“The gameplay is fun” reads the actual Steam page
Toonsouls, which you can find on Steamhere, doesn’t appear to screenshot especially well. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of those perpetually disgruntled ghosts and charming goofskulls, but I might not be writing about theplatform gameat all if I hadn’t seen it in motion, where the vision comes together a lot more. TheCupheadinfluence runneth so overly that it feels trite to even point it out, and I do think maybe opting for different music would have served it far better in this case, but you can’t deny that Ghosts n’ Goblins lance throw. Get stuck in.
Oddly, the trailer also doesn’t look as good to me as some of short clips that developer Toon Crafter hasshared on Twxbbly. Perhaps the animation for the mace is just that much smoother? Either way, I’m really impressed for a small project. Few games have even attempted to emulate Cuphead’s Fleisher art style (Mouseis vaguely in the same steamboat), and that’s no doubt in large part to the incredible amount of work it takes.
“TOONSOULS consists of two-dimensional graphics in which players control a character that walks or jumps between different platforms on the screen. The gameplay is fun and the player can throw a spear at enemies to kill them. Your mission is to reach the end of each phase to be able to advance to the next phase.”
