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For: Happy Children's Needle
For: Happy Children's Needle
One of the most enjoyable vanilla needle games I've played in a while. It uses a plain colored tileset which allows for strong design choices in both aesthetics and level routing. Most screens have an aesthetic commitment which results in interesting consequences for jumps and execution. There's a strong reliance on unnamed jumps while retaining some basic principles. Later on the game features more traditional corners and diagonals, but it allows for and almost demands usage of setups, which make the jumps a lot less intimidating. There's a concept of something like 'authorial trust', that essentially means the more an artist demonstrates their sensibilities and concern for your experience early on, the more willing you'll be later on to take risks or tolerate experimentation, because they've built up a type of 'credit' with you. This game does that very well, to the extent that I feel it's almost trying to 'teach' you something, which would perfectly fit the title of the game. The clear screen, as mentioned, is NSFW, but the music is banging, and it almost seems intended directly as a reward—like, once you've conquered these needle screens and learned their concepts, you've 'grown up' and are no longer a child. That's a lot of reading into an abstract premise for a game just about moving through spikes, but that's kind of the whole exercise of needle in general, isn't it?
Either way, absolute banger, and would recommend to everyone. Actually not as hard as it seems due to very well-crafted setup implementation.
Time: ~30min
Deaths: 533
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Either way, absolute banger, and would recommend to everyone. Actually not as hard as it seems due to very well-crafted setup implementation.
Time: ~30min
Deaths: 533
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 45 45
Jun 5, 2022
phgQED
For: I Wanna be the Butterfly Effect
For: I Wanna be the Butterfly Effect
A wonderful introduction to butterfly-needle concepts and jump types without being overly strenuous in any one area. I did struggle a lot with the water section on the second screen, but I think that's because I assumed it wasn't refreshing water when it actually was. If anything, like many dono games, this runs the risk of potentially being too easy, but in that way, it was a super enjoyable experience for me, and a great potential first entry for anyone curious about the 'butterfly-like' genre without being talented or patient enough to surmount its usual difficulty barrier. Song was pretty boppin, but didn't necessarily give the feel of 'outer space mysticism' that would have accompanied the visuals and style. Either way, a fun little romp. The large screens felt more fun to me than the single jumps.
Time: ~26min
Deaths: 1064
Time: ~26min
Deaths: 1064
Tagged as: Needle
NeedleButterfly-like
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Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: 45 45
Jun 5, 2022
phgQED
For: I Wanna Vigorously
For: I Wanna Vigorously
I don't remember starting this game but I booted it up and cleared the last save and all I can see and remember is 'really cool pathing with choose-your-own-adventure style routing'. Graphics are hard to see.
Time: ~26min
Deaths: 559
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Time: ~26min
Deaths: 559
Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 30 30
May 27, 2022
phgQED
For: I wanna be the poetic dance
For: I wanna be the poetic dance
I'm really glad I decided to play through this game multiple times. There are four themed areas, each with an aesthetic that accompanies the gameplay to varying degrees. The strongest implementation is the water area, where the stages flood by the time you're finished, while the loosest is the fog area, which, despite the soft ambience of creeping fog, don't really reflect that type of weather in the level design. There are a few outright trolls, one of which made me cry from laughing so hard. Overall, this game is a perfect example of what drew me to needle in the first place and what causes me to continue to love it.
Time: 2hr23min
Deaths: 1826
Edit: Here is a translation of the ending poem, graciously provided by icesaltfish:
"Poetry is like fresh water and flowers, and flowers are better than gorgeous articles.
The bright moon is infatuated with me. It makes me dream for a long time, and makes me feel as rich as possible.
Little butterflies fluttered their hair, and the blue dew soaked their cheeks.
Cangshan and Wind falls in love with each other, and the sadness is like the morning glow."
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Time: 2hr23min
Deaths: 1826
Edit: Here is a translation of the ending poem, graciously provided by icesaltfish:
"Poetry is like fresh water and flowers, and flowers are better than gorgeous articles.
The bright moon is infatuated with me. It makes me dream for a long time, and makes me feel as rich as possible.
Little butterflies fluttered their hair, and the blue dew soaked their cheeks.
Cangshan and Wind falls in love with each other, and the sadness is like the morning glow."
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: 50 50
May 27, 2022
phgQED
For: I Wanna Take the L
For: I Wanna Take the L
After having a conversation about the idea of a beginner L-needle game, I decided to check this out, and it is certainly that. I don't know how good a job it does at introducing the player to 'L-needle' concepts because I have not played enough of the subgenre to know what it contains at large. There mostly interesting shapes and a few platform boost towards the end. The game is quite short, so it is hard to find more to say about it.
Time: 11:39
Deaths: 563
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Time: 11:39
Deaths: 563
Rating: 6.5 65
Difficulty: 35 35
May 27, 2022
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| I Wanna be the Fleeting Flower Forever | 71.8 | 7.1 | 7 |
| Heart-Shaped Triangle | 61.8 | 7.6 | 10 |
| I Wanna Meet the Oracle at Delphi | 65.2 | 5.8 | 10 |
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| I Wanna [VERB] the [ADJECTIVE] [NOUN] | 67.9 | 6.3 | 11 |
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