sorry man
swing and a miss there. its just.. a silly game
make it funner :P
Author Comments
Hello there.
'Obstacle Climbing Bastard' is a game where you climb obstacles and it's a bit of a bastard.
The controls are as simple as can be - one button, just the spacebar. Press it too early, you die. Don't press it in time, you die. Press it in time, you live to climb again. (Press T on the title screen to play a quick tutorial that explains it all.)
And that's it! Simplistic in design and in graphics, the stark pixel art harks back to a time when games were harsh. And that was the idea - for it to be psychotically unforgiving. But fair.
It's an incredibly quick-play game - to play it to completion would only take a handful of minutes. And most are very unlikely to get that far...
There's no sound. I think the silence adds to (or, rather, music and sound would detract from) the stark, puritan nature of thing. And, of course, it means you don't have to worry about any sudden beeping giving you away at work.
It was inspired jointly by the glorious rhythm game fun of 'Rhythm Tengoku' ('Obstacle Climbing Bastard' is kind of a silent rhythm game, if you will,) and the insane yet brilliant purity and hostility of '1942'. It's in that spirit, and I hope it finds its audience of honest, belligerent masochists. Enjoy!
Originally and still to be found here: http://obstacle.superlumi nescence.co.uk
Weak
Gameplay could have been better, could of had sound, could of had better graphics, not worth playing again, but runs smoothly. Fix those problem areas and this could be a good game.
wow...
Gameplay: I push the spacebar to make a stick figure climb up obstacles...If i push it early, it turns into a penguin...
Score: 0 of 3
Design: Okay, the design was fine. Still, since concept is part of design, this won't be a 3.
Score: 2 of 3
Sound: There..is none. Just some simple sound effects woulda helped.
Score: 0 of 3
Replayability: No way I'm coming back to this.
Score: 0 of 1
superluminescence responds:
That gameplay description is brilliant.
Penguin?
So it's a good game and all, but a penguin? That has to be absolutely the most awesome thing about this game... But judging for what it has, it really isn't that far in the lead. I like it all except the difficulty, but that's just whining cuz I can't press a button in time. Good pixel originality, and keep them comin.
(I read in other reviews that you took this idea. Not sure how credible that is, but you obviously did a better if not equal job if you got it into the portal.)
superluminescence responds:
Hey, thanks very much! Glad you liked it.
(As I replied down there, I didn't take the game from anywhere, I just put the address of my website...)
not bad..
i don't actually mind this game, though it is so simple, maybe thats why i like it.
superluminescence responds:
Aye, that was the aim. Thanks, man.