Sunblaze

For those of us using Linux & co., you'll be pleased to know that the Windows build works with Wine, including controller. If you use Lutris, it'll be perfect. Worst case, antimicrox can tranlate xinput to keyboard. It's disappointing to see no Linux build, despite there being one for Steam and Humble Bundle. This isn't the first time GoG has done this, so I don't know if it has to do with Proton or GoG's policy, but I've learned to get used to the neglect. Or they just forgot we existed. Kind of like how GoG forgot they advertised Celeste. Speaking of which, people are eager to mention Celeste, so I'll join the bandwagon. Superficially, yes, it's like Celeste, in that it's a platformer with a gameplay loop that involves chipping a way at levels until you're skilled enough or you've memorized it well enough to brute force success (even if though that's not unique to Celeste). But, I think Sunblaze distinguishes itself. Yes, there's no wall jumping and the character has a rather meager jump height. It's also stylistically different with the bulbous, chibi-esque sprite work and the megaman-chic settings, and there's also some other platformer tropes that I won't spoil. But, I would also say the game is more puzzling. I mean this in the sense that, with Celeste, the question I was always asking myself was, "How to get more skilled?" "How many tries until I make this jump?" Even when I was stumped in Celeste, I never felt bad looking up a walkthrough, because the focal point of it was on the reflexes and precision; memorizing a big portion of some levels is a diminutive challenge by comparison. For how I experienced Sunblaze, I was more invested in the question of, "How to sequence my actions?" "When to jump?" The game's difficulty synergizes well with the challenge because it demands confidence while experimenting on a level. Sometimes true of Celeste, not always. Being said, "490 unique levels" to bite into, this is a thorough game that will sate a Celeste comedown.