BrambleLash

BrambleLash is an indie game that puts a lot of focus on cooperative gameplay by using a simple and effective concept. You and a friend play as two plant-like beings who must rid their land of the grime but without actually fighting them in the traditional way.

BrambleLash’s entire game design revolves around the use of a thorny tether that forms between the two characters when they get close to each other. Once the connection is made, the two can use the energy link to slice through enemies, turning them into ash.

The best part about this is that while connected, the two can roam around freely to a rather big distance, independent of one another, but will have to synchronize movement to kill the grime. It seems like a simple job, but it really isn’t. The grime multiply quite fast, and they shoot poisonous projectiles your way that can break the tether or kill the characters.

Fairly early in the game, you’ll have to keep track of a lot that’s happening around you and for this reason cooperation between you, and your friend is crucial.

The tether mechanic is just great and the stuff that revolves around it and went in to create the game works wonderfully as well. You can twist the tether around large rocks and use the ‘pull’ action to create some interesting combos while enjoying an excellent soundtrack.

Power-ups are also implemented in the game and along the way, as game development progresses, things are going to be a lot better. BrambleLash is still in early stages of life so there is a decent amount of work that still needs to go into it. However, even so, it feels and plays very well and gameplay is totally enjoyable.

On a closing note, keep an eye on BrambleLash. There is a good deal of indie games that come to life, a lot of them are good, some are really good but most of them use fail-safe features, stuff that’s already been done over and over again. With BrambleLash, things take a turn for the interesting.