140

When/where/how/why is it in the library? I bought 140 this past August from the Humble Store, for one dollar! I can’t remember what sold it to me, other than the price-tag.

What is it? It’s a minimalist sidescrolling platformer. Its gimmick is that is uses the game’s music as cue for the very rhythm-oriented platforming. Also, geometric shapes! And strong colours.

So first time with it or…? I already had it installed and I’d tried playing it a few times, but for whatever reason I would get distracted and quit. The game has no save function so each time I went back to it I’d be starting again.

Time spent? About an hour, maybe a little more.

Finished? Yep, actually! It’s a wee little thing. I have an achievement that says I passed it and everything (but only 3/6 achievements knocked off, if we’re counting).

Was it any good? It’s nothing ground-breaking and unlikely to be remembered for much, but I had a reasonably fun hour of head-bopping and hitting space bar. It leant on simple concepts but juggled and mashed them regularly so as never to exhaust them. It was sometimes difficult, but only temporarily, and in general the game’s design seemed pretty fair. The kooky, non-sequitur boss stages were also pretty neat.

Come back to it later? Doubtful - there’d be little reason to. I can uninstall in peace.