http://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2014/01/868-hack-update.html
― Mordy , Saturday, 18 January 2014 05:49 (ten years ago) link
<3 michael brough so much. if anything prefer Corrypt to 868-HACK. to win the game you've got to break the early game rules and landscape, and by breaking the game you become the powerful evil you thought you were hunting, you get to use meta rules like save game checkpoints as one of the main 'moves' in your tactics, and in the end you create so much destruction and disorder that you can't move and just end up gazing in shock at what you've done just because you wanted to solve a puzzle. well I did. seems to get deep into the fabric of game playing in every way. it's like portal if each time you solved a room you made the next room more difficult for yourself. and if portals went into previous rooms you'd already solved.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 18 January 2014 10:33 (ten years ago) link
wow i've tried corrypt but didnt get far... that sounds way radder than i assumed the game was
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 19 January 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
interesting what he says about people using .STEP to run through the hard levels... though i'm not sure how that's a thing? like, you score big on early levels and just step your way through the higher ones?
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 19 January 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
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there's a specific point where it all goes batshit - where you start using/encountering the first few 'replace same tile in every room with nothing' spells. once you start getting those spells more frequently, it all goes haywire.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 19 January 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
i didnt even know there were spells
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 19 January 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
like, you score big on early levels and just step your way through the higher ones?
I was frequently able to do this, but usually only on the final stage.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 19 January 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
I finally caved and purchased one of these devices. What fiveish games should I get, given that
i. I have already played a Kairosoft game and don't need anotherii. I would rather have an ~interesting gameplay experience~ than a compellingly put-together grindfestii. a. I don't really have a commute as suchii. b. I don't ever want to install Marvel Puzzle Quest
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Drop 7
― 龜, Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
tiny wings
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
tiny wings, hexagon, bejeweled blitz, monsters ate my condo, 868-HACK, phoenix HD, peggle
― Mordy , Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
pocket mine, fish out of water, punch quest.
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
ridiculous fishing
― Mordy , Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
Truth be told, other than Drop 7 the only iPhone game I have ever enjoyed is Sally's Spa and its companion game Sally's Salon
― 龜, Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
oh and if you like puzzles consider english country tune
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Orbital, Fairway Solitaire, Dungeon Raid, monsters ate my condo, Tiny Wings.
― Jeff, Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
I've been playing a lot of deer hunter recently lol
― Jeff, Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
drop 7, 868-hack
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
drop 7, 868-hack, super hexagon.
― woof, Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
drop 7, 868-hack, super hexagon, frenzic.
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
drop 7, 868-hack, super hexagon, frenzic, gridrunner
― woof, Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
drop 7 has not aged well really, sorry dudez
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
you haven't aged well really
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
this is true. but better than drop 7!
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
how does a game like that "age badly"? are its themes and subjects dated now?
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
no one uses numbers anymore
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 January 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
i feel like it's been lapped by a lot of other iPhone games since 2009 in looks, design, quality etc. not like i can make a 1:1 comparison, but there's a lot more options now for this sort of game
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
maybe i'm just burned out on the flat look
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
tell me a game that's lapped drop 7 (please do, because i want to play it!)
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
no one has repped for either of the games i already got yet!!
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
which ones?
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
100 rogues, ziggurat
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
never heard of em
hey when are they gonna do a 1000000000 sequel already
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
100 rogues was pretty decent, i keep meaning to get Ziggurat but the whole Tim Rogers thing scares me off
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
100 rogues is okay
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
Electro Master, Impossible Road
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
interesting gameplay experience
If interesting includes maybe-not-that-good-really-but-definitely-unique then Device 6.
― JimD, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
Michael Brough fans... how does 868-HACK compare to Zaga 33? I'm curious about 868 due to the love here, but I tried Zaga and never got into it.
― sofatruck, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
Forget-Me-Not
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
GeoDefense & GeoDefense Swarm are two great tower defence games.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
sold
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 January 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
get Corrypt, it's brilliant
― a chance to cross is a chance to score (anonanon), Thursday, 30 January 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link
http://indiestatik.com/2014/01/02/hoplite/
If you’ve played 868-HACK, you’ll notice quite a few similarities in Hoplite, even though the advantages that the combat system offers you against your enemies are practically inverted (considering the up-close/ranged attacks). Funnily enough, Hoplite was originally made during the same 7DRL (seven-day roguelike) game jam that Michael Brough’s 86856527 was, which he worked on after and brought to iOS (and other platforms soon) as 868-HACK.
i've been enjoying hoplite lately - it doesn't mess around with the in-game mechanics to nearly the extent 868-hack does, but the gameplay is very broadly in the same style, and it's very thoughtfully designed
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 30 January 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
some of my faves this year:Device 6 Paint it Back Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption Spaceteam The Room Two Knightmare Tower Kingdom Rush FrontiersKings League Warhammer Quest
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 January 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
also Corrypt is very much an ~interesting gameplay experience~
I also second Kingdom Rush and Kingdom Rush Frontiers
also Rymdkapsel
― a chance to cross is a chance to score (anonanon), Thursday, 30 January 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
you guys should put this stuff in your P&C ballot because there's no way I'm gonna remember all of these
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 January 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
funny you should say that
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 January 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
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― Euler, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
is that for real or
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the michael brough stuff looks so much like My Sort Of Thing
100 rogues is kind of annoyingly halfway to being a good game. it looks like the designer has played SHIREN THE WANDERER, the perfectly designed snes and later ds roguelike. the 'arcade' nature of it is feels a bit like that one, the idea that each new wave of levels includes a distinct set of attack patterns to think about.
and the idea that one ought to have a set of area control attacks to use is a good one. it just seems that that ought to replace the randomly-generated equipment etc rather than supplementing it, it feels a bit busy and half-designed. also i keep hitting the wrong square and i don't think i'm even having fat-handed twat issues.
also i thought there were literally 100 classes and that you unlocked them by completing the game, not that there were a dozen and you paid for them individually. not a fan of that, really. also why on earth does it have i. cutscenes ii. difficulty settings.
ziggurat was a really good value £0.59. i think it does most everything it sets out to do.
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 31 January 2014 11:09 (ten years ago) link
100 rogues is kind of annoyingly halfway to being a good game.
i feel the same way about a game near the top of the app store right now called Slayin. the basic game is decent - it's very simple, you just walk your character around a single screen, obliterating enemies with a single touch, every 10 enemies you kill gains you a level, every 10 levels there's a boss. there's a merchant that sometimes appears with armor/weapon upgrades, and coins you collect from enemies to spend at the merchant, and "fame" that you can use to buy other game-related items at the "tavern" after you die.
it's only 99 cents. so it's amazing that it feels like such a disappointing ripoff! it's like they put absolutely no time into tweaking the game to make it playable or interesting. the items that the merchant sells are always enticing, but the amount of coins you get before meeting him are never enough to afford the best items. then, after saving up all the coins you can and finding him again, the prices of all the best equipment go up so that once again you can't afford anything good. the game is designed so that you can only have the worst equipment, while seeing that better equipment is somehow available (maybe it's a meta-game that's trying to tell us something about the economy?). meanwhile, when you die and go thetavern, you can use all your saved fame to buy...different color schemes for the bottom half of the screen! two different character classes that both suck even more ass than the default character! or...custom gravestones that list your high score so you can e-share it with your friends and then cry later, alone! or you can use real life money to buy more fame to let you do these things!
they forgot to let you use your accumulated fame points to do the obvious thing that you want to do, which is buy better equipment or spells that you can use from the beginning.
anyway, if i ever have a kid and they're really smart and can do everything easily, but never really apply themselves or try very hard, i'm going to scold them by saying "you're like that old game Slayin. remember that game? yeah, it sucked really bad and i ended up deleting it even as i was writing a few short paragraphs about it on a messageboard, because i realized i would never, ever play it again. wait, where did you go son"
― Karl Malone, Friday, 31 January 2014 13:56 (ten years ago) link