The Grape Escape

Creator: PebblyJacks

You thought we were done with the terrible puns? You thought wrong. (Also, have you read this mag before?) Naturally this game’s puntastic title reeled us in, but it was the very silly story of one long road home that kept us playing.

As a surprisingly leggy bunch of grapes, you decide to make a break from the confines of a well-stocked fruit bowl, leaping onto conveniently-placed tables and bookcases in your bid for fruity freedom.

When we jumped out of a window conveniently left open and started to navigate the foggy street outside, our playthrough began to gather quite the crowd of folks from our sister publications. Perhaps it was the absurd central visual joke, perhaps it was the pleasing wobble of each individual grape in our purple protagonist’s character model, but, like so many Dreams we’ve shown here, this 3D platformer is a short experience that is at its best when shared.

One of our favourite things about it is the variety of environments your grapey chum has to pass through, from urban noir to fantastically alien. After avoiding traffic and platforming between balconies on some rather gloomy-looking apartment buildings, you uncover an itty-bitty spaceship. Rather than reuniting with your berry good friends and family in a European vineyard, you’re instead gunning for your home planet, a place as resplendently purple as you are. It’s almost impossible to reach your destination without a big goofy grin on your face.