The Tall Stump

Derek Yu — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:56:00 +0000

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)

"The Tall Stump" by moi

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:40:32 +0000

did you say “niggle”?

"The Tall Stump" by !CE-9

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:04:50 +0000

I love this game.

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

"The Tall Stump" by Benzido

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:37:13 +0000

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

"The Tall Stump" by Yaj

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:08:52 +0000

Not my results, but thanks JIG and Game Developers!

TIGSource: The Tall Stump

The Tall Stump

"The Tall Stump" by moi

"The Tall Stump" by !CE-9

"The Tall Stump" by Benzido

"The Tall Stump" by Yaj