The game is simple 2D platformer that resembles alot the original Super Mario bros. The plot of the game is simple and playfull. Chubby the snowman is desperate to find a job as him being a snowman
makes it hard for him to be employed
for any video game role. Plenty of levels have flashy enemies, edgy lords placed in fires and a snowman just won't make it. At the same time, a penquin called Pix, robbed the companys game files and
moved towards some snowy mountains
were he made his hideout. The CEO of the gaming company was lost and depserate
to find anyone strong enough to withstand and survived the cold
of the mountains and to restore their stollen items. To his luck,
there was a snowman down to the reception who was complainning how he was struggoling to obtain a job. Needless to say, his quest for job was
finally complete and so, Chubby the snowman was set to his adventure in order to restore the stolen game files.
The story of the game is very simple, and very straight forward. Games were stolen and the snowman was sent to receive them. The plot is given to the player with a small video that acts as the prologue of the game.
The cutscenes, are drawn in a very nice way and they also introduce the players to the main cast.(in a way) There is no official dialogue in the game as all the words are given to the players in the form of text.
Once Chubby the snowman is send to his adventure, the player does not receive any extra dialogue or story elements. However, once the final level is cleared the player gets two pictures with dialogue that explain
the player the aftermath of the adventure. very similar to how movies based on a real story are being told aftre the movie and before the credits.
The game consist of 24 levels and 1 boss level. Chubby the snowman himself, does not come with special abilities other than moving and jumbing. Once again the Super mario influence is beeing shown. All the level consist
of enemies, hearts and 24 snowflakes. Collecting all 576 snowflakes will unlock a secret level placed in the middle of the callendar. Chubby starts with 3 heart points that resembles how many times he can receive damage.
Being hit by any enemy will result on him losing one heart but, around the levels there is a few that collecting them will restore the lost heart. Hearts placed in boxes, fully restore the health of the snowman and add
one more additional heart to the total of Chubby hearts. These hearts stays permanently with Chubby. There are a few dangers that one shot Chubby such as water, lava and toxic waters. The enemy variety is decent for the
game it's size and every new location always adds new stuff to the game. For example enemy penguins are introduced in the first levels, however, in the later leves they do exist but they also receive special treatment such
as increase of speed, jumping and others. More enemies appear the more the players proceed and plenty of new concepts such as spiders, birds, bees etc. The maps themselves also introduce new concepts such webs tha Chubby can
can use to climp, Spiky areas that will damage the player, moving platforms and plenty of others. Each level feels unique and each of the four areas differ from each other. Completing a level will restore an item that represents
a gaming artifact or hero from the pixel era. In the original game they use to mention Nintendo characters but as they dont colaborate with them anymore they simply alternate certain items. The collectables of the game show
pixelised characters or artifacts. For example, Sonic's rings, tetris, pacman, Super Mario, pokemon ,Megaman, Legend of Zelda and others. It's a really nice museum.
The game looks nice and play nice, it may be a liitle frustrating playing in smnowy areas where the heroes slide a bit but its worth the pain. Its a very small game in terms of size but i believe it justifies it's price of 5 euros.
It's a nice platformer, with a decent ammount of challenge and enjoyment to be found. The enemy variety is decent and other than their looks they do add the task to avoid them. The snowflakes themselves are placed in locations that
will challenge the player in order to collect them.
This game exists in 2021 because the fans of the project were passionate for their beloved IP and as mentioned above they went out of their way to contact the developers to request that their game will still be enjoyed
15 years later. It's a Cinderella story but Chubby can now be enjoyed by anyone who wishes to experience it for themselves.
This is a video showcasing and reviewing the Game