Rolling Bear is an interactive poem a couple of hungry little bear that’s about to exit by itself to search out some meals. With a bit assist from you, hopefully.
You’re a small bear awakening out of your slumber. All the different bears have already gone out to get meals, however as you had been so small, you had been left behind to sleep. It’s too harmful, they mentioned, 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 components which offers you one thing shiny, enjoyable, and cheery to take up a small quantity of your time. It’s like studying a poem whereas shifting your bear round, permitting them to eat and develop. Motion is fairly linear, shifting forwards and backwards on a particular path, which suggests it’s fairly straightforward to comply with. You’ll want to assist your bear truly line as much as eat the meals, as motion has the wooden-looking bear roll as an alternative of stroll. Your head will should 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 the event you actually can’t seize meals, you may simply transfer on and return later. It’s an informal recreation, with no improper method to play, no timer, no factors – only a slowly-revealed poem a couple of bear rising larger and greater. And also you do develop as you eat, changing into a lot larger than the tiny bear that you simply had been beforehand.
Rolling Bear is a stunning method to expertise a poem – a recreation that I’d play whereas having a break from work or consuming a cup of tea. It feels cozy and enjoyable, with not a variety of problem. There may be extra to the sport than simply shifting ahead, nonetheless, it’s not difficult sufficient to frustrate or break from the calm and delightful feeling that I get when studying this cute little poem.
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