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vibekill:

Soul Brother

KILL YOURSELF.

I have lots of cool things to say about this game:

First off, I really sucked at it. I ranked like 116th today on AdultSwim games, though admittedly I was playing it to reach the ending more than trying to collect all the gems, so my score was understandably low (I collected 13/30). I died over 100 times though, which is not at all a difficult thing to achieve in this game. Of course the point is that you do need to die, but the 100 deaths were “failed reincarnations”- in other words I failed the room and ran out of bodies to inhabit. I played for 1 hour 5 minutes before reaching “the ending”.

It’s a platformer+puzzle game, two genre I am really weak at playing. Like most games of its kind, the running, jumping and avoiding obstacles is all about timing (of which I have none) and patience (of which I have very little). I died a lot because I wouldn’t pay attention to the whole room and I’d make the same mistakes over and over trying to rush through it. People who are good with platformers would definitely ace this compared to me though. The controls are super-simple and the mechanics are pretty straight forward.

As usual though I looked past the fact that I mostly sucked at it and focused on the game itself. I love the pixel art graphics. The designs, patterns and most notably the colour schemes were really awesome. The art direction in general was just really cool and inspiring. I wish I’d played this before my Game On! pixel project was assigned, I probably could have come up with some great stuff.

Next is the characters! They were cute because they’re pixels, but there was another level of adorableness that I can only compare to the affection many kids felt for their first and second gen Tamagotchi characters. I actually found it a little difficult to kill them off at first (empathy for pixels, i haz it) but you can’t really help it, that’s sort of the point of the game. Of course the cat-like one, Nemo, was my favourite though I also really liked Kobayashi (because he’s a cube). The random info on them was pretty funny too. The characters were not quite as one-dimensional (pun…intended?) as you would expect.

All of that being said, you should totally play this game! If you’re impatient like me, it might even help you calm down. The music and graphics are really cheery too, so even when I was frustrated I didn’t feel like quitting.

This is my final entry for the (mandatory) Photoshop contest at work, with the theme “Games”. It’s myself (as Medic) and seven of my friends/coworkers as various TF2 classes, with a twist. I actually put a lot of thought behind their designs, I just don’t really have a way to show it here. I may polish it later, it was kind of a fun idea.

Hurr, I started playing a new Free-to-Play MMORPG so that I’d have new inspiration to work on my 3D projects…or something. I dunno. Spiral Knights, it’s fun times.

I’m thinking of getting this game. Has anyone played it yet? I know that the gameplay isn’t really challenging or anything, but I heard that the story and the style are really engaging, plus you play with multiple characters and it uses many of the available DS resources (microphone, touchscreen, etc) in the game play. I don’t play games because they’re hard I play them to enjoy them, so this seems right up my alley. Still, a second opinion is always appreciated!

thedailywhat:

Plushies of the Day: IRL Angry Birds playset.

DIY Patterns: Red bird; blue bird; yellow bird; pig.

Thank you in advance for making me one of each.

[geekycrafts / spritestitch.]

(Source: thedailywhat)