Comments on: Textual/Technical: Two Games On The Page

By: Hmm-Hmm.

Hmm-Hmm. — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:54:20 +0000

Fig.8 is quite interesting. I’d probably like it more if it would allow the player to ride around more freely. It feels a bit too confining through the forced camera motion which contrasts with the overall atmosphere of the game.

By: MacBeth

MacBeth — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:05:14 +0000

Fig. 8 is rather nice, but yes, can be frustrating. Beautifully presented though.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:57:57 +0000

Fig. 8 is oddly calming, and feels kind of like a Pixar credit sequence, until the inevitable increase in complexity and shameful only-know-which-way-to-turn-by-trial-and-error level design combine with the widely spaced checkpoints to turn it into frustration.

(Tip: shift-steering won’t affect your multiplier. You can reach the first non-tutorial checkpoint by entirely this mechanism. Since you’ll then crash soonafter and zero your score, however…)