I wanna Lap Backwards

Creator: tuhkakuppi

Average Rating
7.6 / 10
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Average Difficulty
88.7 / 100
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Needle (7) Long (1) 32px (1) FTFA-like (4) lap_around-like (2) Setup (1)

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by Chyeri

Creator's Comments:

tuhkakuppi [Creator]
Don't really remember why I made this, I only know I did it a few months after Lap Around and then scrapped it until I randomly gave it to bummer after a few years. I'm not even sure if I was ever happy with it.
But it exists, so do whatever.

note: I added gmsched without realizing it needs function calls in the code to work, so it does nothing and you need to manually add dbghelp to fix "new windows slowdown" issues
Tagged as: Needle
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Jun 30, 2023

22 Reviews:

Aiwana1LoveTrap
Much harder than Lap Around.
The main thing i can say is that the difficulty balance is terrible.
Also, unlike Lap Around, it didn't feel like FTFA.
I wouldn't recommend it too much.
I think Lap Around is better than Lap Backwards.
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Jun 2, 2020
PlutoTheThing
While the original Lap Around is definitely far more deliberate and balanced than this game, I still think Lap Backwards holds it's own as a quality needle experience. There's definitely issues, some saves throw absolutely asinine jumps around like loose change and there's far more annoying bits, but I did enjoy my time with this game. The more spontaneous and "unhinged" style is interesting to me and the general concept behind the game does make it exciting to see how certain sections were interpreted and handled. As a sort of addendum, I find it funny this game and the original even are called FTFA-likes when they play almost nothing like that game, it's pretty silly.
[1] Like
Rating: 8.3       Difficulty: 87
Dec 5, 2023
KingSlendy
This game was extremely easy up until save 15, which took me like 4x the amount of all the other saves combined, and then other saves gave me a bit of trouble. Had fun with it but I hated the last jump of save 15 so much
Tagged as: Needle 32px FTFA-like
[1] Like
Rating: 8.0       Difficulty: 90
Nov 11, 2022
Ywave
Hard but fun, consistency Needle
[1] Like
Rating: 6.0       Difficulty: 90
Sep 14, 2022
ninz
its like, mostly fun
[1] Like
Rating: 8.7       Difficulty: 90
Oct 14, 2021
gafro
This game is much harder than Lap Around.

Lap Around was pretty fun, but on the contrary I couldn't have fun with this game during the overall playthrough that much because of some awkward jumps at the almost end of some saves.
The experience could have been far better if the issue didn't exist.
I'd like to agree that some of the jumps are pretty interesting considering the 32px restriction, but the actual gameplay didn't feel as good as tuhka's creativity.

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Tagged as: Needle
[1] Like
Rating: 5.5 55       Difficulty: 86 86
Dec 11, 2020
Mercury
It make sense

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Tagged as: Needle FTFA-like
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Rating: 7.9 79       Difficulty: 87 87
Nov 16, 2024
purify
Clear in 2022/2/12
Deaths:40154
Time:46:45:04
much harder than Lap Around.

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Tagged as: Needle FTFA-like lap_around-like
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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 94 94
Feb 11, 2022
iamambitious
i like this game. maybe this game near to another masterpiece i think. However, the difficulty increases a lot compared to lap around. Be cautious and have fun.

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 91 91
Aug 29, 2020
Chyeri
Harder than lap around, also doesn't feel as polished. Some of the saves (1, 4, 12) don't really feel FTFA-like, I didn't find them very creative and they felt like they were compromised by the forced layout of lap around but backwards. Difficulty ramps up drastically from save 14, before that the game is easier than lap around in my opinion. Despite all criticism I found the game incredibly enjoyable to grind and some of the jumps quite interesting, especially considering the 32px grid restriction.

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Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 90 90
May 28, 2020