I Wanna be the Vandal

Creator: Wolfiexe

Average Rating
9.3 / 10
Average Difficulty
71.4 / 100
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Adventure (6) Needle (40) Trap (1) Gimmick (39) Long (2) Dotkid (1) Trigger (3) x_Floor (9) Neon (1) Art (1) SourPls (6) Poggers (1) mostExpensive (3) moleYo (1) cn3 (2) catJAM (1) needleventure (1) Cycle (3)

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Creator's Comments:

Wolfiexe [Creator]
Note: If the game runs slowly for you on Windows 10 or for whatever reason, try replacing the .exe with the one here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NyHe-DuSay_pBD-z8tsDP8LULeDFzE0D/view?usp=sharing

Vandal is a needle/gimmick game with some small adventure elements. I wanted to make something a little bigger than my previous solo projects, inspired by a few other releases and makers. I estimated it to be somewhere between 60-70 difficulty but on average I think it has ended up a little higher than planned.

I poured a lot of time into this over the last couple months and ended up with a platforming experience I'm pretty happy with, and I'd love to see other people enjoy it as well. Best of luck on becoming The Vandal!

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick
[11] Likes
Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 74 74
Oct 25, 2019

138 Reviews:

mexmen2011
Muy buen juego , se agradece el aporte :D

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[4] Likes
Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 65 65
Nov 1, 2019
liuant
Good!

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick Trigger
[4] Likes
Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 68 68
Oct 27, 2019
gafro
I don't like this as much as I used to, I really don't know why but it happened.

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[4] Likes
Rating: 8.3 83       Difficulty: 73 73
Oct 26, 2019
Jopagu
I first played Vandal a few years ago and loved it. I decided to replay it recently, and that opinion stands. This really is one of the best needle games I've played. In terms of games focused on simple gimmicks, it may be the absolute best.

Vandal has a great sense of progression in the needle, starting off basic and introducing more and more interesting gimmicks over time, eventually mixing things together in a really satisfying way. However, it also knows when to throw out some curveballs, with interesting one off screens that are completely unique. The game constantly feels like a breath of fresh air, with each stage bringing something new.

I consider Vandal to be a perfect example of a "needleventure" game, even though it doesn't have any sort of bosses. This is due to the aforementioned progression, which is not just in the gameplay. The world of Vandal feels cohesive and interesting. There are NPCs, little break areas, and silly easter eggs. Unlike most floor games, it really feels like you are climbing this big tower. There is always a sense of exploration, making this more of an adventure than many games with bosses.

Overall, Vandal is a must play fangame. Despite the difficulty being pretty high, I do consider this somewhat approachable. For that reason, I would absolutely suggest playing this to anyone with a moderate amount of needle experience.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick x_Floor needleventure
[3] Likes
Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 70 70
May 6, 2024
Flockiv
Right when I thought "Climb the Witch's Tower" was a Needle fangame in its perfection, Vandal appeared and proved me wrong. Vandal is a Floor game, the kind of fangames that I tend to find repetitive and boring. However, this isn't a normal 50 Floors game. Wolfiexe took a lot of liberty and offers us a totally unique room adjustment. Thus, some of the floors will expand in one direction, making them bigger than the regular ones, and others will even be more than one screen long. The game also has a coherent stage disposition, with a map of the entire game available, and even some stages going through previous floors but at a different place, contributing to the game's lore.

Additionally, the production value put into this fangame is honestly quite impressive, with unique tilesets and short cinematics all along the way.
As for the gimmicks, there are a bunch of them, with some that I have never seen before, and while they are usually introduced in a stage as its main gimmick, most of them are used again in the later stages of the game.

This game is a pure masterpiece and easily goes in my top 10 of the best fangames ever created. I would recommend it to any needle enthusiast who doesn't mind gimmicks and wants to play something outside the regular "named jumps" needle games box.

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Tagged as: Adventure Needle Gimmick
[3] Likes
Rating: 9.6 96       Difficulty: 73 73
Aug 28, 2023