Thursday, February 7, 2013

Discussion Week 8: Upsy Down


            http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92923950
DEMO: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kinglake/upsy-down-demo

Bit late but here's my review of an up and coming game called Upsy Down. Seems it takes a heavy influence from VVVVVV with the gravity inverting aspect with the difference that you can jump in this one. It feels like a more forgiving version of VVVVVV since it doesn't require very much twitch inversions to complete the puzzles but is still enjoyable for a playable demo. It seems there are some possible coding issues as the collision or hitboxes seem to have some of the crates causing instant death instead of slowly falling when inverted. This game definitely has potential with a little polishing of the mechanics, adding a bit of complexity and a storyline or some backstory to tie it all together would create a nice casual sidescroller puzzle-platformer.

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