00:00Hello folks, today I'm playing Skim. It's a platformer game where you have to jump from
00:05shadow to shadow. It's a game that my son brought to my attention and I approached the developer,
00:12E Wood, and they kindly have given me a key on the Xbox to give the game a whirl. Let me know
00:17if you've played it, let me know what you think to it. Links are all in the description and while
00:22you're in that area checking out those links please do drop me a sub and hit like on the video.
00:29You all know how amazing I am at platformers. I'm sure you've checked out my Psychonauts 2
00:34gameplay. Somewhere in the corner is a card popping up for you to have a look at that
00:40playlist. So without further ado let's jump in and find out what fun we can have with Skim.
00:46I'm liking how this looks, hand-drawn certainly gives that impression.
01:01Here we are jumping from shadow to shadow and then we're just running across the street.
01:08Right, A to jump. Oh I see, look there I am.
01:16How does that work then? When does he decide to move and when does he not decide to move?
01:23Where's he going? I've got to go to him. All right so we're here, we've got to go to the boy.
01:28Right let's do this.
01:35Missed, I missed! Don't die on me Skim!
01:38This rotates, oh okay.
01:50Interact. We're going to catapult ourselves!
01:59More people are joining us, hi! We'll go over and say hi to these people. This is mother.
02:03Now we're going to follow them through. We're playing fire people now.
02:09Our objective here is going to see daddy at the barbecue.
02:15He really ought to be wearing a shirt but I guess as it's his back garden we'll let him off.
02:26We're going to play football. Oh it's a trampoline!
02:33Oh we've got a fire going, come on let's go get the hose.
02:45Don't worry daddy.
02:50Put the fire out, soak papa while we're at it.
02:55Oh we're off on our bike now. Can we upgrade it and play on the scooter?
03:00We can ring the bell.
03:05We've got to go over to see mother. All right come on then let's go.
03:12Oh we're at the bottom of the street. We've got to get up to where Ash person friend is.
03:20Okay let's go. Back to a bit of platforming because I was wondering what the hell was going on.
03:26Oh I didn't make it, I didn't make it. Oh I missed.
03:37Onto the table, into the trees. There we are. Can we get us? Go! Missed.
03:47Excellent. So now do we jump on board the bike? We do jump on board the bike.
03:54Awesome. Oh we've gone green. Let's follow mother. Where are we off to mama?
04:00Oh no she's following me. Okay.
04:04Oh we're playing football now.
04:09No we're not. It's not a ball mark. That's skim. What's the matter with you love? Stay focused.
04:16It was a hard night last night. Didn't sleep much. It's insane not to cross. I think we have to wait.
04:21What do we have to wait for? Maybe we have to press a button or something.
04:31We'll press the button so you could cross. Look at us. Aren't we helpful? Have we grown up?
04:38We seem to have had a bit of a growth spurt. Oh! Steady. Let's go. Oh we're gonna die.
04:51There we go. Let's get back to him. Let's go. Saved our owner. Getting crushed by a train.
05:00We look like men now. Is it college? Uni maybe? He's got a very heavy backpack. He can't run.
05:06He's off to uni. He's got himself an education. He's out.
05:13Oh we've got a lady friend. We made friends. Oh we're holding hands. Oh that's sweet.
05:22What happened? Where did our lady friend go?
05:26Oh have we been dumped? We look very sad. Oh oh we've passed our degree. Well done everybody.
05:36Life is good again. We've got an office job.
05:42It would seem so. What do we do then? What are we doing in the office?
05:51We are a cog in some machine.
05:56Hello hello. How may I help you? Answer it then. Oh it's the boss man calling us.
06:05Hello? What? Oh he's not letting us go is he?
06:11No he's going to give us a pay rise. Think positively Marp. Oh dear.
06:15Don't tell me we've got sacked. We got, we have been let go.
06:21Oh my days. Someone stole our bike. That is one bad day at the office. Oh I know right mate.
06:34I have to get the bus home.
06:36Oh my god we missed the bus.
06:41Don't give up. Come on. There'll be another bus at some point.
06:45Or we could just walk. Don't know how far home is.
06:50Uh-oh. Come on Skibs. Save it.
06:54Splat.
06:58Oh broke the tire.
07:00Splat.
07:04Broke the tie. We've broken our tie to our human friend.
07:11We have to get back to him.
07:21Don't run away. Wait for me. Where are you going?
07:26Maybe he doesn't want to be our friend anymore.
07:31We're going to be stalker skim.
07:42That's close. We'll just hitch a ride with these people.
07:46Oh and we get an achievement. On your own. Oh no. We've lost our friend. Where's he gone?
07:54We need a lady or a person. Not a lady. Could be a man. I don't really mind what gender they are.
07:59Just walk past. Can we make this jump? Oh here's somebody's coming. Be patient Mark. Be patient.
08:05Ready. Steady. Go.
08:09Oh shit. Missed the hole.
08:14That's quite funky. I wonder if we could do it this way then.
08:18Can. There's more than one way to skin a shim it would seem.
08:23There's our owner I think. That dude running. So we're trying to catch him up. Although he
08:28actually seems happy to be free of us. Or maybe he's not happy.
08:33Perfect. Perfect.
08:37This is what I call riding. I don't know how far we have to go. Oh. Oh.
08:42To here?
08:45We missed our objective. We have to go to that bush.
08:49Is he going to take us all the way around maybe? Don't run us over!
08:53Oh. That's as far as we can go I'm afraid.
08:59To the bush then.
09:04Get out of there.
09:05There we go. Let's have some tickets. You're welcome.
09:13Lights keep coming on and off with that one.
09:24There's no shadows.
09:28Ah! Look around the corner and you see shadows.
09:38Oh so close.
09:41Down to the man with the umbrella. Come on then. I see him.
09:46Let's go. Take me to my friend who's missing me. There he is. Look at him.
09:54There he is.
09:56There he is.
09:56There he is.
09:58There he is.
10:00There he is.
10:02There he is.
10:04There he is.
10:06There he is.
10:08There he is.
10:10There he is. Look he looks so sad. Come on.
10:13Come on. He's got home. He's lost his job.
10:17We are so close. Come on.
10:23Just at the end of the street. Oh wait. What? He just dumped me.
10:27How did he just dump me there?
10:29I've run out of light.
10:40That's clever. I like that. It turns the light on for us. Next. Are we here?
10:49We've turned the street lights on. What a clever shame. Let there be light. And there was.
10:58Where are we going? Don't belong. Around the corner.
11:11We've got a shim there just showing off.
11:24We've made friends. We've got a little party going on.
11:28The next day. He's not moving house is he?
11:33He's moving house? Oh my days. We're never going to get there in time. How will we find him?
11:40Well folks, I hope that's given you some idea of what this game is about.
11:44I've really enjoyed it. It's a chilled, relaxed-ish sort of game when it goes to plan.
11:50But I like it. It's quirky. It's different. I like the story behind it.
11:54It took me a little bit at the beginning to understand what was going on.
11:57I could see why the developer put that in and did the beginning that way to build up a story.
12:02I feel a connection with this character and little Skim.
12:05I hope you like the video. Thank you so much for watching.
12:08I'd appreciate it if you hit the like button for me and sub to the channel.
12:12Please let me know in the comments what you think to the game.
12:14Let me know whether you've played it. It is available on other platforms,
12:17not just Xbox. All the links are in the description.
12:20Thank you so much for watching. Until next time.
12:23Ciao for now.
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