Chippy & Noppo Reviews

simple silly co-op fun it gets a bit thinky at times and i really wish the undo system was baked into a menu instead of finding a switch half-way across a stage

This game is janky in almost all of its aspects. The platforming just feels off, and that combined with the limited camera positions, it can be annoying. Speaking of which, the camera only has a fixed number of positions, and there were many times where that made it difficult to figure out how certain blocks should be positioned in the model you're tasked with building. With regards to the carrying and positioning of the blocks and pieces, they're unfortunately fiddly. There's a button for picking up (which is the same for dropping) the piece, a button for raising the piece up, and another button for lowering the piece down from the lifted position. It feels unecessarily complicated. Also, if you pick up a piece that's of a certain size or bigger, then that character will move incredibly slowly unless the other character also starts carrying the piece. Also, if you're carrying a piece that's heavy, you can't jump very high until the other character starts helping. With all that said, many of the puzzles will require you to assemble something on a high place OR construct a very tall thing, and considering the awkward carrying controls, it can lead to frustration. Also, expect to have to reposition your character since its pretty common to find your character itself obstructing where the piece needs to be positioned. When it comes to placing your piece, that also has its own headaches. Its very easy to accidently place your piece in the wrong spot, and once a piece is placed, you can't unstick them (unless your playing a level that has a cutter in the right position, but only a few levels have cutters in them). Meaning, you have to hit the undo switch. I really wish that the undo command was just a button though because having to hit a switch just breaks the flow. Regarding the models you're supposed to assemble, all you're given is a picture of the completed model from one angle and a wireframe of the fully assembled model. The problem though is that you're supposed to place certain colored blocks in certain positions, and since the wireframe is just a wireframe, the only colored reference you have is the fully assembled model from one angle. This has led to annoyance with my friend and I trying to figure out where certain pieces need to be placed. And everytime we got less than a 3 star review is because the reference picture and wireframe weren't sufficiently helpful The translation also needs some work. There are several instances where sentences are worded strangely and other instances of where words are just positioned awkwardly. The last major complaint I have is I'm almost positive that the 3rd to last puzzle in the outer space section is broken because my friend and I spent like 90 minutes trying to build that astronaut, but we couldn't figure out how to build it the way we're supposed to. If someone could post video evidence of that puzzle being solved, I'll retract this complaint. Did my friend and I have some fun playing this game? Sure. Was this game probably made by a small team? It sure seems like it was. But overall, there were too many gripes that keep me from wanting to give this a thumbs up.