Delicious Fruit
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by kiroku114514
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by Zephyr
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by kiroku114514
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by Zephyr
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by kiroku114514
Creator's Comments:
Zephyr [Creator]
Gimmick needle game with catharsis water, made for the first Jiujiu Cup (game-making event in the Chinese community).
There are small bugs caused by my poor coding ability, but they have little effect on the normal game-playing.
P.S. This project started before Weirdle 3, so it's still yuuutu-based gm8 engine.
[4] Likes
There are small bugs caused by my poor coding ability, but they have little effect on the normal game-playing.
P.S. This project started before Weirdle 3, so it's still yuuutu-based gm8 engine.
Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Aug 10, 2020
37 Reviews:
moogy
Rating based on clearing the main game + all of the extra stages.
A gimmick/trigger needle game where the main design conceit is that every screen makes extensive use of Catharsis water, and *only* Catharsis water -- while each stage is pretty distinct in terms of design, you won't see any usage of waters 1-3 at any point in this game, which definitely sets it apart from the crowd.
Generally, the game is well-designed and creative, with excellent save placement. Each save feels focused, never overstaying its welcome. It would have been easy to inflate the difficulty of many screens simply by not including as many saves, but I'm very glad the creator exercised restraint in this regard, because it makes for a much more pleasant experience overall when every save isn't a marathon (especially since the game is pretty hard to begin with). The Catharsis water never really felt like it got stale, either. Ironically, the lack of other forms of water results in a lot of creative pathing and jump sequences; even the parts that aren't gimmick-heavy don't feel like your standard jtool needle.
I have two main complaints with the game, though. First is simply that it's on a GM8 Yuuutsu engine, as the creator's comment states. This isn't exactly a dealbreaker, but the game is hard enough that the input lag and save displacement bug start to get pretty obnoxious after a while, especially on the more precise parts. Secondly, I really didn't like the final save (technically the penultimate save, but it's clearly meant as the climax to the game); several parts of it feel unnecessarily precise for how long it is, and the design isn't really as inspired as the rest of the game, maybe because the creator felt compelled to reuse every gimmick in it. The extra screens were all fun, at least.
Overall, I wanna Hydrate is a great game that utilizes its main gimmick effectively in a variety of contexts and ends up feeling like more than just a generic needle game with Catharsis water everywhere, which it easily could have been. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a longer needle-based game and doesn't mind some original design elements (i.e., stuff you can't just make with jtool). While it's fairly challenging, the generous save placement means it's unlikely you'll get walled anywhere and makes it easy to keep going with.
[4] Likes
A gimmick/trigger needle game where the main design conceit is that every screen makes extensive use of Catharsis water, and *only* Catharsis water -- while each stage is pretty distinct in terms of design, you won't see any usage of waters 1-3 at any point in this game, which definitely sets it apart from the crowd.
Generally, the game is well-designed and creative, with excellent save placement. Each save feels focused, never overstaying its welcome. It would have been easy to inflate the difficulty of many screens simply by not including as many saves, but I'm very glad the creator exercised restraint in this regard, because it makes for a much more pleasant experience overall when every save isn't a marathon (especially since the game is pretty hard to begin with). The Catharsis water never really felt like it got stale, either. Ironically, the lack of other forms of water results in a lot of creative pathing and jump sequences; even the parts that aren't gimmick-heavy don't feel like your standard jtool needle.
I have two main complaints with the game, though. First is simply that it's on a GM8 Yuuutsu engine, as the creator's comment states. This isn't exactly a dealbreaker, but the game is hard enough that the input lag and save displacement bug start to get pretty obnoxious after a while, especially on the more precise parts. Secondly, I really didn't like the final save (technically the penultimate save, but it's clearly meant as the climax to the game); several parts of it feel unnecessarily precise for how long it is, and the design isn't really as inspired as the rest of the game, maybe because the creator felt compelled to reuse every gimmick in it. The extra screens were all fun, at least.
Overall, I wanna Hydrate is a great game that utilizes its main gimmick effectively in a variety of contexts and ends up feeling like more than just a generic needle game with Catharsis water everywhere, which it easily could have been. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a longer needle-based game and doesn't mind some original design elements (i.e., stuff you can't just make with jtool). While it's fairly challenging, the generous save placement means it's unlikely you'll get walled anywhere and makes it easy to keep going with.
Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: 72 72
Aug 13, 2020
DerpyHoovesIWBTG
Game is SFW to stream as long as you don't press 1-6 on the clear screen. I'll have a real review up when I'm gonna play this game but for now you shouldn't really click away since the game looks cool.
[3] Likes
Rating: N/A
Difficulty: N/A
Sep 9, 2020
Trener
It's a good game, I didn't like only the first stage with catharsis water and an ordinary needle.Everything else is very atmospheric, beautiful and enjoyable to play
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 68 68
Dec 9, 2023
yangshuoen
I love the nice and relaxing style and great design, this game is well worth playing.
我愛這個漂亮且放鬆的風格和很好的設計，這個遊戲是非常值得玩的。
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我愛這個漂亮且放鬆的風格和很好的設計，這個遊戲是非常值得玩的。
Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 74 74
Nov 3, 2023