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Friday Timewaster: Poto & Cabenga

Jonathan Riggall

Jonathan Riggall

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Poto & Cabenga is a crazy browser game, which, like the excellent One Button Bob needs only one button to play. That’s the Space bar – but Poto & Cabenga proves that simple controls don’t make for simple games.

Holding space makes you dash, letting go makes you jump, and doing nothing moves you slowly. That’s all fine, but when Poto & Cabenga get tragically split up by a hungry dragon, the space bar then controls them both, but the controls for each are the opposite of the other. When Poto dashes, Cabenga doesn’t, pressing space makes one jump, while letting go makes the other. Very confusing!

Following both characters at the same time, and getting the hang of the weird controls is a challenge! The game has great art, and the sound suits it all perfectly. You’ll need Flash installed, your browser open and one finger at the ready!

Jonathan Riggall

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