship. This does remind me of captain olimar from pikmin. This sounds simple and fun but there is a catch to this though. We can’t directly control Bob. What does that mean? You control him by selecting and setting up a sequence of commands. So in a level Bob won’t make a move unless you set up commands like turn left, turn right, forward, jump etc, then hit ‘play’. There is even a hit command for Bob to strike something. But what though?
Jump, step, step does have some humour to it as the player is said to be childlike. So what happens when a short circuited robot is controlled by a childlike person? There will be lots of funny moments. The website even said that the player sometimes makes fun of the fact that Bob breakdowns quite often. Then there are times when ‘Bob will get frustrated as he thinks he does all the hard work and the player just doesn’t help him at all. So you could imagine the kind of humour and moments that will happen.
There are so much more commands to give, like repeat, check and more. There is a leader board but it goes by who can use the shortest sequences we believe. Jump, step, step claims to have relaxing music that massages your brain.
We checked out some gameplay and it is nice and simple as we thought. Many cool different levels with simple obstacles like spike floors, water to cross, objects to move etc but gets more complex requiring advanced commands. We even saw a boss enemy so that means learn it’s patterns and weakness then set the commands to deal with it. Pretty clever if you ask us. Now some gamers will not like the fact that it is all sequences but it has been said that you will get to control Bob normally later in the game after you completed one run so don’t worry.
Overall this game looks real cool. It’s unique in how the game mechanics work and interesting in terms of the story. The graphics are wonderful, it just looks like a nice place. The music and sounds are very good. The designs of the levels and the environments are excellent. The developers ‘Thang & Dzung Phung Dinh’ did an very good job with this game. We at X35 Earthwalker will like to see how this game is received by gamers. Now Bob might be short circuited but one thing is never short circuited and that’s… the ‘Earth Walk!’
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