This game is freakin awesome! I think my only criticism is it would be kinda nice to maybe have some extra buttons to select the items (1-4 maybe?) and have Z be a dedicated jump button, as it is right now it's a tad hard to control. Also I was confused at first because I thought you would have to COLLECT items, but I figured it out easily enough I guess. Really cool!
(Also idk what engine you made this in, but an update to use controllers would make this just about perfect)
Wow, thank you very much for your kind words (and feedback).
Alas, this game was built using the PICO-8 virtual console (game engine basically), which unfortunately only has standard gamepad keys (so buttons 1-4 would be a challenge. Good idea tho.
As for controller support - it should be there. If not, at the risk of "rocking the boat", this game is hosted elsewhere (*cough* Itch *cough*), where the controller support may work?
Thanks again
Funny not fun
Well awesome. This is one of those games where, yes, it is definitely funny... but no its not really fun at all. I was probably semi-engaged until somewhere between 20-27 when I got the last level up without ever having even more than a dent in my health bar, and then at level 30 it glitched out so my lazer wouldn't work anymore and so the screen flooded with enemies and drained my life. And I didn't die.
Right now as I'm typing this, I'm having to listen to the mind fuck of about 50-100 enemies flooding the screen which cannot kill me for some reason, and I cannot kill them, and I've somehow made it to level 34. There's obviously a bug.
This is not a good game. It becomes repetitive and stupid after a very short time and is just a meme-based version of the same click and shoot concept which has been substantially better done already.
Here's the thing
I give you a 1/5 and a 2/10 for the interesting concept, plus because I like artsy and even sort of pretentious games/media like this. However A) this is barely a game, even by interactive story standards, B) for a game that is only dialog and character portraits, you picked about the most grainy pixel style to do everything in making it really hard on the eyes, C) for the "psychological" aspect of this game, their conversations and variations on the game they're making are very dry except for the little points of humor, which are just references to other games, D) the music is a horrendous loop, I can't even say that nice, its horrible music.
I've seen your games before, and I even liked one of them pretty well, but I think you're sort of approaching the interactive story idea from the wrong place. This is very boring, it gives nothing to the player to take away, and the variations of picking the second choices are really.... unimpressive. Its a cool idea, for a horror movie, and when something genuinely scary is happening... but they're cutesy animals talking about video games who just get the contrast turned up on them and they start to flicker. It really doesn't work.
The sad thing is I think the IDEA is good, because the life of a pacifist can be hard because of the barriers they make for themselves and to be forced to go against them would probably produce interesting psychological effects for an interactive story.
A game about chibi animals on a dev team to make a game about some gory crap while the main character just sort of wiggles in her seat. :/ Not so great.
Not often
I give a 5/5 and 10/10 on anything. Awesome job, really addicting, and uber frustrating. Don't suppose you'd mind if you'd let me review it for a new webshow I'm starting soon? PM me if you're interested.
Great job ^__^
It was sort of a dumb game...
But a really sweet story. 5/5, 10/10
Probably the best 2D space shooter I've played...
...for a while, at least. Obviously the funny part was the message at the end, but for all that the upgrade system was alright. This would be an awesome game with some more... content.
5/5, 10/10
Awesome game
Like, really good idea and everything, but I think the last door made flash screw up or something. Now nothing on Newgrounds will play, and I can't finish the game XD
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Second level doesn't seem to load, and looks like it's not just me.
I'd go into a rant how a strip game of this sort is just sort of shameless, but your style is funny and I think that glitch is enough for you to fix atm.
Kthxbai.
PLEASE DONT RATE THIS USELESS I GAVE THEM A 5/5
This is both a very amazing and disappointing game at the same time. Your music selection was very good, and I don't think I have ever become as emotionally attached to a game I was playing as I did just now.
However, I dont think this was a very useful game... as someone said below it would have been much cooler if the notes would play as you hit the balls (as they appear to anyway, I think thats why it was so cool)
Overall, this game is an excellent use of music for completely crappy and cliche gameplay. Although I guess you knew this anyway, since you intended it to be relaxing. If thats the case, and I were reviewing games based on relaxation quality, I would have given this a 10/10
But alas I am not.
Kthxbai.
Pretty good game...
Like, the mechanics and style are pretty fun for a while, but then around the mall stage I kinda hit the wall with this game. Like, it just becomes a little much. And its not that I don't like a challenge, I do, it just this game kinda wears on and gets tedious. Its not like every level is something completely new and different than the last, every level and boss is basically just the same thing repeated over and over.
Like I said, great game for the most part (especially like the Dad inspired cutscenes) but I just feel like there's something missing. This game falls into the platformer syndrome of the internet.
But thats just me, congrats on front page and luv the medal system!!
Kthxbai~
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