Mama and Son: Clean House is an indie game no longer available for purchase. It was available on Xbox Indie Game's service.
Description[]
Mama and Son: Clean House is a 2d multi-player arena shooter with an emphasis on action and cleaning. The plot involves Really Shooter and Poor Mama on duty cleaning an area until UFOs invade.
Controls[]
The game can be played with single player, either controlling both with twin sticks or setting Mama up as an AI partner. The game can also be played cooperatively with a second player.
Gameplay[]
Players Can take control of Really and mow enemies while an AI or player 2 controls Poor Mama who has to clean.
Really can shoot using the trigger buttons or X while Mama simply jumps, moving to brush debris into recycling bins. Mama can also remain stationary to scrub the walls which become coated in black smoke by enemy deaths.
While Really has unlimited lives Poor Mama does not, she has a health bar and is vulnerable to enemy attacks. The goal is to work together, with Really protecting Mama so she can clean and produce more ammo for her son.
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Reception[]
The game had generally neutral reviews. Players praised the arcade action and the unique cooperative gameplay but critiqued the lack of enemy variety and depth of levels.[1]
Trivia[]
- This game is technically a successor to a game jam game and will go on to have another successor in the form of Alien Chaos 3D