Delicious Fruit
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by SKYBLUEGREEN
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by SKYBLUEGREEN
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dono [Creator]
the reason your anti virus might suggest that its a virus is due to GMS 1.4.9999's .exe creator being weird and messing with certain anti virus programs. its not a virus.
anyways this is a hades-like game that was made with no 1Fs or JCs. thats about it play it maybe
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anyways this is a hades-like game that was made with no 1Fs or JCs. thats about it play it maybe
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Oct 10, 2020
38 Reviews:
cLOUDDEAD
I think the design of the needle here is quite interesting to think about
despite being called a "hades-like" the first 3 screens don't really play much like the needle in hades-like games. Obviously a part of this is because this is much easier than hades-like games, not requiring aligns or cancels or any advanced fangame tech, but I think the more interesting thing that separates it is the design of the needle itself; most jumps here have a lot of interesting left/right movement and small stutters that give the game a feel much like his take-the-L games, but with longer and less precise saves. Almost every jump feels great to pull off because where it lacks in precision or difficulty it exceeds in interesting movement, even without the use of objects like vines or water.
Even more interesting to me however, are how the final 2 screens suddenly adopt a much more hades-like design and are, imo a noticeable downgrade from the first 3 screens. Many jumps suddenly become quite precise (at least, by comparison) and are notably more "linear", and by that I mean many do not involve a change in direction and if they do, its a small matter of wrapping around a spike. While it never devolves into generic or named jumps, it can be hard not to see these sections as merely nerfed versions of their commonly used counterparts (such as ledges or sphincters). I found myself restarting saves over and over because suddenly I was being asked to do certain jumps at a precise height or timing, rather than to do a complex set of movements with leniency. I don't even think the last 2 screens are particularly bad, but when placed next to the other screens (which they quite literally are, being in the same game and all) its clear which one is the winner to me.
I'm completely guessing here, but it feels as though dono made the first 3 screens purely naturally without thinking too hard if it fits a hades-like, and made the last 2 while looking over some hades-like games and taking notes from their design, focusing on the aesthetic of the design of hades-like games and nerfing them to be an appropriate difficulty. While for me that means the game as a whole isnt as good as it would be if it were entirely like the first 3 screens, I think the implications of this are quite good. That Dono has become so excellent in making needle that to more closely copy popular needle styles is a downgrade in comparison to what he makes naturally. While this isn't my favourite dono game or even in my top 3 of his, I think this game, moreso than any of this other solo games, is explicit proof of dono's excellence in needle design.
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despite being called a "hades-like" the first 3 screens don't really play much like the needle in hades-like games. Obviously a part of this is because this is much easier than hades-like games, not requiring aligns or cancels or any advanced fangame tech, but I think the more interesting thing that separates it is the design of the needle itself; most jumps here have a lot of interesting left/right movement and small stutters that give the game a feel much like his take-the-L games, but with longer and less precise saves. Almost every jump feels great to pull off because where it lacks in precision or difficulty it exceeds in interesting movement, even without the use of objects like vines or water.
Even more interesting to me however, are how the final 2 screens suddenly adopt a much more hades-like design and are, imo a noticeable downgrade from the first 3 screens. Many jumps suddenly become quite precise (at least, by comparison) and are notably more "linear", and by that I mean many do not involve a change in direction and if they do, its a small matter of wrapping around a spike. While it never devolves into generic or named jumps, it can be hard not to see these sections as merely nerfed versions of their commonly used counterparts (such as ledges or sphincters). I found myself restarting saves over and over because suddenly I was being asked to do certain jumps at a precise height or timing, rather than to do a complex set of movements with leniency. I don't even think the last 2 screens are particularly bad, but when placed next to the other screens (which they quite literally are, being in the same game and all) its clear which one is the winner to me.
I'm completely guessing here, but it feels as though dono made the first 3 screens purely naturally without thinking too hard if it fits a hades-like, and made the last 2 while looking over some hades-like games and taking notes from their design, focusing on the aesthetic of the design of hades-like games and nerfing them to be an appropriate difficulty. While for me that means the game as a whole isnt as good as it would be if it were entirely like the first 3 screens, I think the implications of this are quite good. That Dono has become so excellent in making needle that to more closely copy popular needle styles is a downgrade in comparison to what he makes naturally. While this isn't my favourite dono game or even in my top 3 of his, I think this game, moreso than any of this other solo games, is explicit proof of dono's excellence in needle design.
Rating: 6.5 65
Difficulty: 55 55
Oct 15, 2020
JPRG666
Pretty nice and fun
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 5.5 55
Difficulty: 55 55
Oct 10, 2020
EarRapespider
Although I think this is quite far from hades-like needle, pretty well made and so fun.
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Rating: 6.1 61
Difficulty: 55 55
Oct 10, 2020
RandomChaos_
Not a fan of the saves with full jumps but everything else was solid.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 7.3 73
Difficulty: 51 51
Oct 10, 2020