Reverse Boots
The last time magic footwear solved anything, all they did was help a young girl get home to Kansas. The shoes in Denis Vasilev's new platformer game Reverse Boots are a bit more utilitarian than that: every time you jump, you change your environment. It gets mindbending very quickly, even if the shoes don't sparkle.
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Oh thank the Gods brave Knight! You saved my life! I owe you a debt of gratitude for plucking me from the jaws of death. Those wolves would surely have made a fine meal of me. What's that? Your Princess girlfriend has been kidnapped by a dragon? That's awful! Please... take these magic boots to help you in your quest. What do they do you ask? Well...
THEY SCREW WITH YOUR LIFE AND MAKE EVERYTHING MORE DIFFICULT!
Expect a lot of jumping on the spot and dying. Yeah... turns out they don't help at all. I'm not a wizard, I'm an ungrateful douche nozzle.
Game wasn't really that difficult until the later levels, but then it was just about timing a couple jumps. At least the star rating worked....
so much facepalm...
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