Instead, it is often the silly sounds that bring it all to life. The jokes come thick and fast, but it is not always the visuals that have you belly laugh. This includes a moment when Chuchel drinks too much water and pees on other characters, another when he recklessly cracks open the shell of a sentient egg by repeatedly smashing it with a spoon, and a psychedelic trip experienced after licking a mushroom. The same goes for the cruder moments of absurdity and potty humour. Yes, there is tame violence in places – the likes of which UK censors would struggle to approve for young children – but it is in good taste the kind of playful transgression that appeals to all ages. Dentures with eyes gnash at him from inside a glass, a cruel plate of jelly dangles the prized fruit just out of reach, while a twist of irony sees a much larger cherry chomp Chuchel in two.
This is Tom and Jerry for the touchscreen generation.Ī supporting cast of goof-faced blobs and everyday objects tease and pulverise Chuchel as you send him after the cherry. It is not so much a puzzle game as it is a slapstick comedy revealed one mouse click at a time. Your purpose in all of this is to match Chuchel’s childlike curiosity by clicking around the screen to see what trouble you can get him into. Many of them begin and end the same way: Kukel runs away from Chuchel with his cherry, Kukel then loses the cherry, which leaves Chuchel to get it back – often to his detriment.
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Coyote then Kukel is the Road Runner – as if to make the connection explicit, at one point, a tonne weight falls out of the sky and squashes Chuchel after he foolishly presses a red button.ĭevelopers Amanita Design – known for Machinarium, Botanicula, and the Samorost series – get 30 short episodes out of this classic comedy routine. He stops his counterpart from getting to the cherry, not necessarily because he wants it for himself, but because that is his role. Essentially a pink bean with rodent features, Kukel is inferior to Chuchel in size and strength, but smarter, quicker, and always up for mischief. Kukel plays the rival in this double act.
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