When I was a little kid, I grew up with a Gameboy along with a few games for it. One of those games was Kirby’s Dream Land for the original Gameboy Color. It was a short game that anda could beat in thirty minutes, but it was so much fun to play. I loved every detik of it as a kid, from the amazing Gameboy graphics to the music. I bring this up because today is an indie game that perfectly captures the feeling of those classic Gameboy games, known as Awesome Pea.



Awesome kacang follows the adventures of a little Pea, who is extremely greedy. All he wants is coins, and he’ll travel across all the worlds, over thirty to be exact, to get all the money he can. The story isn’t all that important, much like Kirby’s Dream Land. What matters is the gameplay and the way it feels. So, the game has a really complicated control scheme. Be sure to write all this down so anda don’t forget. So, anda pindah left, and anda pindah right. Am I going too fast?... okay. Next, anda have a jump button. But wait! If anda tap it twice, anda can double jump. Gasp! Okay, in all seriousness, the controls are super simple. anda pindah and anda jump. But that simple control scheme is fine, because the game is all about platforming, and it’s actually quite difficult platforming too. anda are put into levels that go on for about a menit at a time, with the goal to reach the level and pick up coins when anda can. But there are a ton of moving platforms, spikes, hazards, bottomless pits and traps. The game is filled with all sorts of tight jumps that anda really gotta time perfectly. This ain’t no Super Mario World. anda gotta know when to jump at the right time and master the level. The challenge could be considered unfair oleh some, but I cinta it. It also helps that the levels are insanely short so it’s not like anda died and have to start ten menit of progress all over again. Awesome kacang is a very short game to play, but if anda want to master it, it takes a lot of time, and I can admire that in a little indie judul like this. I also really like the desain of the Pea. It’s such an adorable character despite just being a round ball with a face. But to be fair, so is my profil pic. I just like simple designs like that.
The game does have it’s faults in the cave levels though. I hate how the balls float up from the bottom of the screen when the camera is down so low so anda barely have time to react if a ball is coming. One hit and you’re done. While I berkata the levels are small, anda can find yourself jumping right into death at the moment the level starts again all because of these damn caves. I never liked them. Also, while the entire point of the game is to collect all the coins, they aren’t really mandatory to beating the game. I think anda get a new ending for collecting them all, but from what I’ve mostly seen, they are just for completionists. But it does feel nice to collect every coin in a difficult level, especially if anda do it on the first run, so maybe that was the intention in the first place.
Awesome kacang is a decent little indie judul that brings out the charm of the old Gameboy games, and sadly it’s one I don’t see anyone talking about. You’re telling me anda want your kids to play Slot Machine Basketball? Nah, get them Awesome Pea. It’s cheaper and lebih morally acceptable.

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