Karnalita Game Review

Karnalita Game Background

Karnalita is a puzzle platformer game where you control a hungry and growing plant.

Alessandro Pezzetti’s Havana24 published this game, which won the GoGodotJam and was a finalist in the GDWC 2021 Best Game Jam Game.

How to Play Karnalita

Press the gray and black PLAY button in the center of the loading screen to bring up the welcome screen. Press the spacebar on the welcome screen to start the game.

Move around the playing field using either the WASD keys or the arrow keys on your keyboard. Press the down arrow key or the S key to drink water and grow taller.

If you get stuck press the level reset button in the lower left corner of the screen or the R key on your keyboard.

Basic Gameplay Advice

This game has 9 stages which are unlocked sequentially. You must play them in order as there is no level select screen.

Walk into all of the orange fruits to collect them and activate the level exit flag, then reach the flag to complete each stage.

Watch out for the rotating flowers, as they cut your head off. Eat purple fruit to get your head back.

Activate switches by running into them to clear out vines blocking your path. If your head falls off it can also roll into a switch to activate it.

You can wall climb back and forth by getting the head part of the plant on ledges.

Avoid running into spikes. If you head falls off you can use it as a temporary platform to stand on to get across spikes.

Advanced Playing Tips & Strategy

On some stages you need to use the chopped off plant head as a platform to cross spikes or to activate switches. How you go into the flowers determines where the heads will roll to. If the head does not roll where you want it to then hit the R key and try again.

The order you do things in matters. For example, if you want to catch your head on a ledge and jump back and forth you may need to drink just the right amount of water so you can reach the ledge, but not so much water that you can’t jump high enough to reach the second ledge.

Educational Aspects

This game can help kids improve hand eye coordination and problem-solving skills.

Player Age Recommendations

This is a fun game for players of all ages.