If you could spend 4 minutes as a jelly fish, what would you do?

…I’ll give you time to think…

That’s stupid.

I’ll tell  you what I’d do!  I would spin around in circles beating up other sea creatures and collecting eggs…that is the premise of fun…at least in Flashbang Studios’ game, Blush.  And if it doesn’t sound fun to you, maybe you oughtta TRY IT.

Blush limits you to the aforementioned four minutes of underwater exploration as a jellyfish.  The goal is to swim around fighting other translucent sea critters, and after killing them, collecting the eggs they leave behind, then using those at the nearest glowing light ball to beef yourself up.  Four minutes isn’t enough time to fully appreciate this game,  each play through you’ll see different kinds of creatures to harvest eggs from.

The combat in Blush is exceptionally different from most any game you’ll play.  It’s all handled through the mouse.  Just hold down the left button and guide your jellyfish around.  Attacking is done through a spinning motion, hitting enemies with tentacles.  A sloppy attempt leads to the loss of a limb.  And in the aftermath of battle you collect the eggs on your tentacles with the same spin.

Scenery, beautiful.  Controls, smooth.  Ya da, ya da.  Give it a whirl.