Score: 8

"I found no flaw in the controls."

submission: Scribbland

date: December 18, 2009

Yeah, I don't see the issue either. I found the controls very intuitive. I also love the music and the general aesthetic of the game. It's kinda... retro? But not in the usual ATARI or NES way, more in a 1990's Apple 7 or Windows 95 kids' game way, which is really appealing and original.

My biggest problem would be the lack of levels. Twenty is not alot - forty would have been more like it. The fact that the game kicks you back to the menu after beating each one (if you've beaten the next one) is annoying, particularly when you're playing through a second time on Hard. There should definitely be a button to lower quality (it worked just fine on my PC except for the fade-out effects). There are also a few points on Hard where it seems basically impossible to finish the level due to poor enemy placement. I'm thinking of Level 13 in particular - those two turtles are just placed in the right way to make the timing completely ridiculous for that one jump.

Score: 6

"Pretty fun."

submission: Infectonator!

date: December 13, 2009

Not very deep gameplay. Other people have already mentioned the time limit (which by the way came out of fucking nowhere - maybe I just didn't read the introductory tutorial attentively enough).

It took me a good minute to find the exit button for the upgrades screen, and the achievements window that pops up during gameplay was really annoying.

The fact that there isn't anything else to say about this is an example of why it's only getting a 6 out of 10. It was fun while it lasted, though.

Score: 7

"Very well made, and pretty fun."

submission: Copy Cat

date: November 29, 2009

Clever puzzle mechanics, and the right level of difficulty. The biggest problem is definitely that everything is way too slow - the speed at which paint washes over the canvas, the speed at which the help window drops down, everything goes about three times too slowly. Ever used a DVD where there are 20-second long transitions in between every menu and all you want to do is turn off the subtitles? It's like that.

The other problem with the game is that it ends the levels too hastily. Often it would go HEY WELL DONE YOU FINISHED and I'm like WHAT NO THIS PURPLE BIT HERE SHOULD BE GREEN and the game was all like TOUGH BREAK SHITFACE, MOVE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. This is partly just annoying because sometimes I'd like the satisfaction of completing the painting properly before moving on, and that could be fixed easily by allowing the player to keep going after the game deems their painting sufficient to get to the next level. But other times it would end before I'd actually worked out the puzzle, which is kind of gamebreaking, but that would be much more difficult to fix and it's not really as big a deal.

Those are really the only "problems" in the game, other than that there're just a few features that would make it even better - oh except for the so-called "hint" on level 2. What the hell, thanks for telling me the whole solution, you jerk. Maybe next level you can just have the game play itself for me.

The big thing that needs to be added are checkpoints. Sometimes it takes you ages to get to a certain position in the painting, and then one false step and you'll have to restart everything. I'd like to be able to save so that doesn't happen. Less importantly, it would be nice to be able to fine-move pieces using the arrow keys. You don't actually need that level of precision to beat the game though, so that's not too big a deal. It'd just be cool to have.

Lastly: please tell people that clicking the "hint" button opens a new window. You get a seven out of ten not because of the problems I listed above, but simply because this kind of puzzle game only has so much lasting appeal. You'd have gotten the same score even if you fixed all of the aformentioned problems.

7/10 | 3/5

Score: 4

"What's so special about it?"

submission: -Funkalicious-

date: August 20, 2009

Sounds like the "Funk.mp3" sample track that came with some cheap Chinese mp3 player. Nothing special at all.

Score: 6

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submission: A Place of Misery (complete)

date: August 11, 2009

Kinda... generic... and not at the same time. It sounds just like a Metallica cover with some extra distortion on the instruments. It was kinda interesting at the beginning.

Cool vocals.

Score: 7

"Good thing I decided to check out the last page!"

submission: Systematrix - Dark Radius

date: October 29, 2006

This is an OK song. I recommend you replace the jackass whispering with something different, maybe
cymbals... I dunno. The whispering was annoying though.