Pikuniku

Pikuniku is an adventurous puzzle-game where you play as a character with no arms and you go around solving a bunch of different puzzles. The game seems very child-friendly but the puzzles can get difficult and some of the storyline may get missed. The game has a 2-D design and the character can only move left or right, as well as jumping upwards.

Photo taken from Tiffanie Poust

The color palette of the game is natural, such as green grass, blue skies, and even yellow corn, but the characters in the game do not follow natural colors. The character the user plays as is a bright red, and throughout meeting other characters in the game, it can be seen that their colors are blues, purples, lavenders, pinks, and more. The background colors are nice, and in one scene towards the beginning of the game there are mountains in the background, and the design used for them utilizes different colors to show perspective, which is a great feature to show a difference in perspective considering the game is a 2-D design.

The art of the game is very childish, such as the character design, and even the plants and other animals. There are not super sharp edges and corners in the game, but there are corners in the game, while most of the objects in the game are rounded. Trees in the game have curved branches, and most of the other plants and objects, such as rocks, have very rounded designs. The clouds are bright white and bubbly as most cartoon clouds are perceived. Throughout the game lighting is also changing. Most of the game takes place in the daylight with exceptions such as going underground. In one scene the character needs to fall into a large hole, and as the character goes deeper into the hole the lighting can be seen shifting and darkening to give off the appearance that it is getting darker. In another scene as well, candles can be seen lighting up a pitch black room, and the design of the candles only show so far away from the candle so some aspects do seem realistic, such as little light from a candle.