By Jim Rossignol on January 22nd, 2009 at 10:45 am.
Indiegames linked us to a lovely little prototype demo from Pieces Interactive. It’s a side-scrolling smash ‘em up called Walkie Tonky. In it you play an alien robot with telescopic legs, who, having been dropped off on the mothership, is off on a rampage. Kick and flail arms to do damage, or simply extend legs to step your way over trouble. I love the silhouette/shadow-puppet visuals on this one. There’s a direct link to the 20mb download here.
Damnit! I downloaded this already, but the smallest of my offsprings took too long to fall asleep and I was tired by the time I came back to my pc!
Now the only opinion I can offer is that the screen shots are pretty, I am a failure of a human being.
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Definitely try this, i was overjoyed with sound effects, which are tied to game action – kick something and get a cymbal sound perfectly fitting music.
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Reminds vaguely of one of Kyle Gabler’s experimental projects
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Oooooh hoo hoo hoo!
Slow download is slow, so I’m just going to sit and look at the pretty screenshots for a bit and OH MY GOODNESS a trailer! Oooh hoo hoo hoo!
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the mirrors on the website download it a hell of a lot faster
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Yes, when I saw there was a Mediafire mirror I used that instead. This game is officially ‘pretty super’. I especially enjoying plucking the shells tanks launch at me out of the air and throwing them back at them. I also like the noise the robot makes when he is hurted.
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Ugh, besides the graphics this game really doesn’t have anything going for it. Boring gameplay, frequent bugs, uninspired, etc
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I love the classic keyboard sound effects. Love them.
No mention of the unlockable Challenge mode in which you have to take a garden gnome to the end of the level? It’s the recoloured gnome from Half Life Episode 2 to boot.
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Actually, it’s all very reminiscent of Kyle Gabler’s experiment ‘Robot and the Cities that Built Him’, now that I come to think of it.
http://2dboy.com/RobotAndTheCities/
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Visually it looks very much like the awesome PSP game Patapon to me. I will definitely download this and give it a go as soon as I get home.
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The clapping in this game is glorious.
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Why is this not a flash game?
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Oh wow, this is pretty cool actually. Love the music integration, and fun little bit of gameplay.
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So is that 20MB in English megabytes?
Just installed, but I need sleep, so I’ll play after classes…14 hours or so from now. If the suspense doesn’t kill me before then, of course.
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Really fun game, I must have played through it 3 times in the last hour or so.
Spoonyseeker, I’m not sure you’re playing the same game? I’ve not encountered a single bug.
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The gameplay is not excellent but it’s anything from mediocre to above average. The graphics/style and the music/sounds make this worth a try, at least.
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