Flash Game Pick: Coil (Cryptic Sea)
Coil is a new abstract Flash release by the Cryptic Sea development team, featuring art by Edmund McMillen. The entire game is controlled by using mouse gestures, for example moving the cursor counterclockwise repeatedly starts a new game or skips a message shown on screen.
Essentially a collection of mini games strung together with an obscure plot, players would have to figure out the objective of each stage as they attempt to find the solution required to progress.
Name: Coil
Developer: Cryptic Sea
Category: Action
Type: Browser
Comments
very well done!
gameplay wise, and just the whole presentation, i was really impressed :)
Posted by: namuol | February 2, 2008 10:29 AM
very stylish. very original use of the mouse. The first couple of minigames ae brilliant. After that, the gameplay is so so, but I still fully recommend dedicating yourself fully to this game for the ten minutes it lasts.
Posted by: Ooops | February 2, 2008 11:55 AM
Am I wrong in thinking Edmund McMillen was only doing the sprites for Braid and that they've since been redrawn by David Hellman?
Posted by: fellow | February 2, 2008 3:56 PM
Nice game, but I have one big grumble with it. When designing a game where the player has to figure out the controls, never make levels where nothing you do seems to have any effect. Hoshi Saga (and sequel) made this mistake on one or two levels too - it's no fun playing a game which ignores all your input.
Posted by: Dom | February 3, 2008 11:14 AM