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Grab the colored blocks and place them to build a path to the next “telefunk”

Polychromatic Funk Monkey is a platform puzzle game in which the objective is to reach the 10 teleporters, called “telefunks”, scattered around a huge level.

Setting: Visually, the game is very simple with unicolor blocks and platform blocks with a basic pattern. But coupled with the funky music playing in the background, the end result is very stylish and just feels right. Your little “monkey” character (which doesn’t look much like a monkey by the way) dances following the beat of the music, this is the kind of little detail that adds to the funky feel of the game.

Gameplay: The objective of the game is to reach the 10 telefunks located around the randomly generated level. The telefunk closest to you is indicated by the giant grey star shining on a side of the screen. In order to reach it, you have to grab colored blocks and place them intelligently so that your newly built platform helps you advance. At the start of the game you can only carry 1 block at a time. Each newly found telefunk gives you the ability to carry 1 more block, and also allows you to teleport back to the telefunk anytime you want.

You have to figure out an efficient way to place the colored blocks so that you manage to get closer to the next telefunk without getting stuck and without losing the ability to bring more blocks to the top of your platform. This building gameplay is quite clever and original.

Look at my beautiful stairway to heaven

Personal opinion: I love the visual and audio styles of the game, it’s simple but beautifully done. The gameplay is original and building stairways to reach the telefunks does give a sense of accomplishment, but it’s not enough. Once I got a working “strategy”, I just kept building the same kind of stairways again and again. Reaching the 10th telefunk was exactly like reaching the 3rd one, it wasn’t more difficult and it didn’t involve any new mechanic. And now that I’ve finished the game, which took about an hour, I doubt I’ll play it again. Plychromatic Funk Monkey is worth a try for its original “building” gameplay, but this gameplay is not for everyone.

Play Polychromatic Funk Monkey:
Download the full game for Windows.

(6 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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