Comments on: Worth TUNING In For (Dies)

By: Peace of Eight

Peace of Eight — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:02:17 +0000

It’s a puzzle jumper. *Yawn* BTDT.

Next.

By: dingo

dingo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:44:31 +0000

Being on a LSD trip while watching someone playing Spindizzy results in such a game.

By: Sovietmudkipz

Sovietmudkipz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:44:43 +0000

Sorry, I meant to say John.

By: Sovietmudkipz

Sovietmudkipz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:35:38 +0000

didn’t see what Jim saw.

By: Steve Swink

Steve Swink — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:27:25 +0000

I recommend you all play it when he releases it. Then if you want to complain that it’s art-y or whatever nonsense you can at least attempt some intelligent criticism. Of all of Cactus’ games, Tuning is especially hard to put into a trailer.

It’s a structurally simple game about perception. The activity is the same in every level – platform the spinny ball thing from A to B – but in each level the ‘lense’ you see through is conceptually different. I don’t really know how to describe it past that other than to say it’s amazing and that everyone should play it.

And stop whining.

And be more open to new experiences.

Sheesh.

By: cactus

cactus — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:19:39 +0000

Hahaha, this is not (or at least I never intended it to be) an “art game”. It’s actually the first game I’ve made that my friends seem to really enjoy playing (they usually play games like Counter Strike, Left 4 Dead and Quake 3). But it’s not really up to me to decide what kind of game this is, so feel free to label it any way you feel like.

I’d say it’s a very different puzzle/platform/party game. It works really well to play together with a few people, even though it’s strictly single player.

By: Scorpi

Scorpi — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:35:51 +0000

This reminds me of my favourite non-PC indie game; it resembles a 3-D Bit.Trip game (specifically the latest, Void, but only in style, not play).

By: noggin

noggin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:44 +0000

It looks bananas.

And hard.

Banardas.

By: Coded One

Coded One — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:04 +0000

Any game with “Cactus” written on it is a must play in my book. Of course, all I really play are independent games now-a-days.

An what’s with all the slamming against art games? It’s like as soon as a game tries to evoke an emotion that isn’t “let’s murder everything” everybody goes ape-shit. “Art” games are just another genre, I don’t see NEARLY as many people taking shits on racing games. I’m amazed by the closed-mindedness of (most) gamers. If you don’t like a particular genre, don’t play it. You can just say “Art really isn’t my style” and we’ll all get the point. No need to treat Art games as if they are made by lepers.

By: medwards

medwards — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:13:13 +0000

Does Protoganda not qualify? Or Mondo Agency for that matter…

By: jph wacheski

jph wacheski — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:04:14 +0000

Ha ha, you guys are to funny,. games as art! all games are art, like music and books, etc, are. Saying you don’t like games that are ‘artsy’ is just saying you don’t like a perticular art STYLE,. not likeing a style is like telling me you don’t perticularily care for my hat,. to that I would reply, ‘Fine then you don’t go and get one just like it.’

By: DuBBle

DuBBle — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:41:37 +0000

Reminds me of the bonus level in the original Sonic where you had to collect the crystal at the centre of a revolving maze.