Skelly With a Bow Demo

While it may be true that you can achieve greatness even with the simplest of ideas, it is also recommended that the said simplicity doesn’t extend to all of your game’s elements. Hence, at least a small part must be intricate enough to justify the simplicity. As an example, Flappy Bird may have been one of the simplest game to enjoy mainstream success, but the challenging controls were the key ingredient.

Skelly With a Bow is an arcade platformer in which your main purpose is to pop balloons using your bow and arrows. Naturally, skeletons are known for much more evil deeds than popping balloons, but you can probably look menacing while doing it anyway. The game gambles a lot on the bow mechanics, so the fun should be in trying to hit them from far away.

However, the balloons pop if you walk through them, which kind of ruins everything, especially since some of them are rather difficult to avoid. Speaking of which, the bow can be used by holding the mouse button down, which mean that the power level is rather simple to control and you can easily decide how far the arrow should go.

Probably the most interesting feature of the game is the fact that the arrows always remain in the level, regardless of how you shoot them. Hence, even if they happen to leave the screen at any point, you will be able to find them by going in the direction you fired them. On the other hand, they can pierce walls, and you are not able to reach them after a certain height.

As far as the visual quality is concerned, don’t expect too much in this regard either. The engine is obviously in 2D, but that wouldn’t be such a big deal if the environments would at least be detailed. However, everything is dull and unimaginative, which makes the small level even more boring. Speaking of which, there is only one stage and you can be done with it in under a minute, which is a bit too ridiculous even for a demo.

All things considered, Skelly With a Bow is not something you willingly download and play, regardless of how bored you get. Hence, unless you are looking for inspiration for your own ideas and you are curious about the bow physics, the game might have a use.