Grey Area

i love the atmosphere of this game. the difficulty and the art make things feel threatening and oppressive. i often find myself waiting in a safe spot and just watching, waiting for the right moment until i can rush through the next section of the level. all of this does a good job at reinforcing the story of a little kid lost in another, scarier world. there are also nice little touches throughout, like the slide near the beginning or the enemies that just sit on a ledge kicking their legs back and forth. things that didn't *need* to be there, but give the game a lot of personality.

[UPDATE: some of the things listed below such as incoherent save spots and weird tech-y issues have been mostly patched out by the devs, I am choosing to leave my review as negative due to the issues i still find with the game, but i do implore people to make their own decision after reading my review as to if they want to play or not, as i didn't actually dislike the gameplay experience myself.]

the graphics are pretty good, i don't really have any comments about the music because i was too focused on trying not to die from holding one of the directional keys for a frame too long or not being able to cancel my dive early enough to avoid falling off a platform. i do genuinely think this could be a good game if it was given a bit more polish.

I would like to see keyboard remapping if at all possible, as currently it appears that the only remapping you can do is controller remapping.