I knew I'd enjoy Rubato's demo from the moment the Earth blew up and I fell in the toilet

Rubato is "an experimental, 2D physics-based instrumentality connected the collect-a-thon genre", according to developer dconn, which doesn't truly bash justness to the beneath trailer afloat of screaming skulls and Mode 7 first-person driving bits and fleeting Minecraft references and PS1-era dancefloors. I conjecture I'm excessively utilized to the watering down of "experimental" arsenic a descriptor. The blurb doesn't adjacent pass that you play arsenic a frog. Seemingly. Fortunately, determination is simply a demo. Please ticker the trailer portion I spell play it.

OK, I'm backmost from my little demo clip with immoderate speedy and soiled bulletpoints. It doesn't consciousness due to effort a holistic relationship disconnected the backmost of 5 minutes, but I would people those 5 minutes 8/10, if specified things were permitted circular these parts. It's benignant of a cursed Mega Drive romhack, but funnier. Anyway, present are those bullets.

• Press ESC fastener to commencement - benignant of edgy!
• Banger Mega Drive-esque music
• Earth spell boom
• fell into toilet
• toilet is simply a tutorial level
• tips fixed by smaller dancing toilet that looks similar prehistoric Tumblr gif
• Frog is Sonic?
• I similar Sognic's rocking-chair movement
• Sognic tin plaything and propulsion 2D crates similar immoderate benignant of aureate epoch Flash puzzler
• Playing excavation with planets?
• The Company?
• Space Police?
• Fell into Bakery
• Even bangerer music
• Press O to explode?

Rubato is retired connected March 20th. That overmuch we tin study with tenable confidence. You tin work much and effort the demo yourself connected Itch.io and Steam.