Have you ever felt the panic of last minute chores before your parent comes home? Well, here’s a game about it!
Developed by Cold Lahmen, Dad’s Coming is a bite-sized co-op game about cleaning up your mess before dad comes home. Initially created by three University of São Paulo students for the game jam theme “After The Storm”, the team later founded an indie studio to turn their 48-hour prototype into a full experience.
In the game, you and your sibling cooperate to return scattered objects back to their rightful place before dad notices. What seems like a simple premise quickly becomes chaotic as the timer begins to count down. Each level is no longer than 90 seconds, which means you need to start communicating and finding creative solutions to clean house — and fast.
For a game all about cleaning, you’re going to get really good at throwing objects around; whether it’s flinging items to your sibling on the next floor, or aiming them at the right place to earn bonus style points. The game ramps up the challenge by adding fragile items that will break when they hit any surface, and even introducing your pet cat Jack who has a penchant for nudging things off the table.
As the levels progress, the game doesn’t stop throwing you challenge after challenge. From blizzards that can cause power outages, to mysterious doors that never lead where you expect, there are a total of 24 levels across 4 seasons that put your cleaning skills to the test. Although most levels are easy enough to one-star, trying to get perfect three-stars on all levels is going to prove a challenge.
There are two characters to choose from, but there’s no difference between playing as either the sister or brother. Your cleaning abilities comes down to your individual skill as a player, which makes this game delightfully chaotic. For added challenge, you can even play this game as a single player and swap between siblings. We don’t think it’s as fun though!
Dad’s Coming can be played in two main ways: Steam Remote Play or local co-op. We used Steam Remote Play in our playthrough but faced some major and frequent lag spikes. It also requires two different types of device inputs, so we had one player on controller and the other on keyboard, but that is common for games that support Steam Remote Play. We’d recommend trying alternative softwares like Parsec, or just gathering in one place for a cozy couch co-op session.
At MYR36, the price tag is a little steep for a game that takes less than two hours to complete, but with the right Player 2 and a completionist attitude, Dad’s Coming promises many hours of chaotic housekeeping fun.
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A review key was provided by Cold Lahmen.
