The latest hot sales on #IndieGames for #NintendoSwitch: #WestofLoathing, #ShadowsOverLoathing, #GunborgDarkMatters, #JitsuSquad, #AJugglersTale, #TerrorofHemasaurus, #PuzzleBobbleEverybubble, #AgentAApuzzleindisguise, #Lacuna, and more!

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From the archives #Switch #NindieOfTheDay is #AJugglersTale! #IndieGames

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Just played through a nice little #sidescrolling #pcgame called #AJugglersTale with #uevr

The #VR suits these types of games very well as #Moss already showed us. Cute game with a small but insightful story. Mainly a #PuzzleGame which I finished in 2,5 hours or so.

I gave it rating of 6.2/10.0 (0.1-10.0).

#VRGames #NowGaming #pelit #pelaaminen #vrpelit #WallunPelit

October 24, 2023 - Day 297 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 316

Game: A Juggler's Tale

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 30, 2021
Installation Date: Oct 24, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 46m

Game number seven in the October Humble Choice Bundle is "A Juggler's Tale"; a 2.5D sideways scrolling puzzle adventure game.

I have incredibly mixed emotions about this game.

You play as Abby, a young girl, who is both a juggler, and a marionette. Abby is trapped in a circus and forced to perform, and A Juggler's Tale is the story of her escape, narrated by the puppeteer.

The graphics are gorgeous, the sound design is good. The puzzles are not too challenging, although the controls (on controller) can be a little bit fiddly.

The narrator is an older man with an English accent, and is in turns condescending, and patronising in the way he talks to (and about) Abby, frequently belittling her (and technically *my*) failures when attempting to solve puzzles - and I utterly despise him.

I'm not sure whether the intent of the devs was to make me feel like that towards him, but his manner and commentary triggers emotional responses within me that I don't think were intended.

I'm tempted to just Google the game to find out how it ends, and if there's any kind of catharsis, because the idea of spending the entire game with this horrible person, fills me with dread.

A Juggler's Tale is:

4: Good*

#AJugglersTale #SidewaysScroller #Adventure #Puzzle #HumbleChoice #Gaming #Project365ONG #Project365 #NewPlay

*Trigger Warning, mention of abuse.

I suspect that my reaction is partly a trauma response, from the abuse I experienced growing up. So, while I think this game is good, if you have that kind of trauma it may actually be triggering, which is a weird thing to have to say about a game like this.

The latest hot sales on #Switch: #Trine4TheNightmarePrince, #SuperMomboQuest, #ShantaeHalfGenieHeroUltimateEdition, #Swordship, #LostWordsBeyondthePage, #BlossomTalesTheSleepingKing, #DanmakuUnlimited3, #AJugglersTale, #FARLoneSails...

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Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year🎇 to all of our followers! From Abby and the team kaleidoscube, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season. 🎁 #Christmas #HappyNewYear #gamedev #indiedev #ajugglerstale

A Jugglers Tale Review - Inspired by titles like Limbo and Inside, can A Juggler's Tale reach the indie heights of the games that came before it? #AJugglersTale https://gamesense.co/game/a-juggler-s-tale/news/discuss/a-juggler-s-tale-reviewtangled-in-its-strings-ps5/

No time to Playdead #AJugglersTale https://gamesense.co/game/a-juggler-s-tale/news/discuss/a-juggler-s-tale-review-ps/

Not stringing us along -
A Juggler's Tale, from German developer kaleidoscube,... #AJugglersTale https://gamesense.co/game/a-juggler-s-tale/news/discuss/a-juggler-s-tale-begins-its-switch-performance-later-this-month/