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Discussion in 'Flash and Spam Games' started by Chime, May 2, 2010.

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  1. Chime

    Chime Dark Lord

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    May 2, 2010 #1
    http://www.distractionware.com/

    http://distractionware.com/blog/?p=672 - #1
    http://distractionware.com/blog/?p=650 - #2
    http://distractionware.com/blog/?p=759 -#3

    #1. Play this one first. It's a great puzzle / platformer with a subtle story.
    if you don't catch onto it, wiki Orpheus

    2. Play this next.
    Less a game and more of a philosophical statement.

    3. Worst of the three, most because of its
    ending
    . But I was stlil impressed, it really
    scared the fuck out of me ... I don't know if this was intended, if the message was 'love is scary' or something, but it was still fucking scary and disappointing at the end.

    All entertaining. The rest of the guy's games are pretty good, his blog interests me as well. He seems to be an interesting game designer who isn't afraid to push the envelope.
     
  2. Tehan

    Tehan Avatar of Khorne DLP Supporter

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    May 2, 2010 #2
    Spoilers abound below.

    Okay, retro graphics flash twitch game representing Orpheus retrieving Eurydice in an extremely non-canonical way. Nothing special, really, but some scant few points for the reference, I guess?


    Less of a game and more some dude trying way too hard to be deep.

    After that lolrandumb nonsense masquerading as surrealism, I didn't have anywhere near the motivation to play something worse.
     
  3. The Fine Balance

    The Fine Balance Headmaster

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    May 2, 2010 #3
    The second one. Really intriguing.
     
  4. Chime

    Chime Dark Lord

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    May 3, 2010 #4
    Eh, maybe I hyped them a little too much, but I thought... for independently made / flash games... they're pretty good. I suppose I like the atmosphere of all three.
     
  5. scaryisntit

    scaryisntit Death Eater

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    May 6, 2010 #5
    Played all three over the last few days. First one took me awhile 'cause I kept screwing up the timing against the dog, but after that it was pretty easy. I didn't know the story of Orpheus but I see what he did after reading the wiki page. The second one was interesting, but lacked something I can't place. Third one looked like it was going to be the best out of the three until the end. Massively disappointed at the ending. Now I can't figure out what the story was supposed to be mean.

    First one had a great atmosphere and music. Third one really built up the suspense, but again, the ending... Squandered, is the best word I believe, a good build up.