NekoNecro
Pounce! Bounce! Meow!
NekoNecro is a fast-paced 2D platformer where all the graphics are hand-drawn and inked in a distinctly 90’s graphic novel style.
Run, jump, pounce and bounce your way through 100 levels spread across 5 worlds with inventive end-of-world bosses and a variety of exotic locations!
Challenge your skills with 50 collectible milk cartons spread throughout the game for an unlockable art gallery!
Beautifully drawn story panels add context and flair to this stylish liquid-smooth experience!
Play your way with multiple accessibility options!
Your platforming skills will be tested across a plethora of diverse and beautifully presented worlds, with a double jump, a dashing pounce, bouncing on enemies and making your way to the goal.
Tailor the game to suit your needs and your way of playing, with full controller support and a multitude of accessibility options. There’s multiple coloured overlays to help with visual quirks, options for changing the speed the game runs at, and how much time you have to make each jump!
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
Cute bite-size platformer that doesn't get overly demanding :) The hand drawn black and white graphics are really striking, thinking about the amount of work that went into drawing every single onscreen thing is incredible
Steam User 2
Beautiful, stylish and smooth! I have loved seeing this game evolve on Twitter, and great fun to play for the first time this evening :)
Steam User 1
NekoNecro is an indie retro precision platformer. It's graphics are hand drawn in a comic book style, with a little bit of Yoshi's Island thrown into the mix. You'll run, jump, and pounce your way through multiple worlds and 50 levels.
I bought this due to following the developer's and publisher's YouTube channels, and wanting to continue to support an independent project.
PROS
+ The graphics are amazing. The visual style is distinct and memorable. You can tell it's hand drawn.
+ As with the developer's previous outing (Quickly, Quackley), the difficulty curve here is excellent. Core concepts are expertly introduced and built upon throughout the game.
+ The soundtrack is great, and fits well with the game's lighthearted, cartoon style.
CONS
- NekoNecro is a short game. I'm at just over 3 hours, and I suspect going back to grab all the collectibles will put me at 4.5 - 5 hours, tops.
- Hand drawn graphics include hand drawn backgrounds and foregrounds. Sometimes it is hard to differentiate when there is a lot going on. (Backgrounds can be turned off)
NITPICKS & YMMV
~ I really with the down button had a ducking animation, not for gameplay reasons, but after a hard stretch, I want to duck up and down to celebrate my victory.
~ Annoyingly, some of the optional collectibles are placed before checkpoints, and they are only collected by clearing the level. So if you hit a checkpoint, you might have to restart the level.
I'd recommend this if you are looking for a short, sweet platformer with a unique visual style. Though there isn't too much replayability, you might just want to revisit this game for its style alone.
Steam User 2
There are 50 levels and 50 remix levels in this game and it was a pretty fun 2d platformer, wasn't amazing but pretty good. I think the developer succeeded in making a more casual 2d precision platformer as the point of this game was not to be as hard as super meat boy or the developers previous game but still offer a decent challenge. My problems was that it took 3 hours to get 200% and its price(understandable as this game was hand drawn, I wonder if the developer drew the same enemies many times or just drew them once and reuse them as it would save so much time). I also like the easter eggs reference to other indie games such as grapple dog for one I love seeing these indie developer collaborate with each other sometimes(cosmetics, easter eggs, npc etc.)
Overall not my personal top game but I still recommend it as the developer took 4 years to make and I make this review to help Nekonecro gets more attention and for its worth I still had fun even if its short.
7/10
Steam User 0
A fun little platformer that harken back to brutal one-life level design and classic momentum-base movement while all packed up with a cool ink-and-paper style!
There's also plenty of levels to play with a variety of environments, enemies, and even boss battles. The accessibility options are also a nice touch (I found it moving quite quickly so slowed down the game speed.)
Just a couple points of feedback though:
-Consistent crashing after 15 - 20 minutes of play
-Restart level feels like a couple seconds too long
-An option to adjust SFX volume would've been nice too!
Steam User 0
you guys! this game is SUPER fun and platformy! i'm real bad at it, but i had a lot of fun anyway! the movements are really fluid and the mechanics are easy to understand. and! the whole thing is hand-drawn, which is REALLY impressive once you see everything in action. definitely give this game a try if you like platformers (or if you just like supporting indie devs)!!
Steam User 0
Wowee NekoNecro is a fun and engaging platformer.
The visuals despite being black and white all stand out very well in game and look stylish too!
Gameplay is simple to understand and satisfying to play.
Levels are fun and challenging, but not in a way that is frustrating.
Overall a neat lil' game :)