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LastTISisLife
For: I Wanna Take a Detour to the Factory
For: I Wanna Take a Detour to the Factory
This game definitely tries with atmosphere and interesting design. Not exactly delivering it fully and flawless, but it still pretty chill and good needleventure. Visuals in first stage are kinda all over the place tho
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Rating: 7.0 70
Difficulty: 51 51
Jun 14, 2024
Renko97 [Creator]
For: I Wanna Be The Nuclear Fusion 3
For: I Wanna Be The Nuclear Fusion 3
The visual are the best of the game...lmao
New Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16tciA-a-vzsEz3_P7_wFgEnYCc84Fwxi/view?usp=drive_link
New Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16tciA-a-vzsEz3_P7_wFgEnYCc84Fwxi/view?usp=drive_link
Tagged as: Needle
Visual_Challenge
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Rating: 0.0 0
Difficulty: 76 76
Jun 14, 2024
LastTISisLife
For: I wanna be the Ruby
For: I wanna be the Ruby
Surpsingly fun game, despite being on generic side. It just has really chill vibe, sound design of traps is on point and cute sprites are always appreciated
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Rating: 6.1 61
Difficulty: 40 40
Jun 14, 2024
LastTISisLife
For: I wanna crush the time
For: I wanna crush the time
One room of shitty traps and needle of same quality
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Rating: 2.6 26
Difficulty: 37 37
Jun 14, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna clear the NAILOU MODE
For: I wanna clear the NAILOU MODE
Rating based off the final ending.
NAILOU MODE is an interesting needle game with an experimental structure. The game starts out with very simple needle, and then goes into the titular "nailou mode", which is significantly buffed screens. I appreciate the humor poking fun at the creator's previous work, it shows some self-awareness. After this, there is an "extra" that is essentially just a double diamond and then some trivial saves. After yet another ending, you fall through some blocks into a couple cryptic screens, notably the only ones with music. One of these screens is an interesting creepy one.
Overall, I appreciate the attempt at creating a weird atmosphere, cryptic game. I always enjoy seeing stuff that plays around with structure like this, having several different endings that just kept leading to new stages was fun. However, the needle is frankly pretty uninspired, and the difficulty comes from a lot of named jumps. I would like to see the developer continuing to do experimental games like this, but trying to make less generic needle.
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NAILOU MODE is an interesting needle game with an experimental structure. The game starts out with very simple needle, and then goes into the titular "nailou mode", which is significantly buffed screens. I appreciate the humor poking fun at the creator's previous work, it shows some self-awareness. After this, there is an "extra" that is essentially just a double diamond and then some trivial saves. After yet another ending, you fall through some blocks into a couple cryptic screens, notably the only ones with music. One of these screens is an interesting creepy one.
Overall, I appreciate the attempt at creating a weird atmosphere, cryptic game. I always enjoy seeing stuff that plays around with structure like this, having several different endings that just kept leading to new stages was fun. However, the needle is frankly pretty uninspired, and the difficulty comes from a lot of named jumps. I would like to see the developer continuing to do experimental games like this, but trying to make less generic needle.
Rating: 4.5 45
Difficulty: 40 40
Jun 14, 2024
Jopagu
For: I wanna chill space needle
For: I wanna chill space needle
A short but interesting needle game, it really speaks to some creativity of the maker to be attempting a variety of styles in a very simple game. There is a particularly interesting screen with a lot of disjointed spikes, which was a fun way to play with nontraditional screen layouts and spices up the generic corridor needle. There is also a cool section that plays around with save jumping! I love seeing this kind of thing, it manages to make gimmickless needle feel unique and creative.
There are a few technical issues with the game. First, it is impossible to load a save, requiring you to beat the game in one go. It's pretty short and easy, so this shouldn't be an issue for anyone, but at the same time this is a major issue that should be fixed in future releases. Secondly, the game launches with extremely loud music, I would recommend lower the volume a bit in advance. Finally, the game was uploaded as a standalone .exe file. This causes it to get incorrectly flagged by antivirus software, potentially deleting the game. I would highly recommend zipping up the game before uploading it, to prevent this.
Also, I would encourage you to add a readme. Particularly since you are using "real music" with lyrics that have some symbolic value, I would like to be able to find the name of the song in a readme so I can find it online and read the lyrics.
Overall, a game that manages to be interesting despite its humble nature. Despite that, a lot of the needle is pretty tame and generic, as well as poorly balanced, such as the plane jump thrown in. However, the game is fun for a very quick playthrough, and it has me excited for the upcoming full release.
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There are a few technical issues with the game. First, it is impossible to load a save, requiring you to beat the game in one go. It's pretty short and easy, so this shouldn't be an issue for anyone, but at the same time this is a major issue that should be fixed in future releases. Secondly, the game launches with extremely loud music, I would recommend lower the volume a bit in advance. Finally, the game was uploaded as a standalone .exe file. This causes it to get incorrectly flagged by antivirus software, potentially deleting the game. I would highly recommend zipping up the game before uploading it, to prevent this.
Also, I would encourage you to add a readme. Particularly since you are using "real music" with lyrics that have some symbolic value, I would like to be able to find the name of the song in a readme so I can find it online and read the lyrics.
Overall, a game that manages to be interesting despite its humble nature. Despite that, a lot of the needle is pretty tame and generic, as well as poorly balanced, such as the plane jump thrown in. However, the game is fun for a very quick playthrough, and it has me excited for the upcoming full release.
Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 26 26
Jun 14, 2024
Starcloudsea
For: I wanna Trap Online
For: I wanna Trap Online
(^^)
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Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 45 45
Jun 14, 2024
Jopagu
For: Nuclear Blast
For: Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an attempt at an artistic needle game, with a message about nuclear war. While the exploration of the themes is surface level compared to something like Catharsis, it was still welcome to see this maker delving into deeper topics, and using their games as a vehicle for something more than pure difficulty.
The game has some interesting features, such as launching in full screen, and making it so you cannot load a save, requiring all three saves to be beaten in one go. Even if unintentional, I found these features an interesting tie in to the theme. The game opening suddenly in full screen, with very loud music, makes you feel as though you have been hit with a nuclear bomb. The inability to load a save perhaps says something about the permanence of death, or the fact that war, particularly with weapons of mass destruction, is something that cannot be undone.
The gameplay itself is rough, and unpleasant, but perhaps this is meant to be evocative of the game's message, similar to a Dopamine game. The first screen is basic and familiar, and also the easiest, calling to mind the calm before the storm. The second screen is harsh and unforgiving, with brutal named jumps and repetition of jumps forcing you through the gauntlet of a blinding, skin melting, nuclear explosion. The final screen is just scattered debris, almost the entire screen covered in killers, making you feel like you are walking through a wasteland of destroyed society, while suffering from omnipresent radiation bringing death to you.
There are even more subtle thematic tie ins. I would point to the tileset used on the second screen, with bright, clashing colors burning the retinas like an explosion, and how the tiles have small circles, which to me called forth visions of atoms, perhaps being pulled apart. I could also point at the final save of screen one, which is just several diagonals, being harder than the rest of the screen, and feeling more at place with the brutality of screen two. I think this represents the ending of peace, and an ominous feeling of the terror to come. In addition, the first save of screen two is also the hardest, and harshest feeling. This, to me, is the very first moment of the explosion, where the terrain is turned to glass and people are vaporized instantly, with the further saves cooling down a bit, representing the later moments of the explosion which, while still devastating, are not quite as horrifically destructive.
The game also leans into absurdity, trying to use humor to make sense of an unforgiving world. It opens with a comical image of a giant red nuke button, adding an unrealistic touch to the start. The final screen also feels humorous, like something out of a sudoku game with scattered apples everywhere. And yet, as mentioned is also drives home a poignant message. The clear screen as well feels anticlimactic, with a simple "GG". The absurdity of this simple ending tells me that it was all pointless, that war and destruction will never have any reward, just a harrowing nothingness waiting after.
Overall, I must admit the gameplay is quite rough. But as an artistic piece, this is a very good first attempt. Even as I at first thought it was simple, I found myself reconsidering and thinking about things a bit deeper, and I was surprised at how much meaning I found in the game. I certainly didn't expect to write this long of a review, but I just kept thinking of something new I could contemplate. I really hope the author continues making games like this, that aspire to be artistic and deep. I love seeing this kind of thing in a fangame, and I really hope we see more coming from this dev, they definitely have a lot of potential.
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The game has some interesting features, such as launching in full screen, and making it so you cannot load a save, requiring all three saves to be beaten in one go. Even if unintentional, I found these features an interesting tie in to the theme. The game opening suddenly in full screen, with very loud music, makes you feel as though you have been hit with a nuclear bomb. The inability to load a save perhaps says something about the permanence of death, or the fact that war, particularly with weapons of mass destruction, is something that cannot be undone.
The gameplay itself is rough, and unpleasant, but perhaps this is meant to be evocative of the game's message, similar to a Dopamine game. The first screen is basic and familiar, and also the easiest, calling to mind the calm before the storm. The second screen is harsh and unforgiving, with brutal named jumps and repetition of jumps forcing you through the gauntlet of a blinding, skin melting, nuclear explosion. The final screen is just scattered debris, almost the entire screen covered in killers, making you feel like you are walking through a wasteland of destroyed society, while suffering from omnipresent radiation bringing death to you.
There are even more subtle thematic tie ins. I would point to the tileset used on the second screen, with bright, clashing colors burning the retinas like an explosion, and how the tiles have small circles, which to me called forth visions of atoms, perhaps being pulled apart. I could also point at the final save of screen one, which is just several diagonals, being harder than the rest of the screen, and feeling more at place with the brutality of screen two. I think this represents the ending of peace, and an ominous feeling of the terror to come. In addition, the first save of screen two is also the hardest, and harshest feeling. This, to me, is the very first moment of the explosion, where the terrain is turned to glass and people are vaporized instantly, with the further saves cooling down a bit, representing the later moments of the explosion which, while still devastating, are not quite as horrifically destructive.
The game also leans into absurdity, trying to use humor to make sense of an unforgiving world. It opens with a comical image of a giant red nuke button, adding an unrealistic touch to the start. The final screen also feels humorous, like something out of a sudoku game with scattered apples everywhere. And yet, as mentioned is also drives home a poignant message. The clear screen as well feels anticlimactic, with a simple "GG". The absurdity of this simple ending tells me that it was all pointless, that war and destruction will never have any reward, just a harrowing nothingness waiting after.
Overall, I must admit the gameplay is quite rough. But as an artistic piece, this is a very good first attempt. Even as I at first thought it was simple, I found myself reconsidering and thinking about things a bit deeper, and I was surprised at how much meaning I found in the game. I certainly didn't expect to write this long of a review, but I just kept thinking of something new I could contemplate. I really hope the author continues making games like this, that aspire to be artistic and deep. I love seeing this kind of thing in a fangame, and I really hope we see more coming from this dev, they definitely have a lot of potential.
Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 38 38
Jun 14, 2024