Poinpy

Poinpy is a vertically scrolling platform video game through procedurally generated environments. Many writers likened the design to an inverse of Downwell, a game previously developed by Fumoto.

Poinpy stars the title character, a green dinosaur, ascending through various environments and collecting fruits in order to feed a hungry blue beast chasing from below. Poinpy is controlled through the use of the touchscreen, where in a similar style to Angry Birds, holding down initiates a jump and allows the player to adjust its trajectory, and releasing it executes the jump. Poinpy will bounce off walls, and can also jump in mid-air. The number of jumps Poinpy is allowed is determined by the number of jump orbs he currently has access to.

Poinpy was developed by Ojiro Fumoto, as a part of Netflix's partnership with Devolver Digital. Development was a collaboration between Fumoto and Error403 (a Japanese illustrator). Fumoto handled the game design and programming, and Error403 created the artwork and animations. The design of Poinpy was in a part a response to Fumoto's previous game, Downwell.

Fumoto believed that the high level of difficulty in Downwell blocked off many players from discovering the combo mechanic that he found most fun, so Poinpy was developed to be more accessible in terms of difficulty and controls. Despite this, when game designer Derek Yu beat the entire game in a weekend, it caused concern over the game being too easy.

Poinpy was positively received by critics, scoring 87/100 on reviews aggregation website Metacritic based on 7 reviews. Shaun Musgrave's review on TouchArcade called the game "compelling and challenging, simple to pick up but with satisfying depth" and made many comparisons to Downwell. Ana Diaz of Polygon described the game as "delirious and smooth as hell." and that "Despite being free...Poinpy is as compelling as some of the best paid mobile games out there." GameSpot's Kyle Hilliard rated the game highly, but criticized the soundtrack for being "more annoying than charming" and for the lack of a high score system.

Edge described the game as a "high-wire act combined with a game of billiards, one where you can take your next shot while the ball’s still moving" in a glowing review. They would later declare Poinpy its Mobile Game of the Year, and 7th best game overall in its 2022 Edge Awards issue. Here they would write that the game had "all the hallmarks of classic Nintendo", Fumoto's previous employer, yet it far surpassed all the released Nintendo mobile games to date. The game was also nominated for Mobile Game of the Year at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, losing out to Marvel Snap.