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Wolfiexe
For: I wanna be the チェス
For: I wanna be the チェス
Three very short stages, each with a chess-related boss. The bosses all have a lot of HP and the 3rd and final boss is particularly upsetting in that's it's tanky as all hell and doesn't get even remotely challenging until you've sank the full bullet count of a PUBG game into it, then you'll get overwhelmed by sudden difficulty and die.
Wouldn't really recommend.
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Wouldn't really recommend.
Rating: 1.6 16
Difficulty: 60 60
Mar 21, 2019
Pyure
For: I wanna qowulu 100
For: I wanna qowulu 100
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 32 32
Mar 21, 2019
P2shka
For: Some Needle Experiment
For: Some Needle Experiment
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 6.6 66
Difficulty: 68 68
Mar 21, 2019
Adamcake
For: I Wanna Be The Engine: viri edition
For: I Wanna Be The Engine: viri edition
A lightweight, Yuuutu-like engine for GameMaker: Studio. For the record, I playtested this.
The reason for this engine's creation, as I understand it, was to provide a light alternative for creating fangames on Studio. Previously the only popular choice was YoYoYo Engine, a bloated, buggy, undocumented and frankly ugly GMX. That may be fine for some people, but to me, the thought of wrangling YoYoYo engine yet again, fixing its core issues and removing all the bloat just to make it usable, has put me off starting a new project many times. I'm very glad to have this now.
In contrast to that, viri engine was created from scratch with reference to existing code, intended to feel more like GM8's Yuuutu. The difference is noticeable right off the bat - this is just nicer to play.
Development starts with just the basic features: the player object, saves, blocks (non-solid), standard player-killers, water, vines, gravity-flippers and conveyor blocks. Everything is made with clean, well-commented code and can be modified easily. There are no superfluous features like the title screen and ugly 3-way file selector which are default in YoYoYo Engine, so as a developer this engine feels much more like a blank canvas, which in my opinion is how it should feel.
If you're looking for an *even more* lightweight engine than this, I'd suggest Pat's engine which has even fewer features, most notably the lack of a saving system (though it still uses solids I believe.) But for anyone else I'll definitely recommend this engine and I'll obviously be using it myself from now on.
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The reason for this engine's creation, as I understand it, was to provide a light alternative for creating fangames on Studio. Previously the only popular choice was YoYoYo Engine, a bloated, buggy, undocumented and frankly ugly GMX. That may be fine for some people, but to me, the thought of wrangling YoYoYo engine yet again, fixing its core issues and removing all the bloat just to make it usable, has put me off starting a new project many times. I'm very glad to have this now.
In contrast to that, viri engine was created from scratch with reference to existing code, intended to feel more like GM8's Yuuutu. The difference is noticeable right off the bat - this is just nicer to play.
Development starts with just the basic features: the player object, saves, blocks (non-solid), standard player-killers, water, vines, gravity-flippers and conveyor blocks. Everything is made with clean, well-commented code and can be modified easily. There are no superfluous features like the title screen and ugly 3-way file selector which are default in YoYoYo Engine, so as a developer this engine feels much more like a blank canvas, which in my opinion is how it should feel.
If you're looking for an *even more* lightweight engine than this, I'd suggest Pat's engine which has even fewer features, most notably the lack of a saving system (though it still uses solids I believe.) But for anyone else I'll definitely recommend this engine and I'll obviously be using it myself from now on.
Rating: 9.5 95
Difficulty: N/A
Mar 21, 2019
Wolfiexe
For: I Wanna Have Some Rest Remake
For: I Wanna Have Some Rest Remake
This is a pretty fun game with a selection of needle stages, each accompanied by a somewhat simplistic boss with pretty unique attacks. The game also has an extra which I did not yet do, so the review is based solely on the main game.
Have Some Rest features four stages of increasing difficulty and all centred around needle with a slight twist, such as the screen-wrapping climb in stage 3 and the kill-block focused design of stage 4. These two examples are particularly fun, whereas I found the platforming in the first couple of stages to be not as interesting, perhaps due to them being way easier then the later parts. The only real gripe I had was a timed part in stage 3, where a multitude of F-jumps felt unpleasant to keep on doing over and over. Otherwise, the platforming is pretty fun throughout.
The bosses usually feature a cherry doing some wacky cherry hijinks. Similarly to the platforming, the difficulty and creativeness get higher as the stages go on, with the last couple being particularly noteworthy. Inspiration is taken from games such as Emperor and Noesis with a couple attacks, and the final boss in particular has a couple of real tricky parts to it (definitely the difficulty peak of the main game). I enjoyed the later bosses moreso, with the exception of a somewhat dick move at the end of one of the bosses.
Definitely a game where the later half makes more of an impact than the first, but a fun one nonetheless.
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Have Some Rest features four stages of increasing difficulty and all centred around needle with a slight twist, such as the screen-wrapping climb in stage 3 and the kill-block focused design of stage 4. These two examples are particularly fun, whereas I found the platforming in the first couple of stages to be not as interesting, perhaps due to them being way easier then the later parts. The only real gripe I had was a timed part in stage 3, where a multitude of F-jumps felt unpleasant to keep on doing over and over. Otherwise, the platforming is pretty fun throughout.
The bosses usually feature a cherry doing some wacky cherry hijinks. Similarly to the platforming, the difficulty and creativeness get higher as the stages go on, with the last couple being particularly noteworthy. Inspiration is taken from games such as Emperor and Noesis with a couple attacks, and the final boss in particular has a couple of real tricky parts to it (definitely the difficulty peak of the main game). I enjoyed the later bosses moreso, with the exception of a somewhat dick move at the end of one of the bosses.
Definitely a game where the later half makes more of an impact than the first, but a fun one nonetheless.
Rating: 7.7 77
Difficulty: 68 68
Mar 21, 2019
Wolfiexe
For: I Wanna Nostalgia
For: I Wanna Nostalgia
Nostalgia was made for 2018 Russian Fangame Marathon, and is focused primarily on more retro games such as Contra, Battletoads and some other classics. It's a pretty solid adventure game with a bunch of optional secrets and varied content throughout, making for a fun time.
Each stage follows a different game and style, although having said that I actually thought the first 2 stages were from the same game(?), though perhaps this is moreso because of the similar visual style of the majority of the referenced games. One of the later stages in particular was a highlight, with the DOOM stage being very unique and interesting. I did find it a bit much at times in terms of enemy complexity, and think the sound effect overload could've been toned down a lot, but it was very memorable.
The bosses generally fit the stage and are pretty fun to play, although the final boss is the most notable part of the game particularly from a time perspective. It's very long and whilst not terribly demanding, there's such a large variety of attacks that it inevitably takes a while to learn and execute everything correctly, making for a finale that takes up a very sizeable chunk of your playtime. Perhaps it could've simply done with less colours to make the fight shorter, or maybe less HP for each individual colour. It's a really fun fight, but it just felt a little too long and drawn-out given the nature of the rest of the game.
I also had a slight gripe with the way the finale ended, with something being telegraphed in a way that didn't feel obvious to me. I actually really liked the concept of it too and it led into the credits in a great way, but I was left very confused the first time it happened.
Overall it's a fun time. If you're after an adventure with some retro-game throwbacks and a fair bit of variety here and there, you should enjoy this. Just expect a bit of a step-up in challenge when you reach the finale.
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Each stage follows a different game and style, although having said that I actually thought the first 2 stages were from the same game(?), though perhaps this is moreso because of the similar visual style of the majority of the referenced games. One of the later stages in particular was a highlight, with the DOOM stage being very unique and interesting. I did find it a bit much at times in terms of enemy complexity, and think the sound effect overload could've been toned down a lot, but it was very memorable.
The bosses generally fit the stage and are pretty fun to play, although the final boss is the most notable part of the game particularly from a time perspective. It's very long and whilst not terribly demanding, there's such a large variety of attacks that it inevitably takes a while to learn and execute everything correctly, making for a finale that takes up a very sizeable chunk of your playtime. Perhaps it could've simply done with less colours to make the fight shorter, or maybe less HP for each individual colour. It's a really fun fight, but it just felt a little too long and drawn-out given the nature of the rest of the game.
I also had a slight gripe with the way the finale ended, with something being telegraphed in a way that didn't feel obvious to me. I actually really liked the concept of it too and it led into the credits in a great way, but I was left very confused the first time it happened.
Overall it's a fun time. If you're after an adventure with some retro-game throwbacks and a fair bit of variety here and there, you should enjoy this. Just expect a bit of a step-up in challenge when you reach the finale.
Rating: 8.0 80
Difficulty: 70 70
Mar 21, 2019
jonttu951
For: I wanna be the Nuclear Fusion
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For: I wanna be the Nuclear Fusion
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Rating: 4.0 40
Difficulty: 75 75
Mar 21, 2019
Chance
For: I wanna clear the fancy needle
For: I wanna clear the fancy needle
Maybe the game will have some changes as time goes, just like what another review said. But I beat it quickly before something happens so in my opinion the game is ok.
Tagged as: Needle
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Rating: 5.0 50
Difficulty: 60 60
Mar 21, 2019