Awesome take on stick death

...you have made a fresh new look on stick death and thats exactly what the genre needs,..wtg man.

Shaft it on the middle one.

Hello there. Dead Spyke 3 is your third instalment? I only see another one {Dead Spyke 2} in your submissions box.

Anyway the flash shows the story of a stickman, driving a car, who falls into a pit. He climbs out, but must now choose how to cross over the large gap now filled with spikes. The player is given various choices from a jetpack to dark magic. It wasn't particularly long, but it felt fresh all the way through.

It was fresh because there were lots of ways to get across. It added length and depth. However it could still have more ideas - could be nearly endless. He could use teleportation, gadgets, assistance from passers by or even a hot air balloon. The more ideas you have the more interesting it is.

Graphically it was very mediocre. You can definitely draw environments realistically but since as the environment is static it isn't exceptional, but I don't like the car, it looks poorly drawn and out of place.

What is the real worry though is the stickman. You will never really exceed at anything graphically if you use a stickman, especially an incomplete one. It shakes and shimmers as it moves and it is ugly. Although it is constantly animated the result is lousy.

But I do like some of your details. The rocket explosion was a highlight and the gun was drawn well. The opening menu to select graphics quality was also cool, simple and beautifully implemented.

The backing sound was picture perfect. It is a lovely track that suits your environment fully. I can actually picture myself standing as that stickman in 3d reality. There are also a few sound effects {eg cannon firing} but they are a little quiet. However as I was preparing this review the music stopped so you need to put it on loop. Also consider adding a mute button.

Overall it isn't very long, but I can understand why people would want to play it again. There are enough options to forget what happened so people might play it again to remember. There isn't any real target audience for this; it satisfies curiosity {what would this do etc}.

However, there is huge room for improvement. You must redesign the stickman so he looks more presentable; it really ruins this flash. Add more options too - enough to make people come back to it. Good luck making a forth, the concept isn't old, but it has been tried and tested and is always interesting.

Sammi

* * * * * { 5 - 10 } "Reasonable"

ummm

he died no matter what
weird

!!!

I only got two things to say...
1.You rock dude!
2.Keep up da' good work

Surprised

Started off looking like I would hate it and I was pleasantly surprised by the crash and interactive part. Good music to. There's a long way to go from there, but it's a good direction!