VVVVVV for Vendetta
 

VVVVVV, the latest game by Terry Cavanagh (Don't Look Back, Judith, Pathways) was released yesterday. Check this shit out, yo.

YouTube Video

It's an open world platformer: explore a dimension, find your crewmates, and don't run into the spikes that some fucker left lying around everywhere for no reason. The core mechanic is that you can't jump, but instead you can flip gravity back and forth so you start falling in the other direction. Not an original idea by a longshot, but it explores the heck out of it with a bunch of interesting and challenging room designs.

http://thelettervsixtim.es/

The website has a demo available online (Flash) and for download for Mac/Windows (Flash packaged as an executable). The demo contains two of the game's eight areas, but it doesn't have the overworld. In the full version, you can play the areas in basically whatever order you want; there aren't any gates like ammo doors blocking portions of the map, but there are a few sequenced areas you don't have any control over.

The full version is $15 (USD). If you're a filthy clockwatcher, I finished the main game to full completion in a shade under two hours, with about 550 deaths or so. There are a few bonus features, like time trials, but nothing really major. It was a pretty damn enjoyable two hours, though, with a lot of difficult challenges that never really get unfair (save for a few rooms, you'll know them when you see them). Just give the demo a shot, it won't take too much of your time. Here's what chat said about the demo last night:

The soundtrack is by Magnus "SoulEye" Pålsson. When you enjoy it (not "if," because you will enjoy it on account of it being rad as fuck), you can purchase it digitally from his website, Souleye Digital Music, for $4. There's 34 minutes of music total.

Real men buy it for the ONE LIFE MODE

Holy shit.

So the music is awesome.

So I buy it.

Being the epic faggot I am, I am curious regarding FLACs.

So I email the guy. He's like "YEAH SURE I GOT SOME FLACS JUST GIVE ME AN FTP ACCOUNT TO UPLOAD TO". What. Really? AWESOME.

So I do.

SO HE DOES.

BECAUSE HE IS AMAZING.

So I donated again.

I've seen mention of this a few places and it definitely looks worth checking out, so I might (if I find time) get around to downloading this and giving it a go (and then probably buying it).

[x] addictive platforming gameplay
[x] exploration
[x] optional trinkets
[x] simple but endearing story
[x] Tracker music
[x] room names

Buy it.

Cosign. This shit is..RAD. I'm smiling as I play. The score, his little expressions! It's making my face melt.

I've seen footage of this in Kolba's journal (I think) and it made me want to play Jet Set Willy, which I did for about an hour before almost smashing my laptop through a window in frustration.

Listening to this I feel that I would be supporting

VVVVVV BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SCENE - HOLLA AT MY BOYS G-QUEUE THE NICKEL POTZ 27SKIDEE POKEY MANHAMMER $NINJA APESGRAPES DIGITALRIBBIT COZNIT THE SCENE WHERE YOU CAN GET THE LATEST RELEASES YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US SEE YOU OUT THERE DISCO CIRCUS PLEASE SUPPORT THE SCENE

Not to worry. You can actually complete VVVVVV.

I bought this too. It's fucking awesome. After playing the demo, I had to get it.

Also, got the soundtrack PPPPPP. Cause I'm a sucker for good music.

In theory you can complete JSW, if you fix the stupid bug with a POKE. In practice, nobody will ever do it, unless they have tons of patience and savestates on a hair-trigger. V^6 does look kinda fun, but I have to admit I don't know if I'm enough of a masochist.

I watched that video and my head fucking exploded. It hurts just thinking about the reversals and puzzle stuff.

So bought.

Here are some of the Little Things in the game that brought a http://quiteajolt.com/gff/vvvvvvsmile.png to my face:

• In the intermission stages, Spoiler: the dialogue changes based on what character is with you (the stages automatically occur after you rescue the third and fourth crewmates, if I remember correctly).
• In the first intermission stage, Spoiler: if you die, your partner gets a sad face, and vice versa.
• After you rescue a crewmate, Spoiler: if you talk to everyone you've already rescued, they'll all have a new, unique piece of dialogue saying how glad they are that the person is back.
• In The Final Level, Spoiler: after you activate the terminal, you pass through a corrupted amalgamation of new rooms and rooms from previous levels. Some of those rooms are from The Warp Zone and The Final Level, where the rooms loop back onto themselves. However, because you've deactivated the dimensional anomaly, none of them loop any more. There's one previously looping room that you enter and leave three different times.

Whoa. We have new spoilers? :psyduck: Mind blown twice.

I'm pretty sure that, if I bought this game, I'll die 39073047070730274074074 times.

but I don't care.

My favorite part is how that's actually the vbcode tag for them.

What the fuck, CHz.

in before he changes it to [tailssucks] or something

E: oh apparently its been around forever well why the fuck doesn't anybody use it then faggot CHz

So I just played the demo and died about 200 times. At least a quarter of those deaths were most likely on the I'm Sorry and Please Forgive Me! rooms.

The soundtrack from what I heard is really cool. I don't usually listen to music while I'm just sitting on the computer, but I could see myself listening to this.

For those who bought the game, is there the option to use a gamepad, or is it keyboard only? I'll probably buy it regardless, but this is something I'd really like to play with a controller.

This game is basically porn for pixel junkies.

And that its a really good thing.

Acer, what exactly do you have against indie games you bastard ?

I don't get it. A lot of people are mentioning this one but I did it in about 3 tries. Same with Villi people.

Has everyone done Doing Things The Hard Way ? That took me about 300 deaths.

It comes with a third party app called JoytoKey and that works with my antique microsoft sidewinder so you shouldn't have a problem.


Potential for anything is the best vgm song in years.

OK, about I'm Sorry and Please Forgive Me:

What?

I didn't die on that. Then I proceeded to die like nobody's business on A Difficult Chord, so.

I have nothing against indie games. Game looks awesome and I loved Don't Look Back.

My point was the music in the trailer reminded me of a THE SCENE intro which I found amusing.

http://www.thegond.com/rp/thatsthejoke.jpg

*hacks roms with scene intros, distributes them to Acer*

I don't know why people hate those. So jammin'.

Just in case Mo0 still doesn't get it. You'll see this stuff in rom intros, key generators, and of course the wonderful fantastic demoscene.