I've sent out all of the Steam keys requested by the community over the last four days; (it took me over two hours just to email them all after spending a few more sorting them )).

Flip Trickster:

Introduction:

Feel the adrenaline as you are flipping in the air after jumping down some crazy heights. Do insane jumps and flips down obstacles and land in the goal area in this parkour and free running inspired simulation game. Using simple game mechanics you can jump, flip, and crash with only one finger.
Features:
Realistic physics
Parkour inspired gameplay
10 Stages with over 40 levels
Character customization
10+ hats to choose from

Reference accessed HERE 29th December 2022.

In Brief:
Flip Trickster has been ported to PC from an iOS/Android game and was made using the Unity engine. There are 64 levels grouped into ten different area's; however, only the tutorial and the first level of nine area's are unlocked at the start of the game. Apart from the tutorial, every other area includes seven levels to unlock. Starting with the Gym, then moving on to The Mountain, The City, The Funhouse, The Factory, The Ship, The Island, The Haunted House and finally Space. To move to a new level you have to complete it to at least silver. Each level has four tasks to complete three of which are targeted area's where you need to land when flipping. Depending which marked area you land it you'll score a Bronze, Silver or Gold, with an extra task that doesn't have to be completed, but earns more in game cash for example by only flipping once or landing on a particular obstacle to name just a few of the extra tasks to complete. Once you've complete all levels in an area, you unlock the next area.

You can skip the tutorial if you wish, but I would recommend you check it out first so that you know exactly what to do to complete a level. After a quick demonstration there are four stages to the flip, i.e.

1) ... Touch and hold to squat. Using your mouse pointed to touch.
2) ... Release to Jump.
3) ... Touch and Hold to Tuck,
4) ... Release to prepare for landing.

Once you've tried out the tutorial you move onto the first of the nine area's. Each attempt is finished with your score that shows the number of points you've earned. Points can be spent on different hats of which there are several to collect. To unlock the next level you need to score at least a silver . After a few attempts and failing you are offered the ability to skip the level and move on to the next one, or you can click on the skip button or retry the level until you successfully complete a flip without falling flat on your face. After several attempts at retrying, you will be offered a skip for free however, later failures will cost you points to move on. ( 90 points for your first paid for skip and 180 points for three skips).

Landing correctly will take practice, but once you've sussed the sequence, it should be easier to complete levels. It took me several attempts to finally get silver and then a gold

It's all in the timing..

You can see some videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HEREand HERE.

Conclusion:
Once I got the hang of the mechanic I quite enjoyed playing the game and will be keeping this one for my break times.

It reminds me of those dismount games where you crash vehicles or jump off stairs and score points by breaking as many bones in your body as you can; e.g. Truck Dismount (downloadable) or Stickman Dismount (Browser). There's a similar game on Steam called Turbo Dismount (with similar but better graphics to todays game) where you crash your vehicle and score points from the amount of damage inflicted. Today's game has a similar mechanic except you are trying to land in a target area to score points. I can't remeber any of the name sof the games, but I spent hours playing them several years ago. (I'll fill in the names if I can find them installed on my old computer later.

At some point while playing I clicked on the points counter which took me to the shop. This is where you could purchase using real money the in game currency; thankfully it has been disabled in this ported version; however, once in the shop I couldn't find a way to leave so had to shut down the game using Alt+F4, then restart the game (See the last image below).

Notes on Security
I was unable to scan Flip Trickster using Virus Total because the file size exceeded the upload limit, however I was able to scan it using Internxt which gave the game a clean bill of health.

Todays daily giveaways from Epic games is the last daily giveaway for this fetive season. It includes two games, Eximius: Seize the Frontline - a FPS/RTS hybrid that focuses on squad-based combat and Dishonored - Definitive Edition - This complete compilation includes Dishonored as well as all of its additional content - Dunwall City Trials, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches and Void Walker’s Arsenal. an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge.

Next week (5th January 2023) we will be given Kerbal Space Program (base game only) where you take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics. plus a second game called Shadow Tactics - Aiko's Choice a brand-new 'standalone' addon to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics.