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Needle_Satan
For: I wanna be Beheaded
For: I wanna be Beheaded
I farted and blood came out
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: N/A
Dec 28, 2024
Fruitless
For: I Wanna Escape The Poolrooms
For: I Wanna Escape The Poolrooms
Rating based on 100% playthrough, with difficulty rating actually accounting for execution of the solutions.
I Wanna Escape The Poolrooms is a puzzle game made for the I Wanna Twourney event, based on the aesthetic of the Poolrooms as the name implies. The game perfectly captures the feeling of being in the Poolrooms, from the echo on every sound effect, to the wavy effect over everything covered by the water, this game nails the atmosphere it's going for. I would expect nothing less from someone like renex, who basically has Game Maker down to a science by this point.
Onto the puzzles themselves, their design is rather interesting. The game is designed around raising and lowering the water level by touching valves, and pushing blocks into position, where they interact with other things in the environment, including the water. The game teaches you the mechanics of these objects gradually throughout its runtime, making it easier for the player to see patterns in later puzzles. An example is moments when you have to make a bridge for objects using other objects to help them cross more space. This is a requirement for a puzzle about halfway through the game, but it gets used more throughout the course of the game, so the player already knows to do keep that possibility in mind by that point. One thing that did kind of irk me was how long the puzzles took, but then again, this game was designed to be played with as little restarts as possible, so it is just more optimal to plan out your actions in advance before making any moves. With this playstyle in mind, the game mostly works out fine. That is, until the clowns show up. Not only does their music completely break the immersion that was built up until this point, but the way they're designed, you're more encouraged to go fast rather than think about your next move, which completely goes against what the game was going for before this point. Granted, that second point doesn't take up that much of the game's design, except for a very annoying secret which puts this issue in the spotlight (and is also the hardest thing in the game execution-wise), but they do show up for the rest of the game, turning it into something completely different than it was before.
Looking at the game as a whole though, it's definitely a fun puzzle game. Definitely recommended if you like puzzle games, or if you're interested in the Backrooms. Also, since this is a puzzle game, the answers to the puzzles are available on the internet if you get stuck.
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I Wanna Escape The Poolrooms is a puzzle game made for the I Wanna Twourney event, based on the aesthetic of the Poolrooms as the name implies. The game perfectly captures the feeling of being in the Poolrooms, from the echo on every sound effect, to the wavy effect over everything covered by the water, this game nails the atmosphere it's going for. I would expect nothing less from someone like renex, who basically has Game Maker down to a science by this point.
Onto the puzzles themselves, their design is rather interesting. The game is designed around raising and lowering the water level by touching valves, and pushing blocks into position, where they interact with other things in the environment, including the water. The game teaches you the mechanics of these objects gradually throughout its runtime, making it easier for the player to see patterns in later puzzles. An example is moments when you have to make a bridge for objects using other objects to help them cross more space. This is a requirement for a puzzle about halfway through the game, but it gets used more throughout the course of the game, so the player already knows to do keep that possibility in mind by that point. One thing that did kind of irk me was how long the puzzles took, but then again, this game was designed to be played with as little restarts as possible, so it is just more optimal to plan out your actions in advance before making any moves. With this playstyle in mind, the game mostly works out fine. That is, until the clowns show up. Not only does their music completely break the immersion that was built up until this point, but the way they're designed, you're more encouraged to go fast rather than think about your next move, which completely goes against what the game was going for before this point. Granted, that second point doesn't take up that much of the game's design, except for a very annoying secret which puts this issue in the spotlight (and is also the hardest thing in the game execution-wise), but they do show up for the rest of the game, turning it into something completely different than it was before.
Looking at the game as a whole though, it's definitely a fun puzzle game. Definitely recommended if you like puzzle games, or if you're interested in the Backrooms. Also, since this is a puzzle game, the answers to the puzzles are available on the internet if you get stuck.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 45 45
Dec 28, 2024
Bonner
For: I Wanna Pamper that Amber Glamour
For: I Wanna Pamper that Amber Glamour
Great needle game.
Platforming and difficulty adjustment are high class.
My only complaint is the stage with the trigger gimmick in the second half, where some jumps have to be executed right after landing, but due to the rigidity of the landing it was stressful and non-stop accurate jumping was difficult for me.
Anyway, it was well-done.
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Platforming and difficulty adjustment are high class.
My only complaint is the stage with the trigger gimmick in the second half, where some jumps have to be executed right after landing, but due to the rigidity of the landing it was stressful and non-stop accurate jumping was difficult for me.
Anyway, it was well-done.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 48 48
Dec 28, 2024
Riechert
For: I Wanna Play the Simple Medley 2
For: I Wanna Play the Simple Medley 2
Imagine getting to the stage 8 and get softlock (something weird happen in the "enjoy travel" screen and the warp moves to do backtracking, but the warp dont appear, even if you reset) after 6 hs of painfully boring needle (stage 3 in follow it, don't go to the right path, or you will be locked in second save, bro forgot to add a block) and the final boss250hp so, for someone who doesn't know how to decompile games, is impossible for stage 8 thing, but with that part apart, this game is one of the worst medleys i play
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Rating: 0.0 0
Difficulty: 60 60
Dec 27, 2024
LastTISisLife
For: I wanna HunyaaPunpun2
For: I wanna HunyaaPunpun2
Pretty much like first one except there is more skips and less visual mess. And it's also easier
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Rating: 4.0 40
Difficulty: 15 15
Dec 27, 2024
Bugen
For: How I See World In Desaturated Colors
For: How I See World In Desaturated Colors
Good atmosphere and distinctive needle. Hope to see more from this maker.
[2] Likes
Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 35 35
Dec 27, 2024
charli_j
For: I wanna Marcescence
For: I wanna Marcescence
game was fun till last screen. whole difficulty of last screen is carried by 1 jump.
[1] Like
Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 80 80
Dec 27, 2024
LastTISisLife
For: I Wanna Survive The Gadget-Takeover
For: I Wanna Survive The Gadget-Takeover
Based on Duty mode (no checkpoints between phases). Really fun avoidance that always force you to read something, which is not can be often spoted in low difficulty avoidances. Last phase is quite insane in comparison to previous, but pretty fun nevertheless. Recommended for beginners
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 42 42
Dec 27, 2024