Phonotaxis

Creator: infern0man1

Average Rating
8.0 / 10
Average Difficulty
80.3 / 100
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  • by Little_Star
  • by Little_Star
  • by P2shka

Creator's Comments:

Chatran [Creator]
On my birthday in 2016, Hiddow randomly approached me and asked me if I would like to test a game he was working on. I quite readily took him up on that. Though I never got to really play most of it because slight performance issues lagged my ancient computer at the time, and what remained was yet to be finished, what I could experience of my testplay of Magnificent Stumble directly inspired what you see in here.

Because I was also on a binge of sorts dedicating fangames to my good friends, I then decided to make the game a gift for Nader, hence the Funny clear screen. It was also intended to be an easy game relative to the rest of my output at the time, but I was so stupidly good at my own style that the efforts were pretty fruitless.

I focused a lot on the aesthetics of the game, which I am still proud of. However, because of my own skill getting in the way and it only really taking me a week to make from beginning to end, the game suffers quite a bit. Some parts, particularly screen 5, are clunky and terribly balanced, and there are a lot of decisions I heavily disagree with by my current standards. But it is still an important game to me because it really helped define a style that was unique to me, and I wouldn't have made Phonotransmitter without this initial step in my journey.

When all is said and done, I'd avoid this game and go straight to the infinitely better sequel, but I can't stop you I'm a review. Just note that I'm pretty certain it requires a 1 frame.

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Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 82 82
Nov 21, 2016

31 Reviews:

Xplayerlol
Amazing needle game all around. The platforming is masterfully done, combining platform jumps and water in many clever ways, building jumps that are, at the same time, creative and challenging, disposed in a really nice layout. The atmosphere it builds is equally as amazing: The calm, yet imposing song fits really well with the open, yet challenging nature of the game, and the death sound is so low that it sounds just like an echo in a very far away place, which is perfect for a needle game that takes place in the sky like this one.
Easily one of the best needle games of its difficulty range. Highly recommended to experienced needle players.

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Rating: 9.2 92       Difficulty: 82 82
May 5, 2017
Thenader2
As a guy who doesn't enjoy very hard needle as often, this is one of my favorites. Production value/visuals/music wise it is pretty good, design wise you won't see any generic jump in this game. Definitely recommend to those who seek for a chill noodle session.

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 80 80
Nov 21, 2016
PlutoTheThing
Really enjoyable needle with a pretty unique atmosphere, everything feels kinda floaty and ethereal, which translates to the needle style with a lot of precise jumps requiring pretty good control of the kid. For the most part the saves felt satisfying to play and nice to complete, and each one feels like it brings at least something cool. It's only 8 screens long but for that short duration I had a very nice time.

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Rating: 8.3 83       Difficulty: 68 68
Jul 5, 2024
MrSnailz
There's only a few bad saves in this one. Recommended.

Also there's a pretty huge skip in screen 3 if you can low cancel.

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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: 85 85
Oct 13, 2019
Aronax
Really hard but fun and very unique game by Inf. The game in terms of needle design is actually top notch and while some of the saves are overly ridiculous (more like one specifically later in the game), it doesn't take away from the game as a whole. I like this game so much I even made my own game based around it (which ironically is terrible), so if that's not an indication to play it, I don't know what is. If you a very experienced needle player, this is a must play needle game.

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 88 88
Aug 22, 2017