Ynglet takes players on a soothing journey to colorful places, having them bound and swim around as some alien sea creature. I think?
It’s sort of like a platformer, except there’s no platforming involved, in a sense. You kind of thrust forward instead, swimming through bodies of air and hurtling through the gaps between them. You’re free to swim around within these bubbles, but you’ll want to shoot yourself in the direction of another bubble if you’re thinking of leaving this space. You can also dash into walls that will reflect you in another direction, giving you another way of getting around. It creates this desire to flow and move between shapes and spaces, rushing out of the bubbles and pinging around the levels with ease.
Well, ‘ease’ as much as you choose, as the game offers a suite of difficulty options so you can customize what you want to get out of your play time with this game. While working through it, you may want to take a minute to appreciate the dynamic soundtrack as it responds to your actions and behaviors. This musical touch, on top of the rushing movement, created this calming sense within me as I played it – this mindset where I just took joy in going through movements through this colorful place. It’s not often that I stop to take in the simple joy of movement in games, but this one really makes you focus on that pleasure all its own.
Ynglet is a delightful vision of the pure pleasure that comes from a calming walk with good music, great sights, and peaceful thoughts. Except you’re maybe an alien in a rainbow galaxy. So it’s just slightly different, even if that pleasant feeling is kind of the same.
Ynglet is available now on itch.io and Steam.
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