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Schim is an inventive, beautiful platformer that's just a little too repetitive

Schim is a beautiful platformer about reconnection in which you play as a frog-like creature that jumps between shadows.

Developers Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman play around with this idea in some joyful ways. I found some other mechanics mildly frustrating, such as getting to grips with how to launch the Schim in the correct direction from a spinning rotary clothesline. By the halfway point, I was more than ready for the Schim to reconnect with its human — not a great sign for a game that only takes about three hours to finish.

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