The one gameplay element that I haven’t mentioned yet are the power-ups, which your clones can collect as they speed by. Occasionally you’ll encounter a stage that will force to complete a large section all in one go but, I’m happy to say, this doesn’t happen very often. Thankfully the reload time and the reload distance (which is a phrase that I will be coining right now) are mercifully short. Once the difficulty increases however, the game can get a little frustrating, particularly when you keep making the same old mistakes over and over. It’s easy to slip into a zen-like state as you guide the little clones up and down their treacherous route. Float like a butterfly, sting like a weird looking beeĬuriously I found the early levels of this game to be weirdly relaxing. The time of day however, has no real impact upon the stage at all, beyond changing the colour scheme of the background, but it’s a nice touch all the same. Each “day” is divided into four time periods (dawn, noon, dusk and night) which are each 10 levels a piece. The game takes place over a total of 100 levels that play out over two days of 40 stages each and two bonus stages of 10 levels each. This makes it more likely for at least one to make it to the end of the level but a little trickier to navigate the obstacles, given that all the clones will respond to your commands at exactly the same time. The one real advantage you do have is that clones (true to their name) can occasionally duplicate themselves. More often than not however, you’ll be killed simply by becoming trapped and falling off the left hand edge of the screen as it scrolls mercilessly by. Sure there’s the traditional, spikes or saws that you can impale yourself on. This may prove more difficult than it seems however as death may come in a plethora of different ways. Get at least one of the bizarre, flying black clones to the end of each stage, without succumbing to death. The goal is as straightforward as it comes. If you’re feeling particularly stressed out and just want to kick back and play something that will send you into a zen-like state, then give this very reasonably priced game a moment of your time. Given all these missing elements, it would be logical to assume that this game would not be worth a second look, and yet, somehow, I came away feeling pleasantly entertained by this minimalist masterpiece. As if all that wasn’t bad enough, you’ll have completed the majority of it within a few hours depending on your skill level. The characters you play as, and nearly everything they interact with is presented in just one colour: black. There is no story, no soundtrack and no dialog of any sort. The concept is an incredibly simple one and the controls are so simplistic that a child could master them with relative ease. Badland GOTY is about as barebones as a game can be, in this day and age, and still get away with it.
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