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[Color Follower]

Another Touchpad Player

I don't personally care for this game. This is not because I use a touchpad. I was progressing fine through the levels. I just realized halfway through that I wasn't having fun. Fun is the point of a game, and while it's not a bad game, it doesn't strike me as a FUN game.

8/10, 4/5.

RatherRandomReality responds:

Thanks for the 8, buddy.

[Discount Mayonnaise]

Discount Mayhem

First and foremost, "hard" is a severe understatement. This game is a nerve-punishing test of willpower. It gives very little wiggle room, and as it progresses it tightens down further and further on you.

Most developers are entirely unable to pull of "ultra-hard". They make it hard not via intense challenges and situations but via stilted or even broken game design. Somehow, you pulled it off. This game is slick, intricate, simple, tricky, challenging, terrifying, energetic, exciting, and visually splendid.

The level of polish on both the art and the controls is fantastic- love and effort were put into both to make this a genuinely gleeful run-and-gun time trial. It works. With virtually no story and very little reason, Discount Mayonnaise is regardless an absolute gem.

The music, while somewhat standard, fits perfectly with the panicky frantic nature of the gameplay. It is typical, but it works here exactly as needed.

I award this a well-earned 5/5 and 10/10 for creating one of the most blatantly entertaining titles to hit this site in quite some time.

Joelasticot responds:

Thanks! I agree with you - games with "cheap" difficulty are annoying and I don't play them for very long. Games with tight controls & challenging level design are much more fun and rewarding

[Shmusicup]

Not worth $10

You offer the full version of this game for $10. Yet it's not even as complete and satisfying to me as Audiosurf. And Audiosurf was only $5 when I bought it. This is an okay game, but it's hardly worth the usual retail price you're requesting. I'm sorry.

Tzai responds:

Hi Scel, thanks for playing the game. We too love Audiosurf and think that it is a fantastic game, please understand that Audiosurf has been out for quite a bit and its initial retail price was much higher than $5. Please do check back for promotions or discounts in the future where you might be able to get a bargain deal with Shmusicup. Thanks for your feedback!

[Poltergifts]

Neat!

Quite a challenging title. Half my issue might be the fact I'm on a laptop, but those RCs are an outright pain in the ass!!

9/10, 5/5.

Evil-Dog responds:

oh damn....can't imagine playing this on a laptop without a mouse haha

[AVOIDAL]

very dull

It was not a terribly entertaining game to start with. Pile on that it does not play nicely with laptop-native controls, and this game is shortly lived for me.

1/5, 2/10

HybridMind responds:

Yeah well it is a mouse skills game. Would you bring a knife to a gun fight?

[Cussin' With Sarge]

Silly little shisno

What's the smelliest animal in your language?
A skunk?
Does it defecate?
Does its defecation defecate?
No?
Then your language does not have a word for shisno.
You dirty dirty shisno.

DiMono responds:

They actually made a user account for Shisno on their site.

[Oozeland]

Keep pressing onward.

Work out some of the fine print (like the controls...) and this could be something really great.

To sort of point out an idea for the controls, maybe you can put all his attacks on the w, a, s, and d keys?

Still, I'd play full version of this. It's a great little premise, if not a very weird one.

Myrllok responds:

Ya but I cant work on this file anymore (corrupted/glitched) :S. but surely when I get some time on my hands and more knowledge on flash I'll build a full version game ^_^, in the meantime i'm working on my mage defense game, but I really enjoyed learning flash on this project.

[Letz Maek A Flash Gaem]

Fun

So, given its shortness, this is still a fun little game with a bit of replay value. I can't knock it that hard, as it did make me laugh and it was definitely a clever piece of satire. Short, simple, but still quite humorous.

Given how entertaining such a simple game was, I give it a 9 out of 10. 9 instead of 10 because I do wish it were a little longer. Or perhaps that it did generate some sort of mini game unique to your play. Maybe that's a bit ridiculous to ask for, but regardless, you can build on this.

so yeah, 9/10, 5/5.

thinking-man responds:

If I ever make another one it will probably be longer.

[Upgrade Complete!]

Sarcasm is BEAUTIFUL

I love you, EXP. I genuinely love you. I would kick my girlfriend out for you. I would swim in acid for you. This game is amazing. It balances sarcasm, spite, malice, and actual playability perfectly. It is utterly worthless, and yet it is terribly fun. I think the most mind-boggling thing about this is, after all is said and done, not only do I want another Upgrade Complete!, I want to erase my standings and play again to see what I can do next time!!

The-EXP responds:

Haha, please don't! She needs you and acid is bad for your skin!

[Colour my Heart]

Truly beautiful, Highly romantic

Brilliant stuff. Great use of metaphor and better use of imagery. Almost like Seuss and George Orwell combined.

SilverStitch responds:

I had a very similar comment from a friend. xD
Thanks. =)