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The goals and controls for Doodland are generally pretty simple. You’ll constantly be running away from a giant dragon monster-looking thing that will chomp down and eat you if you fall of your pace. A wide variety of obstacles will be thrown in your way to either slow you down or make you fall to your doom. In general you’ll only be armed with a double-jump and the power of directional farting as your means of movement. Yes, using match-lit farts you can propel yourself forward, upward, or even stink out the monster temporarily to run away. It’s kind of like a hand-drawn version of Bit.Trip Runner but with flatulence in place of musical beats. Progression is earned through trying to be sure to pick up as many green beans during your runs as you can, the more you’re able to get the more golden beans you’re awarded when you complete the level. These golden beans will give you access to new levels and the green ones can be used as currency in the shop to unlock new character skins and small upgrades to try to help out. Not all levels are precisely the same, so there’s a little variety, but on a general level the gameplay is straightforward and you can choose to enjoy it or pass. While it likely won’t win any awards Escape Doodland seems to accomplish what it set out to do, provide a somewhat challenging runner that includes some silliness and a lot of weird characters and settings. There are some sections and situations where the hitboxes of your character and elements on the screen can be a bit too large, which is annoying, but for the most part success is all on you getting your execution down and letting your muscle memory get you through tough sections with a little repetition. Since there aren’t too many titles like it on Switch perhaps it’ll satisfy your need for precision jumping, with a bit of weirdness thrown in.
Justin Nation, Score:Fair [6.5]