The level is okay-ish. It's not bad but 5 slides in a row is kinda repetitive. It doesnt utilises the boosters as well as Saturn levels but that's understandable cuz its "Saturn's early access". The thing thats shocking though is that the slides could be more "=interesting. Jumping from slide was fun since Mario 64's cool cool mountain penguin race, but it was better in Toree3D where theres less slides but they got snowball-monsters, fences and other stuff + that big blue monster that appears out of nowhere and kills you if you're going too fast/you're too slow to react. Although the theming is really good, as always in Toree Christmas levels. Makes me wanna play Mariah Carey on speakers mid summer. There should be more Christmas levels in games (And they should all have "Last Christmas" as their BGM ngl..... but im getting off topic). Skins are the same as in Saturn so qucik summary- "I want more Toree skins in a Toree game (The winter Toree looks so adorable I NEED it in Saturn"), although there's one skin that BLEW ME UP (blew me out? idk how to say it lol). The 4 Toree's Toree skin gives so much possible gameplay variety. In Toree 3d/2 it was okay-ish to good. Tasty probably is fun to run faster but didnt played as him ever, but Macbat/glitchy allowed us to explore the levels as much as our heart desires which is GREAT! Saturn... Saturn uhh.... got none of that....Why? But 4 toree's skin is different! Its not just "Oh you can fly/go faster now. Have fun!", It feels like a CHALLENGE, like a SIDE MODE or smth like that... The game asks you "Can YOU beat the level without brutally pushing one of your adorable little birds? The answer is no cuz I lost one on the first platform which was not meant to be challenging at all. the challenge becomes even more interesting when you discover that the boost pads launch only the Toree's that touch it, so if only 2 of them touch it, and the other 2 dont, now you have a 20 meter gap between your cute little birds. It gives me that "You got the kid. Take care of him" vibe like in other video games. I encounter it very rarely and tbh I can think of only 2 example at the moment (Games like My talking alien blob/animal dont count. It gives me FOMO PTSD), but in New Mario Bros U. (Only 2d mario platformer on the biggest console of all time: Wii U) You could pick up baby Yoshis in the world map. They respawn rarely, so losing one makes you depressed. Having one allows you to have some bennefits although you have to carry him around all the time. You FEEL like your responsible for its safety so you protect it at all cost. It also applies to the 4 toree's skin which is so cool. The only "con": It wont be available in Saturn which makes me want to abandon parental care for colorful Torees :( . So the final part of my review:
MINIGAMES! :
the one where Toree jumps in low gravity is meh. You dont see anything cuz you cant rotate the camera. The depth perception is nonexisent and the collectables don't make the "collect" SFX which is like 70% of fun in collecting random stuff in games. Pengu is my favourite both in Toree Jolle jam in Toree Saturn,because it's the only one I think is "fun" (both in Jolly jam and Saturn). It lacks replayability though and is too simple. The RPG one is uhhh... I couldn't beat it... Although I must say that I'm not a fan of non-Toree minigames in Toree games (that's why im so critical towards these), which usually already don't have enough Toree content in a Toree full game release. Does it makes sense? I wish there'd be more levels like ||Super Kiwi 64 dessert|| because, well - it's more Toree in a Toree game. Although I think that the execution of the one with ||Beeny|| is better. It's more stylistically consistent. + props for showing "We remember you, ||Beeny||"
IN SUMMARY:
So the question that everyone was waiting for.... Is Jolly jam BETTER than Toree 2 christmas levels?
And the answer isssss......
I have no idea just gimme a minute I'll boot up Toree 2.....
Jolly jam IS better than the first and third level, im not sure about the second, so i guess that's a win for Jolly jam||
IN SUMMARY 2:
for this lil short review I made, I replayed all snow/christmas in older Toree games. Here's the observations I observed and conclusions I concluded (I don't know what that means either) : Slippery ice sucks in video games almost as much as underwater levels and the first thing I tried after playing OG Toree after a while was trying to groundpound dash so its too hard to go back and play these games . Thanks for staying with me and Merry Christmas! (It's still mid-summer)
God I loved this game from start to end. It was really fun and all the extra unlockables were amazing. I had a smile on my face nearly the entire time.
Dude this series might legitimately be one of the best indie anything ever. Not to yap too much but I just think that the creator(s) were able to perfectly encapsulate the obscure early 3D look and feel. The references to Christmas NiGHTs into dreams are awesome as well, the cover art, the mechanics, and even the textures remind me of that Saturn title heavily. Truly great stuff.
TL:DR, Game good, much like :))
P.S. Toree is peak character design, makeship collab when???
Amazing as usual with the games from this brand! Super short yet sweet and hopefully very indicative of the new Toree game that is soon to come out! I fell in love with you guys' work every since the first Toree, with Beeny being my favorite (sequel or successor sometime maybe?? 🤞🏾🥲) The music in this one was amazing and the gameplay felt the best out of any of the previous games. It could've just been my controller (wired power A nintendo switch controller) but I couldn't get the controller to properly work. Only left and right were noticed by the game, but nothing else. I may just need to tweak some settings in my computer though, this problem doesn't arise with steam games so their controller support could be the answer. All in all, great work as usual, and I can't wait for Toree Genesis!!
Have you considered compiling all Toree releases into some kind of single package? Like 1, 2, and the other level packs? Into some kind of "Toree Gold" release or something.
Your game came across my front page here on Itch.io, and being a huge fan of the genre, I had to try it. Posted a short gameplay video to YouTube and to my blog.
Wonderfully done game. I hope more people are able to find it and enjoy it.
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Love it! Smooth gameplay, cute graphics, a nice challenge, lots of unlocks - great :D
SPOILERS WARNING FOR THIS GAME AND TOREE SATURN!
The level is okay-ish. It's not bad but 5 slides in a row is kinda repetitive. It doesnt utilises the boosters as well as Saturn levels but that's understandable cuz its "Saturn's early access". The thing thats shocking though is that the slides could be more "=interesting. Jumping from slide was fun since Mario 64's cool cool mountain penguin race, but it was better in Toree3D where theres less slides but they got snowball-monsters, fences and other stuff + that big blue monster that appears out of nowhere and kills you if you're going too fast/you're too slow to react. Although the theming is really good, as always in Toree Christmas levels. Makes me wanna play Mariah Carey on speakers mid summer. There should be more Christmas levels in games (And they should all have "Last Christmas" as their BGM ngl..... but im getting off topic). Skins are the same as in Saturn so qucik summary- "I want more Toree skins in a Toree game (The winter Toree looks so adorable I NEED it in Saturn"), although there's one skin that BLEW ME UP (blew me out? idk how to say it lol). The 4 Toree's Toree skin gives so much possible gameplay variety. In Toree 3d/2 it was okay-ish to good. Tasty probably is fun to run faster but didnt played as him ever, but Macbat/glitchy allowed us to explore the levels as much as our heart desires which is GREAT! Saturn... Saturn uhh.... got none of that....Why? But 4 toree's skin is different! Its not just "Oh you can fly/go faster now. Have fun!", It feels like a CHALLENGE, like a SIDE MODE or smth like that... The game asks you "Can YOU beat the level without brutally pushing one of your adorable little birds? The answer is no cuz I lost one on the first platform which was not meant to be challenging at all. the challenge becomes even more interesting when you discover that the boost pads launch only the Toree's that touch it, so if only 2 of them touch it, and the other 2 dont, now you have a 20 meter gap between your cute little birds. It gives me that "You got the kid. Take care of him" vibe like in other video games. I encounter it very rarely and tbh I can think of only 2 example at the moment (Games like My talking alien blob/animal dont count. It gives me FOMO PTSD), but in New Mario Bros U. (Only 2d mario platformer on the biggest console of all time: Wii U) You could pick up baby Yoshis in the world map. They respawn rarely, so losing one makes you depressed. Having one allows you to have some bennefits although you have to carry him around all the time. You FEEL like your responsible for its safety so you protect it at all cost. It also applies to the 4 toree's skin which is so cool. The only "con": It wont be available in Saturn which makes me want to abandon parental care for colorful Torees :( . So the final part of my review:
MINIGAMES! :
the one where Toree jumps in low gravity is meh. You dont see anything cuz you cant rotate the camera. The depth perception is nonexisent and the collectables don't make the "collect" SFX which is like 70% of fun in collecting random stuff in games. Pengu is my favourite both in Toree Jolle jam in Toree Saturn,because it's the only one I think is "fun" (both in Jolly jam and Saturn). It lacks replayability though and is too simple. The RPG one is uhhh... I couldn't beat it... Although I must say that I'm not a fan of non-Toree minigames in Toree games (that's why im so critical towards these), which usually already don't have enough Toree content in a Toree full game release. Does it makes sense? I wish there'd be more levels like ||Super Kiwi 64 dessert|| because, well - it's more Toree in a Toree game. Although I think that the execution of the one with ||Beeny|| is better. It's more stylistically consistent. + props for showing "We remember you, ||Beeny||"
IN SUMMARY:
So the question that
everyonewas waiting for.... Is Jolly jam BETTER than Toree 2 christmas levels?And the answer isssss......
I have no idea just gimme a minute I'll boot up Toree 2.....
Jolly jam IS better than the first and third level, im not sure about the second, so i guess that's a win for Jolly jam||
IN SUMMARY 2:
for this lil short review I made, I replayed all snow/christmas in older Toree games. Here's the observations I observed and conclusions I concluded (I don't know what that means either) : Slippery ice sucks in video games almost as much as underwater levels and the first thing I tried after playing OG Toree after a while was trying to groundpound dash so its too hard to go back and play these games . Thanks for staying with me and Merry Christmas! (It's still mid-summer)
Had so much fun with this! <3
Would it ever be possible for Jolly and Jumbled Jam 1 to be put on steam? If not that's completely fine^^
This game is cute AF!
God I loved this game from start to end. It was really fun and all the extra unlockables were amazing. I had a smile on my face nearly the entire time.
I LOVE the music, is there anywhere I can find the ost?
I love this! my only complaint is that I want more levels, because its so fun.
Cute retro platformer i enyoj in this 🥰 Nice game! 💗
Awesome music and kind of reminds me of that one ds mario game!
Much more content that i expected for free ill prolly come back to play thes even after i unlocked all the presents the mechanics are really fun
This game is so cute, I love the style and I love that you can unlock little minigames and characters by completing the course!
Dude this series might legitimately be one of the best indie anything ever. Not to yap too much but I just think that the creator(s) were able to perfectly encapsulate the obscure early 3D look and feel. The references to Christmas NiGHTs into dreams are awesome as well, the cover art, the mechanics, and even the textures remind me of that Saturn title heavily. Truly great stuff.
TL:DR, Game good, much like :))
P.S. Toree is peak character design, makeship collab when???
I love the Chicken
good game!
Hi, I'd like to volunteer to translate your game from English into Brazilian Portuguese.
<3
Toree on the cover for this game is ADORABLE!!!
is this gonna be available on mac? I really want it on my macbook pro!
Amazing as usual with the games from this brand! Super short yet sweet and hopefully very indicative of the new Toree game that is soon to come out! I fell in love with you guys' work every since the first Toree, with Beeny being my favorite (sequel or successor sometime maybe?? 🤞🏾🥲) The music in this one was amazing and the gameplay felt the best out of any of the previous games. It could've just been my controller (wired power A nintendo switch controller) but I couldn't get the controller to properly work. Only left and right were noticed by the game, but nothing else. I may just need to tweak some settings in my computer though, this problem doesn't arise with steam games so their controller support could be the answer. All in all, great work as usual, and I can't wait for Toree Genesis!!
Muito fofo e divertido, adorei <3
Short, but packed full of things to unlock. I enjoyed it a ton!
TOREE 2.5 LET'S FUCKING GOOO!!!! TOREE SWEEP BABEEE
Can you port it to Mac?
Can you make a Linux build?
Really wholesome and enjoyable platformer.
Made a video
Show post...
will you post it on steam ?? would be cool :)
hey something going on with your game
M A S T E R P I E C E
Have you considered compiling all Toree releases into some kind of single package? Like 1, 2, and the other level packs? Into some kind of "Toree Gold" release or something.
There’s also going to be another game, called Toree Saturn, releasing next year. Maybe that would be a good opportunity to create a bundled game
Your game came across my front page here on Itch.io, and being a huge fan of the genre, I had to try it. Posted a short gameplay video to YouTube and to my blog.
Wonderfully done game. I hope more people are able to find it and enjoy it.
NEW TOREE GAME?? CHRISMIS CAME ERLY
nice
Your releases are always a lightning bolt reminder of why I love videogames. Here’s to ten more years.
Toree/10
Really fun game.
thank you for this fabulous piece