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Glyph Morpheus

By Oreganik

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme674.07
Fun823.81
Overall1083.81
Audio1083.78
Mood1173.80
Innovation2353.48
Graphics2363.90
Coolness157939

Comments

luquio 2016-04-19 02:24

This is a good one! Top 10 of what I've tried

lanestp 2016-04-19 02:28

Overall, rock solid. Everything is smooth and well balanced I don't know what kind of ninja can make it to gate 64 but I'm darn impressed!

ihateatmfees 2016-04-19 02:31

Love the ascetic! The hack feature came in handy

peter1992t 2016-04-19 02:35

That was really fun. I thought it was interesting how when the level allows you to see what's ahead, you can memorize what's coming up. Nice work!

f4kethis 2016-04-19 04:03

Really polished, I like the iron aesthetic and the music is great. The way it drops an additional shape on you without any notification really threw me off though, kept failing at the same spot.

lordkawaii 2016-04-19 04:20

Fabulous as usual! Love the morphing animation and the sound/music fit perfectly.

smy 2016-04-19 07:49

that was fun - thanks for the time hack ;)
on slope down it gets real hard...

great job!

mutonizer 2016-04-19 08:51

Very nice entry, good fun, fits the theme, works exactly as intended and is challenging without being frustrating.

Two weird things though:
1) Hack Time? Not sure how that worked, didn't seem to do much, at least not consistently.
2) At some point, the next "shapes" appeared in the upper right corner of the hud, along with the number to press. That made things very easy even at ultra speed and took my eyes away from the main part of the game. Not sure why.

Otherwise, one of the most fun entries so far in my list. Kudos :)

luvshape 2016-04-19 13:42

Very hard! the graphics and the mood are great

Oreganik 2016-04-19 15:50

@Mutonizer and others: great question!
1) Hack time works while you're playing, but I only drop the hint after you die. It basically halves your speed.
2) At high speed, with certain curves and twists, it's nearly impossible to see the gate in time to react. So the next shape appears in the upper right corner once you start to approach top speed. It disappears if you slow down.
Thank you everyone! Glad you're having fun!

alobker 2016-04-19 16:51

Very cool game, I really liked it.

beardogames 2016-04-19 23:05

Nice! I appreciate the ASCII art and the studiously done low-fi-ishness. Nice work!

glitchu 2016-04-20 00:09

Very nice take on the theme. Really difficult when you have more than 3 shapes to react to.

cowboycolor 2016-04-20 05:53

Reminds me a good deal of Super Hexagon. Love the literal "shape" shifting mechanic. Aesthetically very Hologram-punk (is that a genre? it is now) Good work!

austinsheep 2016-04-20 08:10

I've seen a few games like this (including my own), where the player has to fit through a hole in the wall. We must all think alike!

ijona 2016-04-20 23:32

Nice game, I enjoyed playing it!

anaguilefdez 2016-04-22 00:33

Hard and cool! It is impressive!

recursor 2016-04-22 18:11

Difficult and very retro. I like it.

budaniel 2016-04-22 19:42

I like the gameplay, and the responsiveness between the controls and the animations was really good. My one complaint was when the track would bend, at times it would block my ability to see what shape the next wall needed behind my ship, resulting in hits I couldn't avoid save for blind luck.

gamepopper 2016-04-22 21:14

Very well polished game, managed to get past 45 gates before game over. I like the monochrome artstyle as well.

sararycow 2016-04-22 21:58

Cool visuals and addicting gameplay. A solid entry overall.

josefnpat 2016-04-22 22:56

Overall pretty decent, good sound, graphics are fitting. @bytedesigning / Ashley

oxysoft 2016-04-22 23:55

We actually had this exact same idea at the start of the dare but settled on something else! I think you did it better than we would have however, well done

deadbodyoutline 2016-04-26 16:02

Hey, nice entry, I loved it! The 80's computer era feel was awesome!

kai20 2016-04-27 20:15

great game maybe on a tablet it would be cool. it is too hard for me

emmelineprufrock 2016-05-10 00:25

Really enjoyed the style. Really interesting and engaging game. Pretty difficult (I only made it to gate 16) but an interesting ride nonetheless.