First and foremost, the hitboxes of enemies in order to defeat them by jumping on their heads is way too strict. The platforming in Ayo the Clown feels adequate enough, though there were times where I felt I either died or took damage unfairly. Need some extra height and distance, Ayo? Then bring out that balloon of yours! On too many occasions I found myself doing it too early or too late, resulting in Ayo either falling back down or worse, falling to this doom in precarious situations where wall jumps need to be performed over pits. It requires the player to wait a second for Ayo to start sliding down the wall before they can initiate that signature move. The latter, though, is a bit unwieldly to say the least. There are also a slide, a pushing ability, and even a wall jump that becomes unlocked through normal play. He learns the ability to ground pound Yoshi-style. He's able to blow up a balloon after each jump that gives him a little extra height and distance. Thankfully, Ayo soon learns a jump ability the very next level, and then a lot of other moves quite consistently. Instead, in the first level of the game, he interacts with bounce pads that catapult the clown upwards in lieu of a jump. However, unlike Yoshi, starting off in Ayo the Clown, our hero forgot something in his rush to find his dog: He's totally lacking in abilities! Yes, in the beginning of the game Ayo can only move left and right he can't even jump. Like Yoshi, Ayo has similar abilities, a simple enough difficulty that gets more challenging if you try to 100% each level (although Ayo's boss fights might make stretch that a bit-more on those later), and a cutesy, colorful, cartoon-y visual style and presentation. If I had to compare any style of platformer to Ayo the Clown, the most obvious pick would have to be the Yoshi series. Lovingly drawn and narrated, these storybook-style scenes are great inclusions to the game. The story is a simple one but has plenty of charm to it thanks to being told through lovingly narrated storybook-style cutscenes. Ayo rushes out from his home to go on an eight-world adventure in search of Bo, aka clown's best friend. Fittingly enough, this 2.5D platformer is called Ayo the Clown, and it just so happens to also be a relatively well done game that succeeds in being an enjoyable romp.Īyo the Clown's journey begins when he wakes up during a thunderstorm to discover that his dog Bo has disappeared.
However, indie developer Cloud M1 is looking to right the wrong of clowns past with an adorable game starring a cute, precocious clown named Ayo. Clowns-they're generally associated with childhood nightmares and other horrors, whether that be justified or not.
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