Phonotaxis

Creator: infern0man1

Average Rating
8.0 / 10
Average Difficulty
80.1 / 100
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Needle (9)

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  • by P2shka
  • by Little_Star
  • by Little_Star

Creator's Comments:

Chatran [Creator]
On my birthday in 2016, Hiddow randomly approached me and asked me if I would like to test a game he was working on. I quite readily took him up on that. Though I never got to really play most of it because slight performance issues lagged my ancient computer at the time, and what remained was yet to be finished, what I could experience of my testplay of Magnificent Stumble directly inspired what you see in here.

Because I was also on a binge of sorts dedicating fangames to my good friends, I then decided to make the game a gift for Nader, hence the Funny clear screen. It was also intended to be an easy game relative to the rest of my output at the time, but I was so stupidly good at my own style that the efforts were pretty fruitless.

I focused a lot on the aesthetics of the game, which I am still proud of. However, because of my own skill getting in the way and it only really taking me a week to make from beginning to end, the game suffers quite a bit. Some parts, particularly screen 5, are clunky and terribly balanced, and there are a lot of decisions I heavily disagree with by my current standards. But it is still an important game to me because it really helped define a style that was unique to me, and I wouldn't have made Phonotransmitter without this initial step in my journey.

When all is said and done, I'd avoid this game and go straight to the infinitely better sequel, but I can't stop you I'm a review. Just note that I'm pretty certain it requires a 1 frame.

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Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 82 82
Nov 21, 2016

34 Reviews:

xva
a unique game with some fairly interesting water needle. it isn't very long, having around 8 screens in total. this is the ideal amount for a game like this. a thing I like about this game a lot is that it's unique and easily recognizable. after clearing this game, you won't be struggling to remember stuff from it whenever someone mentions it. maybe you can't name individual jumps, but when showed even a layout of it you'll likely be able to recognize it. I personally love games that are this unique - everything from the name, to the style, to the look. it's all very memorable and interesting

on the other hand, it isn't anything super revolutionary or inspiring. perhaps new and fresh at the time, yes - that is something I'm willing to acknowledge. it's hard not to be overshadowed by massive needle games who go above and beyond to throw out all sorts of gimmicks and new ideas at you. sometimes it's fun to appreciate simpler, nicer games like this one, who use what they can to make distinctive needle without any big and substantial gimmicks. these games hold a special place in my heart. I'd like to say I'm someone who admires simplicity and intuitiveness in design

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Rating: 7.6 76       Difficulty: 75 75
Mar 3, 2025
Trener
This game is the progenitor of the phonotransmitter, a foundation builder, unrealized ideas and something supposedly worse than the phototransmitter that came out later, according to the same infernoman.
For me personally, this game is wonderful. Honestly, I wouldn’t compare them, because they offer different things. Since we are talking about phonotaxis and we are here, phonotaxis is a game with a great background soundtrack and a pleasant sky background. Immediately when you load the game, this The soundtrack greets you in combination with an excellent screensaver in spacious meadows with views of the mountains and heavens. It will accompany you throughout the entire game. The game is purely an igloo with water and platforms, very precise, tough, offering a lot of interesting jumps. There is a certain sustained difficulty, somewhere it will be a little easier, somewhere a little more difficult. I personally got stuck on the 3rd screen from the end in the first save to for example. At the same time, the last screen seemed quite simple to me, but to many, in turn, it was complicated, which speaks of approximate consistency and personal preferences.
In general, the game is very precise, atmospheric and of high quality. I liked it. The only unpleasant at the end of the game forced ejection from the game creates a feeling of being cut off and some kind of dissatisfaction

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 81 81
Nov 19, 2023
29th_letter
Pretty unique hard needle game. There were a few funny saves, but overall a fun game. Also, no 1fs required

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Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 80 80
May 27, 2022
Nearigami
Forgot to rate when clearing.

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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: 75 75
May 6, 2022
shign
Very fun water2 needle, I got stuck on a save and malded really hard which made me quit the game for many months but when I came back to it I cleared it in 20 min so I guess it was skill issue. The last two saves are harder than the rest.

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 82 82
Dec 17, 2021