JellyCar Worlds
- December 8, 2022
- Walaber Entertainment LLC
- 1h median play time
Get on Steam"JellyCar Worlds" is a whimsical, physics-based racing and platforming game featuring squishy vehicles. Players navigate through various levels, deforming their jelly car to fit through tight spaces and reach new heights. With a variety of stages and challenges, "JellyCar Worlds" offers a unique and squishy gaming experience.
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Reviews
- The game successfully captures the charm and fun of the original Jelly Car series, providing a nostalgic experience for fans.
- The physics-based gameplay is engaging and offers a variety of challenges, including secret exits and skull levels that test player skills.
- Customization options for the car and sound effects add a unique and personal touch to the gameplay, enhancing the overall experience.
- Some players find the controls to be frustrating, particularly in later levels where precision is required, leading to potential rage quits.
- The lack of a built-in way to share custom levels or a Steam Workshop feature limits the community aspect of the game.
- Certain levels can feel overly complex or punishing, which may detract from the enjoyment for some players.
- gameplay152 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
The gameplay in "Jellycar Worlds" is highly praised for its fun, physics-based mechanics and creative level design, offering a mix of challenge and accessibility that keeps players engaged. The game features a variety of customization options, intuitive controls (best experienced with a controller), and introduces new mechanics progressively, ensuring a fresh experience throughout. Players appreciate the nostalgic feel combined with modern refinements, making it a delightful and rewarding platforming experience.
“Very fun gameplay and cute sound effects; I spent way too long trying to beat every skull level and challenge, super gratifying though.”
“The physics-based platformer gameplay never gets old, and the customizability keeps me going.”
“This is a solid game with good level design, a nice variety of mechanics which keep the gameplay interesting throughout each world, and plenty of additional content such as beat the dev challenges, skull levels, and the ability to customize the audio as well as the car.”
“Maybe it's worth it for the nostalgia, but from a pure gameplay standpoint, I can't recommend it.”
“- New mechanics like the rocket, antenna, disappearing/reappearing platforms are honestly not super compelling.”
“The game mechanics are simple but elegant, offering exactly the right amount of challenge and easy success that hits my sweet spot of wanting to continue on.”
- music84 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 46 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received widespread acclaim for its nostalgic blend of new tracks and remastered songs from the original Jelly Car trilogy, evoking strong feelings of nostalgia among players. Reviewers highlight the whimsical and engaging soundtrack, which enhances the overall atmosphere and gameplay experience, making it a joy to relive childhood memories. Additionally, the inclusion of volume sliders allows for a customizable audio experience, further contributing to the game's appeal.
“Played this game to relive my childhood and finished it only to hear one of the most gut-wrenching bittersweet songs I have heard in a long time when I least expected it.”
“The soundtrack is very good and whimsical too, even including songs from Jellycar 1 and 2 (so again, if you're a Jellycar fan, this is a dream come true)!”
“A lovely handcrafted style that stays true to its formula, and a soundtrack that will slap the biggest grin onto your face; you'll have a great time giggling your way through the bouncy world of Jellycar.”
“Hearing the music again almost made me cry.”
“While it is both blobby and suitable for kids, it proves a great challenge for hardcore gamers and children alike, with the bubbly music and bouncy physics keeping even the most annoying failures silly and fun.”
“The music really stands out at points that make me relaxed.”
- graphics64 mentions
- 44 % positive mentions
- 52 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
The game's graphics are widely praised for their charming and playful art style, often described as a mix of squishy visuals and flipbook aesthetics that evoke nostalgia. Reviewers highlight the effort put into the unique design, which features abstract shapes and doodles, contributing to an immersive experience. While some note a shift from the previous art style, the overall consensus is that the graphics enhance the game's fun and challenging gameplay.
“The amount of effort simply put into the art style of this game deserves so much recognition.”
“From sound to graphics to cut-scenes and UI - it all is expertly matched together to maximize the immersion.”
“The visuals, the music, the level of customization, and the gameplay experience are just superb.”
“I get that it's supposed to complement the flipbook aesthetic, but still, it annoyed me to no end.”
“- Certain bits of JellyCar's soul have been lost; the physical chains that once connected buttons to moving objects are gone, and the art style is less sketchy than it used to be.”
“The game's willingness to embrace its own simplicity carries over to its aesthetics as well.”
- story30 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The game's story aspect is polarizing; some players appreciate the heartwarming narrative and emotional depth, while others criticize the lack of a substantial story, noting that the focus is primarily on gameplay mechanics and level design. Overall, the narrative is either a highlight for some or deemed non-existent by others, leading to mixed feelings about its significance in the game.
“The only thing I truly loved about this game was the story and the heartwarming ending.”
“Let me tell you a story of my first impression of this game.”
“But that’s not the end of the story, however.”
“☐ no story”
“I love the no BS structure of the game - there's no story, just levels to play, which are grouped by gameplay mechanics and there's a ton of creative gameplay ideas.”
“☑ no story”
- humor28 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely praised, with players enjoying the unique sound effects created by the developer's funny vocalizations and the amusing physics-based gameplay. Many find it particularly entertaining to customize sound effects and create their own levels, making it a hit for both adults and children. Overall, the combination of soft-body physics and comedic elements results in a consistently hilarious experience.
“Super fun and funny game, and the soft-body physics are just so unique and hilarious.”
“It's absolutely hilarious, the controls are perfect and the level designs are out of this world.”
“The sound design contributes greatly towards this image of humility — every sound effect in the game is just one developer making funny noises into a microphone.”
- replayability24 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The game boasts high replayability, enhanced by features like a level editor, extensive customization options, and varied objectives that keep gameplay fresh. Players appreciate the engaging level design and the addition of challenges, with many noting it as one of the best adaptations in the series. Overall, it offers a rich experience that encourages repeated playthroughs.
“Not only that, it's the best adaptation of the series yet, with great level design, wonderful modern features, endless replayability with the level editor, and amazing customization.”
“The level design is a lot of fun and the ability for different objectives per level makes it super replayable.”
“Decent replay value with challenges.”
“One of my favorite things about this marvel of a game is the unique ability to customize your own car, make your own sound effects, and with one of the most recent updates, even added a level editor which allows you to make your own adventures, which of course adds even more replay value to this already plentiful gem.”
“Really good game, it has fun levels, good mechanics and physics, quite a lot of replayability and it runs well.”
- grinding12 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The grinding aspect of the game is heavily criticized, with players feeling it requires an excessive time investment that detracts from enjoyment. Many find the grind tedious and frustrating, as it revolves around unlocking uninspired cosmetic items and power-ups that are limited and locked behind levels. Overall, the grinding experience is described as laborious and lacking in meaningful rewards, making the game feel more like a chore than fun.
“Somehow this game inherited all the frustrations and none of the fun of the previous games. It feels like work, and like it was meant for a fresh audience. The car feels slow, the physics feel tame, the game feels hollowed out at the start. The power-ups are annoyingly timer-based and locked behind levels. You can't even size up whenever you want (it's also a limited-use power-up). The levels feel tedious, the level selection is unnecessary, there's no level editor (why? Steam Workshop + level editor could have been amazing). There aren't any new car bodies (I don't think so at least, I'm not certain because everything comes locked). It feels more like an insult than a love letter.”
“The whole game has this weird obsession with useless grindy cosmetic unlocks, like antenna balls which you get by exchanging purple jelly cubes you find on levels to get a random one out of around 100 per category. They're all just clipart emojis that don't fit with the jellycar look at all.”
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- emotional12 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the game emotionally resonant, highlighting its heartwarming story and nostalgic elements that evoke strong feelings, including joy and nostalgia. The music and ending particularly stand out, with some players expressing that it brought them to tears, reinforcing the game's wholesome and comforting nature. Overall, it is seen as a delightful return to childhood memories, filled with silly fun and emotional depth.
“The only thing I truly loved about this game was the story and the heartwarming ending.”
“Hearing the music again almost made me cry.”
“A fun, wholesome and oddly comforting game straight from my childhood.”
- monetization6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's monetization model is praised for being fair and straightforward, offering a complete experience without microtransactions or excessive ads, which is a refreshing change from many modern titles. Players can enjoy a substantial amount of content and challenges for a lower price compared to typical AAA games, making it a value-driven choice for those seeking a nostalgic gaming experience.
“A true successor to the original Jelly Car, most remakes of games from my childhood are monetized and full of ads to the moon and back.”
“There's a good couple dozen hours of enjoyment to be derived from this game if you're the kind of player who likes to fully complete chill little games about silly little cars with the occasional massive difficulty spike — and all of this can be yours for less money than most modern AAA games charge you for microtransactions these days.”
“You can just reach every stop to beat the game but there is much more with secret exits, findable skins and car shapes (don't worry, no microtransactions), time trials, and challenges that give so much more gameplay to the levels.”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is highly praised for its colorful visuals and vibrant music, creating a unique and enjoyable experience that stands out among other titles. Reviewers appreciate the combination of these elements, which enhances the overall enjoyment of the game.
“For me, there are not many games that try that approach, so seeing the colorful atmosphere and hearing the vibrant music just makes the game that much sweeter.”
“Music and atmosphere are great.”
- stability4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game demonstrates excellent stability, performing well on both Steam Deck and Intel integrated graphics, ensuring a smooth experience across different platforms.
“Runs great on Steam Deck.”
“Runs great on Intel integrated graphics.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Reviewers highlight the impressive technology employed in the game to ensure optimal performance, indicating a strong focus on optimization from the developers.
“I'm also a game dev, and it was really interesting to see the technology used to maintain performance.”
