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CanusAntonius
For: I wanna be the Groovy
For: I wanna be the Groovy
Quite literally one of the worst adventure games I have ever played, it took me nearly 2 years to find the strength to come back and beat it due to how horrible my first playthrough felt before quitting, and the return was not glorious at all.
Groovy has 3 main issues, it has traps at the end of the longest saves, visual challenge as a main gimmick, and terrible cycles. There is one save where you need to perform a long autoscroller on a bounce pad, which has both foreground clutter all over the screen, cycles of killer objects, traps in the middle of it, and is followed by a screen that has no save on it, falling killers as traps, a fake floor as a trap, and a spring when you jump down that you have to double jump over; this save is quite literally one of the worst things put into an adventure game.
Visual Challenges are all over this game, especially in the Cave and Ocean stages. The Ocean stage has a gimmick that literally just makes your screen blurry the longer you are underwater and is basically what I've decided to call the "Concussion" gimmick. There's also a bit of mashing in the game, such as the wizard boss as well as the snowballs in the last stage, so be prepared for that. Another cycle issue comes from the wind gimmick, you basically have a 50/50 chance for the wind to go the way you need it at the start of a save, so you're just going to be resetting to make it happen faster or you'll need to wait a while just for the next wind direction change.
I try my best to give games like this a chance, but frankly it was not worth it. I would not recommend this game at all, it's terrible and a monument to bad design.
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Groovy has 3 main issues, it has traps at the end of the longest saves, visual challenge as a main gimmick, and terrible cycles. There is one save where you need to perform a long autoscroller on a bounce pad, which has both foreground clutter all over the screen, cycles of killer objects, traps in the middle of it, and is followed by a screen that has no save on it, falling killers as traps, a fake floor as a trap, and a spring when you jump down that you have to double jump over; this save is quite literally one of the worst things put into an adventure game.
Visual Challenges are all over this game, especially in the Cave and Ocean stages. The Ocean stage has a gimmick that literally just makes your screen blurry the longer you are underwater and is basically what I've decided to call the "Concussion" gimmick. There's also a bit of mashing in the game, such as the wizard boss as well as the snowballs in the last stage, so be prepared for that. Another cycle issue comes from the wind gimmick, you basically have a 50/50 chance for the wind to go the way you need it at the start of a save, so you're just going to be resetting to make it happen faster or you'll need to wait a while just for the next wind direction change.
I try my best to give games like this a chance, but frankly it was not worth it. I would not recommend this game at all, it's terrible and a monument to bad design.
Rating: 3.0 30
Difficulty: 45 45
May 10, 2022
Pigeon
For: I wanna travel the needle world
For: I wanna travel the needle world
4 stage needle game with a few vines from time to time.
It's enjoyable and adds a chill atmosphere. Last stage is a bit more difficult to look at visually.
The difficulty curve progresses nicely with a few spikes in a few shorter saves.
There seems to be a frame perfect glitch due to save blockers nature.
If you save as you die on a spike near a save point you are spawned in the 0,0 location for some reason.
It's possible that this leads to softlocks, or a lucky shortcut in my case.
It's enjoyable and adds a chill atmosphere. Last stage is a bit more difficult to look at visually.
The difficulty curve progresses nicely with a few spikes in a few shorter saves.
There seems to be a frame perfect glitch due to save blockers nature.
If you save as you die on a spike near a save point you are spawned in the 0,0 location for some reason.
It's possible that this leads to softlocks, or a lucky shortcut in my case.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.5 75
Difficulty: 47 47
May 10, 2022
Pigeon
For: Trap...? Needle...?
For: Trap...? Needle...?
1 screen trigger trap game, one is more precise than the rest, but saves are all pretty short.
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Rating: 3.5 35
Difficulty: 40 40
May 10, 2022
Kilgour22
For: I Wanna Make Some Terrible Needle
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For: I Wanna Make Some Terrible Needle
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Rating: 4.0 40
Difficulty: 60 60
May 10, 2022
TheJPEGDemon
For: I Don't Wanna Dwell
For: I Don't Wanna Dwell
GET fucked marc
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 4.0 40
Difficulty: 70 70
May 10, 2022
Nemicron
For: I wanna beat the Spikes 4
For: I wanna beat the Spikes 4
FINALLY!!
rating based 13th floor
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rating based 13th floor
Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 85 85
May 10, 2022
lamron
For: I Wanna Be The Kaizo 1V
For: I Wanna Be The Kaizo 1V
Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 7.4 74
Difficulty: 37 37
May 10, 2022
Cutiefruity
For: Nebulous Thoughts
For: Nebulous Thoughts
Nebulous Thoughts is a needle masterpiece by YaBoiMarcAntony, and, in my opinion, the greatest fangame- nay, game, I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Usually when someone says this they are referring to how they find a game they played especially fun and rewarding to get through, varied in gameplay, and occasionally thought provoking, and while that's true of this game and those are some of it's greatest qualities- and would, in my eyes, be worth a 10 alone- this game has a great variety of needle that really astounded me, not just in gameplay and feel, but in emotional caliber.
I have never played a game- and this comes from a through and through morning dew enjoyer- that made me feel quite the way the last save did, and as it stands, that save is my current favorite save of all time, despite there being no gimmick, wacky idea (mostly), or anything of the sort. It must be noted that you need to be skilled to enjoy this game fully, but when you can play the needle, its sheer design and consistency is unrivaled in style and execution to me, when it comes to fangames I've personally played. Marc is exceptional at making you feel like a god, and like what you're playing is a thought, put directly into the screen, with extremely minimal blemishes, if any.
I could write a lot more, go into detail about which stages I loved and which held me captive but I overcame through effort- besides the last one- but I, quite honestly, think if you're reading this, and feel even moderately confident in your ability to get through some great needle, and have the hustle to keep at a grind occasionally, you should play this game. It's a 1 of a kind experience that I can't allow myself to spoil you, not even through a spoiler tag you would mindlessly click.
To me this game means a lot, as I'm sure it means to the creator, and to me this game is about feeling, and while I'm being unsure what it is I'm exactly feeling- I just know it's strong, meaningful, and genuine. I'm not sure how wrong or correct the interpretation is, but I'm sure Marc wouldn't slaughter me for it since it's in the readme to give the game my own meaning as a player, and he is right- it's vague, but greatly appreciable nonetheless.
I hope sincerely that you continue making games and projects, keep the motivation to push forward, and that you know your mother smiles warmly upon you from heaven for the passion you have in what you make. <3
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I have never played a game- and this comes from a through and through morning dew enjoyer- that made me feel quite the way the last save did, and as it stands, that save is my current favorite save of all time, despite there being no gimmick, wacky idea (mostly), or anything of the sort. It must be noted that you need to be skilled to enjoy this game fully, but when you can play the needle, its sheer design and consistency is unrivaled in style and execution to me, when it comes to fangames I've personally played. Marc is exceptional at making you feel like a god, and like what you're playing is a thought, put directly into the screen, with extremely minimal blemishes, if any.
I could write a lot more, go into detail about which stages I loved and which held me captive but I overcame through effort- besides the last one- but I, quite honestly, think if you're reading this, and feel even moderately confident in your ability to get through some great needle, and have the hustle to keep at a grind occasionally, you should play this game. It's a 1 of a kind experience that I can't allow myself to spoil you, not even through a spoiler tag you would mindlessly click.
To me this game means a lot, as I'm sure it means to the creator, and to me this game is about feeling, and while I'm being unsure what it is I'm exactly feeling- I just know it's strong, meaningful, and genuine. I'm not sure how wrong or correct the interpretation is, but I'm sure Marc wouldn't slaughter me for it since it's in the readme to give the game my own meaning as a player, and he is right- it's vague, but greatly appreciable nonetheless.
I hope sincerely that you continue making games and projects, keep the motivation to push forward, and that you know your mother smiles warmly upon you from heaven for the passion you have in what you make. <3
Rating: 10.0 100
Difficulty: 83 83
May 10, 2022