What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Beeny (Switch)

February 7th, 2024

I'm super tired again today! It sucks. Even though I'm pretty much ok, it's stressful trying to parse unspecified medical stuff, and the medicine for all that also makes me sleepy. I want to take a week off work and do nothing but read, play video games, cook, do crafts, and sleep.

For now, though, I can't do that, so I'm relaxing with Siactro games. I finished Beeny last night, clearing the bonus level. It felt really slight, but I enjoyed it. The graphics really got the late-SNES digitized sprite look down, and the roll-and-jump play mechanics were a lot of fun. It was also interesting to see the cute ties to Super Kiwi 64, including a little demo. Small as this was, I felt like it was a dollar decently spent.

After finishing Beeny off last night, I started Toree 2. The first Toree was probably the last game I cleared before starting this blog, and I really enjoyed that. The level where you're jumping on the tops of trucks was kind of frustrating, but in a fair way. Toree 2 is off to a fun start, too, and I'm always easily pleased by overwhelmingly bright colors. This should only take me a couple days, but they'll be game sessions well spent.

February 6th, 2024

Being awake is definitely my biggest challenge today, so I almost forgot to post here! I had a blood test before work, and was afflicted with my unbreakable curse in which knowing that I have to get up early prevents me from sleeping. In the interest of trying my best, though, I did go to bed early last night and played a bit of Switch beforehand.

Since I want to savor the new update for Super Kiwi 64, I'm playing some of Siactro's other games right now. Last night, I was going through Beeny, a 2D vertical platformer. In it, you're a satisfyingly round bee that rolls on flat surfaces to get momentum for jumps, which is a pretty good play mechanic, feel-wise. I really enjoyed it, and even though none of the games from this developer are very long, I was a bit disappointed to have cleared all the initial levels in a pretty brief session. It was 99 cents in the Switch eShop, so even that's not so bad. There is a tenth level that unlocked once I hit the end, too, and I'll play that tonight.