I Wanna be the Vandal

Creator: Wolfiexe

Average Rating
9.3 / 10
Average Difficulty
71.4 / 100
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Adventure (6) Needle (37) Trap (1) Gimmick (36) Long (1) Dotkid (1) Trigger (3) x_Floor (9) Neon (1) Art (1) SourPls (6) Poggers (1) mostExpensive (3) moleYo (1) cn3 (2) catJAM (1) needleventure (1) Cycle (3)

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  • by Wolfiexe
  • by Skulldude
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  • by roubaozi
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  • by williamthewishing
  • by Wolfiexe
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Creator's Comments:

Wolfiexe [Creator]
Note: If the game runs slowly for you on Windows 10 or for whatever reason, try replacing the .exe with the one here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NyHe-DuSay_pBD-z8tsDP8LULeDFzE0D/view?usp=sharing

Vandal is a needle/gimmick game with some small adventure elements. I wanted to make something a little bigger than my previous solo projects, inspired by a few other releases and makers. I estimated it to be somewhere between 60-70 difficulty but on average I think it has ended up a little higher than planned.

I poured a lot of time into this over the last couple months and ended up with a platforming experience I'm pretty happy with, and I'd love to see other people enjoy it as well. Best of luck on becoming The Vandal!

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick
[11] Likes
Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 74 74
Oct 25, 2019

127 Reviews:

Nearigami
This game has been called a very innovative game. I would disagree. This game applies a bunch of existing ideas from Wolfi's previous ventures, CN3, and many other games, but doesn't exactly create anything new.

With that hot take out of the way, this game does everything masterfully. The needle is challenging without being frustrating. The gimmicks are well utilized and feel very natural in a needle setting like this. The atmosphere and visuals are brimming with personality. Everything about this game is satisfying. I can't use any other word except satisfying to describe this game. As soon as I beat it, I wanted to play it again. In my needle, I already feel Vandal leaking into my style. The best way I can describe this game is that it is satisfying, and that's what I want the most in a fangame. Play it.

Cleared for FSR.

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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 70 70
Sep 15, 2020
Taprus
Everything that could be said about this game has already been said, so I'll keep it brief by saying that Vandal completely reignited my love for fangames and definitely stands, for me, as the best aiwana fangame made so far.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick
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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 70 70
Jul 24, 2020
shign
Absolute banger game. This is the pinacle of gimmick needle with a lot of variety scattered all among the game. It sells itself as a 50f game, but most of the rooms are multirooms and there are also many rooms without any number, so the game is quite longer than typical 50f games (I think it has around almost 100f).
Even if there are stages I was less a fan, I enjoyed everything, the visuals are top tier and music is always SourPls.
With no complaint, I'm just gonna say that I restrained myself from playing it when it aired because I tend to find wolfie's games underrated in difficulty on delfruit especially the witch games(witch needle is 67 and I gave it 73 and witch tower is 62 and I gave it 67), so when I saw ratings with 75, even 80 in difficulty, I thought it would be impossible for me. I was very glad to find that I can play it, it became my new second favorite fangame.

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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 72 72
May 4, 2020
Winaared
Wolfiexe's magnum opus.
Easily one of the best needle games out there, 9.3 average rating with 100+ reviews is there for a reason. Wolfi's needle style is famous for being fun yet challenging, and this game is the best example of that. It contains all sorts of different gimmicks that feel so good to be executed in a row. The amount of effort and passion that was put in this game is insane, it is polished so well that you can almost taste the production value. Wolfi, thank you for one of the best needle experiences that I and many other players have ever experienced.

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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 73 73
Feb 22, 2024
voraciousreader
A very well polished game overall, great platforming coupled with solid aesthetics and good music picks (except maybe a couple ones that are too ayaya loud for my taste). There's plenty of longer reviews that explain in detail why Vandal is a classic, so I'll highlight just one thing - how the overarching connection between the rooms and the sprinkled touches of humor, diversions and changes of pace make the game feel as greater than the sum of its parts, more than a linear sequence of gimmick needle stages.

100% recommended for any veteran fangamer than can withstand the challenge, and even for those who might look at the 70 difficulty like a bit out of their reach - the difficulty curve starts lower and increases smoothly, and it's a great game to slowly progress through and push your limits.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick Long Trigger x_Floor mostExpensive Cycle
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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 69 69
Jan 29, 2024