Rolling Bear is an interactive poem a few hungry little bear that’s about to exit by itself to search out some meals. With somewhat assist from you, hopefully.
You’re a small bear awakening out of your slumber. The entire different bears have already gone out to get meals, however as you have been so small, you have been left behind to sleep. It’s too harmful, they stated, for somebody small such as you. As you set out from there, you discover out that the sport is an interactive poem with some gameplay parts which offers you one thing vivid, enjoyable, and cheery to take up a small quantity of your time. It’s like studying a poem whereas transferring your bear round, permitting them to eat and develop. Motion is fairly linear, transferring forwards and backwards on a particular path, which suggests it’s fairly straightforward to observe. You’ll want to assist your bear really line as much as eat the meals, as motion has the wooden-looking bear roll as a substitute of stroll. Your head will have to be lined up with meals for it to be consumed, and this may set off extra of the poem.
You’ll be able to transfer ahead and backwards, in addition to hop, so in case you actually can’t seize meals, you possibly can simply transfer on and return later. It’s an informal sport, with no flawed approach to play, no timer, no factors – only a slowly-revealed poem a few bear rising larger and larger. And also you do develop as you eat, turning into a lot larger than the tiny bear that you simply have been beforehand.
Rolling Bear is a stunning approach to expertise a poem – a sport that I might play whereas having a break from work or consuming a cup of tea. It feels cozy and stress-free, with not quite a lot of problem. There’s extra to the sport than simply transferring ahead, nonetheless, it’s not difficult sufficient to frustrate or break from the calm and exquisite feeling that I get when studying this lovely little poem.
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