Leshy

Leshy is another one of those games that is reliant on the player having aI  mouse rather than a good ol' fashioned trackpad.  I know this is kind of my fault, I mean, what kind of serious PC gamer doesn't have a mouse? But my damn laptop keeps breaking anything I plug into it, so until I get motivated enough to send this baby to a repair shop, I'm not going to be a great judge of this game's quality.

I did manage to scrape by using the scroll function on my trackpad for a little while before it got way too annoying.  In that time, I discovered a simple game with tight controls, decent aesthetics, and a cool concept.  Your goal is to collect spheres; for every 10 spheres, you can grow a little bigger and shrink a little smaller, thus opening up more areas of the map.  This is one of the most creative and ingenious gameplay mechanics DigiPen has offered me so far.  It gives the world a sense of vastness when you're small, making the feeling of empowerment that you get from scooting across previously treacherous terrain with your mountainous size all the more satisfying.  I can only imagine how fun this game would be if I had a mouse.  After all, it responded beautifully to any kind of input I successfully managed to give it.

Try it out for yourself if you have a mouse.  I betcha it's one hell of a time.  This is the most reluctant seal of approval I've given yet, since I'm basing it on something I haven't experienced, but I can tell that this game is very well made.  Good job, guys.

Links
Big balls, little balls: https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&proj=24627