The Tall Stump

Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:56:00 GMT

The Tall Stump

Jayisgames’s 4th Casual Design Competition is over, and as usual, the results are quite impressive! The winner of the competition is The Tall Stump, a puzzle platformer that has you searching a giant tree stump for a mad magician who’s turned your girlfriend into a square. (I hate it when that happens!)

Oh, and hats.

Overall, it’s a highly enjoyable game. Both the platforming and puzzle solving are fairly light, but well-designed, with plenty of humor sauce liberally applied (what?). If there’s one niggle I have with the game, it’s that the coin-activated save points seem superfluous and merely add to the frustration as opposed to making the game more challenging or fun. ‘Tis a small qualm, however.

If you want to see all the entries, Jay and his crew did full write-ups for each one. See them all right here (long load). Congratulations to JIG and all the entrants!

(Source: GameSetWatch)

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  1. Yaj said about 1 hour later:

    Not my results, but thanks JIG and Game Developers!

  2. Benzido said about 2 hours later:

    Aww, I saw this title on the RSS feed and hoped it was a cricket game. :(

  3. !CE-9 said about 16 hours later:

    I love this game.

    http://zyndor.multiply.com/photos/photo/10/1

  4. moi said about 21 hours later:

    did you say “niggle”?

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