Comments on: Scarily Good: The ScaryGirl Trailer

By: Tarwin Stroh-Spijer

Tarwin Stroh-Spijer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:55:56 +0000

-= Game Updates =-

The game has been updated in response to users feedback, with more to come at a later date.

Changes include:

* tighter “physics”
* new control scheme: UP for jump, SPACE for attack and activate
* no more false virus alerts
* new servers for faster loading
* completely new swimming mechanic: you just press the direction you want to go – should be easier for those people who have to rotate maps to find their way.

Have fun, and please keep the criticism, and praise, coming.

Tarwin – Touch My Pixel

By: Jacob Nørgaard

Jacob Nørgaard — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:30:08 +0000

I’ve been playing the game almost non-stop, and here is the first real, in-depth review. Thanks to the authors for their hard work!

By: Tarwin Stroh-Spijer

Tarwin Stroh-Spijer — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:10:46 +0000

The game is live right now at http://www.scarygirl.com/ !

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:44:06 +0000

Looks pretty lame, actually. Wizards & Warriors meets 1990s Tim Burton. Snore.

By: Robokid

Robokid — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:46:32 +0000

@Sp4rkR4t

you can’t compare it to ‘and yet it moves’ at all. the looks are totally different.

By: Robokid

Robokid — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:44:45 +0000

oh my freaking god, this looks so beautiful.

By: skalpadda

skalpadda — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:41:45 +0000

Rhygadon:
“Doesn’t the triteness rob this of its visual appeal? Or is there such an unfilled appetite for this style that it doesn’t matter?”

This reminds me much more of the better kind of children’s book illustration than anything by Jhonen Vasquez or Tim Burton.

Shoving the art style into a specific category seems a bit silly though, and it’s hardly any wonder that people get excited about something that looks like a splendidly beautiful little gem. If you think it’s beautiful or not is a matter of taste of course :)

By: Rhygadon

Rhygadon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:35:16 +0000

It’s odd: as Jhonen Vasquez and Tim Burton lose their creative powers and fall ever deeper into autoplagiarism, their influence on the next generation of artists just seems to keep growing. (In this case, add in a splash of Takashi Murakami, who never seemed to me to have anything real to say in the first place.)
Maybe this just marks me as old, but I have to say I just don’t get it. Mario (or maybe Sonic) doing JTHM+Corpse Bride cosplay is funny in concept, but astonishing? Beautiful? Gorgeous? Really?
I’m not questioning anyone’s taste, merely expressing my befuddlement: I liked the originals just fine, but I genuinely don’t understand the appeal of the remixes. Doesn’t the triteness rob this of its visual appeal? Or is there such an unfilled appetite for this style that it doesn’t matter? (Or maybe what I’m missing is that for those who grew up with it, this just seems like one of the “default” available style palettes, rather than the creation of those particular artists …)

By: Markoff Chaney

Markoff Chaney — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:54:36 +0000

That is cute, in a JHTM with colors kind of way. Nice heads up.

By: Acosta

Acosta — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:07:55 +0000

Beautiful, will look for it.

By: Azazel

Azazel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:00:28 +0000

This is what the inside of Gruff Rhys’ mind looks like.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:52:43 +0000

Gorgeouuuuus graphics & visual design.
The game itself looks to be a bit on the shit side of average.