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Hard Life 3X

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Innovation553.75
Fun1833.18
Overall2553.18
Theme2763.14
Mood5002.39
Graphics5532.42
Humor5771.46
Audio6031.19

Comments

bigbadwofl 2012-08-27 10:17

Interesting concept and good execution. Had quite a bit of fun with this.

littleball 2012-08-27 10:34

I had fun. I found it to get quite tricky (not a bad thing)

jokerden 2012-08-27 10:34

It's good gameplay when you playing with circle. But text part is not so good.

ollie 2012-08-27 10:35

Cool concept and pretty challenging. I couldn't get past the first level (level select only let me click the top item even when it said 27/25) but I might be missing something. Having to swipe over more than one with the things that bounce you around is a cool idea and was very well executed

ncannasse 2012-08-27 10:36

A bit complex to understand at first, but you somehow get stick to it :)

infernet89 2012-08-27 10:40

Nice twists on typical avoider mechanic! And the graphics of complex enemies fits very good.

pohycz 2012-08-27 10:41

Very addictive! :)

rellikiox 2012-08-27 10:49

Very challenging. Had a lots of fun.

dedhedzed 2012-08-27 12:43

REALLY clever, but very difficult. Could've done with some music.

reheated 2012-08-27 15:54

Hard and addictive.

luizhgmonclar 2012-08-27 22:23

Wow, I really had fun! I love these fast play-repeat games, especially when you got some upgrades to go along. Great job.

jomomomo 2012-08-28 01:21

Pretty cool, wish it had some sound though.

echa 2012-08-28 03:00

>Pretty cool, wish it had some sound though.
You're right.
I didn't have enough time. I'm glad I've made 7 levels as I wanted. )

thewiseguy99 2012-08-28 03:36

Agree, this is addicting. Good entry.

maxium 2012-08-28 04:15

Good concept and very difficult at times

travischen 2012-08-28 04:46

Great gameplay, nice work!

talslain 2012-08-28 08:42

Interesting game and concept. A little difficult to do but still had me addicted for quite some time. Well done

matthias_zarzecki 2012-08-28 08:56

Nice complex take on the avoider-genre!

juaxix 2012-08-28 11:40

This game is really hard for me

waynetron 2012-08-28 11:55

Found it way too difficult.

amoaeba-junior 2012-08-28 13:08

Loved the idea very original! Especially liked the 'health indicator'.

gustavodort 2012-08-28 15:54

The lack of sound really ruins the game man :/

ijoshayy 2012-08-28 17:07

Good game, but it gets too difficult too quickly. Besides that this was fun.

brassawiking 2012-08-28 18:27

Really interesting to see the different creatures appear.

whilefun 2012-08-29 01:01

Interesting concept! I like the snappy/bouncy feel of the controls, and that the border got smaller if I hit it. I couldn't get the second set of genes though. But I like the idea of different stats/upgrades with each gene. Very nice!

ahm99 2012-08-29 02:48

Interesting idea but I found it difficult. Nice job though.

GreyShock 2012-08-29 06:57

Insanely hard! I like the concept very much, but I can't get over the 2nd level. Did you beat your game? :o

chronodk 2012-08-29 07:23

A nice concept - extremely challenging!

echa 2012-08-29 07:49

GreyShock, I just haven't time to build up difficulty curve =\
Yeah, I beat it. =)

In second level:
a) Try to create one big creature. 5x is very good. Than create solo creatures and try to survive. Do not collect more evo-points !]
b) Choose "spray" active skill. Create 13 solo creatures, than use spray to boost you score and try to survive.

theballcollective 2012-08-29 07:53

Had no idea what I was doing for a while, but I got it after playing it for a while. It was pretty fun just messing around with it though. Nice!

- Andrew

barry-abrams 2012-08-29 12:29

Had a bit of trouble playing on a trackpad. With a regular mouse, it worked just fine. I like the feel of moving your player around. The little bit of momentum adds a ton.

nile 2012-08-29 23:37

Very interesting and unique concept, had a lot of fun playing it. Different from every other game out there.

krides 2012-08-30 02:00

Top Fun and Innovation scores from me! :-)

thurig 2012-08-30 07:34

Nice game! The concept was good.

pinkmonkeyhead 2012-08-30 22:55

Great and original concept! Spent a lot of time playing :)

mdkess 2012-08-30 23:48

Very clever game, and a fantastic take on the theme. Love it!

funbyjohn 2012-08-31 11:07

Innovation!

sestren 2012-08-31 13:10

Fun to play and very challenging. Good job.

pknowles 2012-08-31 13:27

Quite frustrating, but I had to finish it so there you go :)

dector 2012-08-31 15:35

Little bit hard, as for me. But funny and has good and pleasant graphics.

harusame 2012-08-31 15:51

Fun game but too haaard !
Good concept !

marudziik 2012-08-31 23:32

I got to level 4, where it essentially got unplayable for me because of the constant following by those balls and because every touch to the edge of screen means quick death. Too hard, but I would play it even more if I had some time - so, definitely fun. Frustrating, but fun.
Theme wise, I suspect you were waiting for 'survive' or something like that, but the mechanics are so innovative and interesting, that it doesn't really matter for me. Very good entry.

cadin 2012-09-01 01:01

Really challenging. It gets really hard to tell which circle is my character once there gets to be a few organisms on the screen. I couldn't really figure out what the Skill/Gene/Mutation settings did.
I only made it to level 2.

Neat idea though. I think this could be really fun with a little more polish and balance.
Great work.

saintheiser 2012-09-01 01:47

Awesome concept! Gameplay is very addictive, but game is really hard. It's a pity that there is not any sound. Great work anyway!

zatyka 2012-09-01 19:33

Very addicting but difficult.

jplur 2012-09-01 19:53

Quite hard but a solid game that has a lot of replayability.

jedi 2012-09-02 01:02

Seems really cool but it needs some sort of tutorial.

jorjon 2012-09-02 05:43

A bit too hard.

yosh 2012-09-03 00:53

Really nice concept. Would be a nice mobile app!

walt 2012-09-05 11:19

took some real patience till i got it. and never actually got very far. pretty difficult.

mohammad 2012-09-06 02:09

Didn't know what to do at start.
Didn't know that the wall was hazardous.
I'm not a big fan of UBERHARD games.
But I still feel that just because I don't like the difficulty doesn't mean others will, so i'm giving it the rating it deserves.

teknik 2012-09-08 18:35

good game, but very hard. maybe have the enemies spawn a little slower/ later.

ripx 2012-09-11 10:51

Despite the simplistic graphics, this started to feel like a more in-depth and interesting game the more that I played it. I found it quite innovative and captures the theme well and you get a sense of urgency when you collide with an entity. :)

munchor 2012-09-12 22:47

I liked the concept very much, but it's very hard to get the trick ;)

axcho 2012-09-13 04:50

Really intriguing mechanics, but maybe tuned a bit too hard at first. Would be nice to ease into it more. Worth exploring further! :)

dwallin 2012-09-14 03:00

A simple soundtrack//sound effects would have gone a long way for this one. Some interesting mechanics although I feel they could be better explained.

airdeck 2012-09-14 05:18

A little confusing at first, but a lot of fun once I got into it