Yago, the Conquerrestrial

With a title like Yago, the Conquerrestrial (2018, Jorge Vera), you know you’re not getting a run-of-the-mill platformer. This is a colorful, tongue-in-cheek romp that blends old-school mechanics with surrealist humor. You play as Yago, a would-be conqueror whose ambition far exceeds his common sense, and every level is packed with bizarre enemies and tongue-in-cheek dialogue. It feels like a Saturday morning cartoon that never got picked up for a second season, but found eternal life as a video game. Delightfully weird, charmingly scrappy, and impossible to take seriously—exactly how it should be.

“When the director of the famous Galactic Geographic magazine calls you to his office, you can't believe how lucky you are. You have been commissioned to produce a new documentary on the habits of the earthlings, only one of which has been made in the entire history of the planet Coque and dates back 40,000 years.” - Jorge Vera