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The use of such traditional colours to emphasise each character's role plays a significant role in Dokuro's subversive theme - it's a narrative of facades and the ugly realities that exist underneath. Dokuro himself, when transformed into the prince the game is washed with a blue hue. The princess is always illuminated in a soft, feminine yellowish pink, where enemies are shaded in hard, unpleasant colours.
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Colour is used sparingly to highlight important objects or form part of the puzzles. Presentation, albeit basic, is charming, with an overall charcoal aesthetic. It’s heartbreaking to witness the princess’ expression when she sees the prince, only to be filled with despair when Dokuro returns to his true form. In a cruel twist of fate, it's possible for Dokuro to drink a potion that temporarily transforms him into a dashing prince, which the princess does notice fools the princess into thinking that he is her hero. Related reading: You can also check out our review of the PlayStation Vita version of Dokuro here.įor most of the game, you play as an skeleton, Dokuro, who is invisible to the princess (with the strong implication that he's not seen because she simply ignores him), but, undeterred by this, decides to assist the her in escaping though the castle she is behind held captive within. Some worlds end in a boss battle, but these are puzzles themselves rather than all-out combat affairs. There are also enemies that will attack both Dokuro and the princess. Puzzles range from stepping on levers to adjust movable platforms, to drawing lines with chalk to connect objects to each other and making paths for the princess to cross. Like all puzzle games, there is a steady stream of new techniques and abilities that are introduced to the player, which come together at the end of each world in a way that tests everything you had previously learnt. If either the skeletal hero you're in control of or the princess he is protecting are struck by anything, your then sent back to retry the level. Each level moves from left to right with the objective being to keep the princess alive until she reaches the flower at the end of the level. But when it's done this well it's hardly a complaint that Dokuro's developers have done just that.ĭokuro is a puzzle platformer game.
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It’s surprising to see a little indie game take on the big challenge of addressing the damsel in distress trope that has been a large point of discussion in video game culture lately.