its frustrating...just a bit
very smooth graphics and animation. pac man inspired. tetris level was refreshing. final level made me lol. solid retro game, maybe a little short. more tetris levels but swap out tetris for space invaders, pong archon and worm (and tetris).put themed music in these levels.
'grats.
Refined Tracer
This game does exactly what I suggested yesterday to the creator of Kaboom-BOT; no extra controls, just move the dude. So good work there.
The gameplay itself is honed well, although having to hold down the mouse button makes it tricky to play on some trackpads. Perhaps an alternate control scheme that allows you to use a keyboard button as well as the mouse button would be in order? Other than that, it does work.
However, I think I agree with my brother: the "frustration gaming" genre shouldn't exist. For that reason I knocked off a few stars. The game should focus on entertaining you, not making you miserable with the sheer level of difficulty. Personally, I think "frustration gaming" stems from some game developer who is better at marketing than he is at game design, unable to properly balance the game difficulty, so coins a term that effectively means "next to impossible".
That was a bit long-winded but I'm essentially saying that the difficulty in this game is poorly balanced and needs to be fine-tuned. Even on "Easy Mode" I found some challenges almost unsurpassable. Level 5 was particularly frustrating.
Overall, good execution, but the difficulty is just ridiculous.
Good...But...
Frustra Bit, well I did find some of levels Frustrating (not helped by the Acid/Retro game soundtrack) but generally a nice quirky game with a combo of puzzle and action. Thought there is nothing really wrong with the game play, I thought a few power-ups might have improved the game experience.
THIS IS ONLY A SUGGESTION, NOT IN GAME:
Fire ball: destroy red baddies that you touch
Energy ball: destroy blue baddies you touch
You can only have one at a time so it can be integrated into new puzzles
Good game, just needed a few more Bit and pieces (pun intended)
Thanks man for the valuable review. If the game will be successful, I'll make the second part with more interesting levels, bonuses and other improvements :)
An apt name
"Frustra Bit" indeed. I was biting my tongue to keep from cursing every time I hit a wall (which was frequently). It started to get a bit boring though, but good job overall.
meh
could have made a platformer