How I Even Found This Thing
Honestly? I was bored. Like, scrolling through the Google Play store late at night kinda bored. Saw this little stick figure dude jumping around in the pics for “Stick Figure Just Another Dream.” Looked simple enough. Description promised “challenging platforming” and “fun adventure.” Figured, hey, it’s a buck, might as well give it a shot. Downloaded it right then.
The First Few Minutes: Okay, Kinda Basic?
Opened the app. Menu looked super bare bones, just some shapes really. Hit “Play.” Game dropped me in with this little stick guy. Controls were super basic: tap left half of the screen to walk left, tap right half to walk right, tap anywhere while he’s on the ground to jump. That was it. Felt a bit stiff, but I thought, “Maybe it’s got charm?”
The first level was… well, it existed. Just flat ground, a few pits, coins to grab that did nothing obvious, and a finish flag. Made it through easily. Thought it was maybe just the tutorial.
Then The “Fun” Started
The next few levels tried to be harder. More pits, taller gaps, some moving platforms that looked like simple blocks. Here’s where it went downhill fast:
- Jumping felt awful. Like my stick dude had slippery shoes or something. Landing on tiny platforms? Forget it. Half the time he’d just slide right off even if he looked like he landed. Super frustrating.
- The visuals… what? Looked like someone made it in Paint in about five minutes. Backgrounds were either solid colours or some blurry mess. The stick figure himself was just lines. The “adventure” vibe vanished.
- No sound? Almost. A couple of really annoying beeps for jumping and dying. That’s it. No background music, nothing. Made it feel even cheaper.
- Those coins I collected? Apparently, they were for unlocking skins. Different colored stick figures. Whoopee. Exciting.
I started getting annoyed. Levels felt cheap, not challenging. Obstacles popped up with no warning. Timing jumps felt random because of the janky physics.
Giving It a “Fair” Shot (Kinda)
Told myself, “Okay, maybe it gets better? Deeper?” I played maybe fifteen, twenty levels. It didn’t. It was the same thing over and over: bad jumping, sliding off edges, dull visuals, annoying beeps.
Tried playing the later levels advertised with “spikes” and “lasers.” The spikes were red triangles. The lasers? Blue lines that blinked on and off. Avoiding them was just pure trial and error because the hit detection felt wonky too. Died constantly to stuff I thought I avoided.
Kept looking for something, anything interesting. Different moves? Power-ups? Nope. Story? A description blurb that might as well not exist. It was just jumping badly onto shapes while trying to ignore the beeping.
The Final Straw & Verdict
Died for like the tenth time on some stupid platform, missed the jump by a pixel, slid off… and that was it. I tapped the “Back” button. Uninstalled it right there on the spot. That dollar? Totally gone. Poof.
Is It Worth Your Time? Short answer: Nope. Absolutely not.
- For a dollar? Daylight robbery. There are genuinely fun, polished free games out there.
- Challenging? Only because the controls and physics fight you constantly. Not in a good way.
- Fun adventure? Felt more like a chore.
- Visuals/Sound? Barely exists and actively bad.
Seriously, save your dollar. Save your time. This “Dream”? More like a boring, janky, beeping nap. Play something, anything, else.
