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CanusAntonius
For: I Wanna Improve
For: I Wanna Improve
Somewhat decent Needle game that becomes riddled with awkward segments as it goes on. The difference in enjoyment for me between the first and second stages is staggering, and by the time I reached the third I wasn't really in the mood to keep playing. The design ends up becoming a chain of weird maneuvers and 16-pixel stuff, which is not something I find enjoyable.
Tagged as: Needle
[1] Like
Rating: 6.0 60
Difficulty: 60 60
Mar 22, 2023
K_YouTube
For: I wanna beyond strange needle 2
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For: I wanna beyond strange needle 2
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Rating: 5.0 50
Difficulty: 45 45
Mar 22, 2023
Lake
For: April is the Cruelest Month
For: April is the Cruelest Month
Tagged as: Needle
[1] Like
Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 82 82
Mar 22, 2023
Zambrini
For: I wanna enjoy the funny
For: I wanna enjoy the funny
Okish platforming with a funny avoidance. At least it was kinda entertaining.
[0] Likes
Rating: 6.9 69
Difficulty: 38 38
Mar 22, 2023
Zambrini
For: I wanna Demise
For: I wanna Demise
A great avoidance with some fun attacks and some scary visuals. The only problem this avoidance has is that The Kid is hard to see for the first 40 seconds. But those 40 seconds aren't that hard, so I can let it pass. The song is also very loud and can get obnoxious. So, please turn down the volume or play without audio!
A great avoidance that needs a few quality-of-life changes.
A great avoidance that needs a few quality-of-life changes.
Tagged as: Avoidance
Volume_Warning
[1] Like
Rating: 8.5 85
Difficulty: 56 56
Mar 22, 2023
quadstuffed
For: I Wanna Improve
For: I Wanna Improve
This is a great needle game, made for average skilled needle players. I grinded it for around three hours and 2000 deaths, and thought it was a challenging but fair grind. The needle itself is the star of the show, it's clear that the pathing and needle placement was the focus of this game, and the strong platforming shows. I'd describe the needle style as 16-px water/vine/platform with a focus on v-aligns, satisfying full jumps, and slight twists and edits to more generic tighter jumps. The platforming imo rewards player knowledge and optimal set ups, but the jumps are lenient enough that the knowledge isn't required. Personally, I liked the usage full jumps a lot, it makes it seem like the maker really spent time on each individual jump, and leads to platforming thats easier to execute than it looks, which I think is a great boon. This effect really comes to show in the later 1-save levels, that initially look daunting, but end up being quite simple and satisfying to execute once you figure out the jumps. There is a quite a wide difficulty curve, the first few levels are suitable possibly for day 1 beginners, while the later levels have tighter movement and even some knowledge based set ups and tricks that the game would at times teachs you with signs, which is a nice personal touch. For beginner players, maybe try playing up to level 15 or so, where I think the game becomes much more difficult.
Idk what defines "good" needle, tbh I think its quite opinionated, but the needle in this game rarely annoyed me or took me out of my concentration (actually there was a half vertical platform that annoyed me, but I guess it taught me a bit about platforms), and there was nothing that required painful levels of precision, so I'd say it was satisfying, fun, maybe even good, needle. For me, the game peaks during screens 15-20, the 1 save water/vine/platform levels were super flowy and satisfying. The music choice initially was a bit strange, I liked the later more relaxed music, the first two fast paced spaghetti western type beats made me anxious tbh lol. The song choices remind me of the old Asian style needle games with instrumental piano or orchestral music, just with a bit of a western twist which is nice. Idk what dulcet is though, google returned nothing, I think the author may have made it up. Its a good game, I had a lot of fun, improved a bit too.
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Idk what defines "good" needle, tbh I think its quite opinionated, but the needle in this game rarely annoyed me or took me out of my concentration (actually there was a half vertical platform that annoyed me, but I guess it taught me a bit about platforms), and there was nothing that required painful levels of precision, so I'd say it was satisfying, fun, maybe even good, needle. For me, the game peaks during screens 15-20, the 1 save water/vine/platform levels were super flowy and satisfying. The music choice initially was a bit strange, I liked the later more relaxed music, the first two fast paced spaghetti western type beats made me anxious tbh lol. The song choices remind me of the old Asian style needle games with instrumental piano or orchestral music, just with a bit of a western twist which is nice. Idk what dulcet is though, google returned nothing, I think the author may have made it up. Its a good game, I had a lot of fun, improved a bit too.
Rating: 7.9 79
Difficulty: 65 65
Mar 21, 2023
DerpyHoovesIWBTG
For: I wanna redacted the redacted
For: I wanna redacted the redacted
The left warp on the first screen contains a screamer, there are no jumpscares after that.
Rest of the game consists of default V2 engine screen edits featuring super flashy visuals and some traps. It ends off with an easy Vardoc boss.
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Rest of the game consists of default V2 engine screen edits featuring super flashy visuals and some traps. It ends off with an easy Vardoc boss.
Rating: 0.1 1
Difficulty: 25 25
Mar 21, 2023
MooMooArmageddon
For: How To Be The Guy
For: How To Be The Guy
thx for the tutorial
[1] Like
Rating: 5.8 58
Difficulty: 0 0
Mar 21, 2023
MauricioJuegaIWBT [Creator]
For: I wanna give a Needle for Christmas! -DF Release-
For: I wanna give a Needle for Christmas! -DF Release-
Fangame made by Secret Santa 2022, I decided extend the game doing 1 new Stage and some little features, originally planned to publish on January but... this took longer than expected lol
Tagged as: Needle
[1] Like
Rating: N/A
Difficulty: 68 68
Mar 21, 2023
Delicious Fruit