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Comments
Well, not the ugliest, but surely has his way to the top....
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 2:10 PM
I dunno. Seen a lot worse. Most abstract shooters...Theres something about the ships firepower there I like.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 2:36 PM
Kind of cool, ugly, but cool ;D
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 2:38 PM
Ugly in the sense that an Aphex Twin track isn't a beautiful violin concerto... they were clearly going for "crazy-ass digital noise" aesthetic and I think it looks cool.
Posted by: JP | July 25, 2007 2:56 PM
Not that impressive, but personally I don't think we should make entries just to make fun of particular games, since it might come off as discouraging the person to make more games.
Posted by: Paul Eres | July 25, 2007 3:10 PM
Paul, Tim's not making fun of anyone. Cactus himself described it as the ugliest shmup ever. I agree with your sentiment, everyone should be encouraged, but this is just friendly joking amongst some friends.Bill
Posted by: the2bears | July 25, 2007 3:24 PM
i actually quite like it. what is the game?the waves look like they could be a bit more intelligent than just spinning round tho'
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 3:30 PM
The post was made by Cactus, not Tim. But, I agree -- I'm not saying it's a bad thing to make fun of games. It's definitely appropriate between friends or on forums or whatever. I've made fun of hundreds of games to people in my life.It's just that, thousands of people read this. I've told people directly that their graphics suck, but I wouldn't go around telling thousands of people that, holding them up as an object of ridicule.I don't have a huge problem with it and don't want to make it an issue or anything, I was basically saying I think that anyone who makes a game should be applauded, regardless of how ugly it looks. Maybe it's his first game. My first game was far uglier.
Posted by: Paul Eres | July 25, 2007 3:36 PM
I made the game ;)
Posted by: LoverBoy69 | July 25, 2007 3:45 PM
Haha, I was thinking that might be possible after I wrote that last comment. After I watched the video again it seemed like your style of game too. Never mind then.*^_^*
Posted by: Paul Eres | July 25, 2007 3:51 PM
Offtopic: I am new to roguelikes and want to know if Dwarf Fortress is not too hard to start ???
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 4:09 PM
Am I the only one to think that the game looks gorgeous ? I mean, ok, it's very "kitch", but it's great like this and gives it a unique style :)I'd love to play it.
Posted by: Thomas | July 25, 2007 4:35 PM
Genius. The amen break has never been so appropriate.
Posted by: Mike K | July 25, 2007 4:37 PM
It will take a couple of goes to get the idea behind Dwarf Fortress. Also check out the Wiki (here) and read the article "surviving your first winter".As for this post... as graham says, a bit of joking between friends is ok, but as paul says it does give a bad example (one I often reproduce myself, sadly). Personally I don't even think it's a particularly ugly game, but it looks far too easy :)
Posted by: haowan | July 25, 2007 4:40 PM
I think it looks pretty cool. In a way it reminds me of an Atari 2600 game, modernized. Dig it!
Posted by: Madgarden | July 25, 2007 4:47 PM
actually it's way better looking than the Rick Dangerous rehash you introduced a few articles ago...
Posted by: popoyt | July 25, 2007 4:53 PM
I actually like it! The way the "stuff" blasts out of the player ship looks cool to me. It's unique, I guess that's why I like it.
Posted by: griff | July 25, 2007 5:28 PM
I think its abstract rather than "Ugly".
Posted by: ゲッソー | July 25, 2007 6:33 PM
Actually, I rather like the look of this. It's abstract but instead of the clean, infographic look of most abstract shooters it's sloppy and messy.
Posted by: K. Thor Jensen | July 25, 2007 6:51 PM
Mmm... not ugly. In fact, it has a 'trash' look that is cool. I like it. I like it much. In fact, I want to play it. Link?
Posted by: Melly | July 25, 2007 8:10 PM
Looks wonderful!
Posted by: oddbob | July 25, 2007 8:28 PM
I've made far uglier games. They were also seriously lacking in the effects\animation department compared to this game. At least it isn't visually boring.
Posted by: Impossible | July 25, 2007 9:20 PM
I like the look of this game,I think it has potential, reminds me of the old effects of Jeff Minter games, like Llamatron on the Amiga. Possibly needs something interesting at the background like a wireframe grid.Its nice to see an abstract shoot 'em up done in another style other than homage'ing Kenta Cho!
Posted by: Freker | July 25, 2007 9:48 PM
Okay... what the HELL is THAT supposed to be?
Posted by: Koen | July 26, 2007 12:47 PM