And boy does it get hard. What? Okay. But that stuff in the quick look was child's play, especially if you don't care about accuracy. Trying to get 100% accuracy and pulling off the shots in this game reminds me a lot of getting a direct rocket hit in Quake or a Blue Plate in Tribes Ascend. The movement is fast paced and you can dodge a lot of shots like Doom, some follow you though. The soundtrack in this game is awesome. The level design is pretty great too, it makes you feel bad ass.

It is the first game that has compelled me to make a recording of it. I wanted to show a later level and what it was like to do it with 100% accuracy.

That level took me quite a few tries to get down but now when I am watching this video it seems easy. The game is $5.09 right now and I recommend it.

Yes, it is awesome. It's one of those games that I would classify as "satisfying."

I've just been going through it without worrying about accuracy or time. I'll go back and do that later.

Coincidentally, I also felt compelled to record myself playing... here is my woefully inadequate run of 2-19 (compared to this gif)

i have a feeling this game is going to have a hardcore following for speedruns.

@jimipeppr said:

Yes, it is awesome. It's one of those games that I would classify as "satisfying."

I've just been going through it without worrying about accuracy or time. I'll go back and do that later.

Coincidentally, I also felt compelled to record myself playing... here is my woefully inadequate run of 2-19 (compared to this gif)

I mean that gif is still kind of bad. Lots of shooting and didn't even get the time star. I made a video of 2-19 for three stars:

@flacracker: Nice. I don't have a huge PC shooter background so my accuracy and mobility aren't great. I feel like if I'm able to finish this game my skill will have improved immensely (I'm about halfway through world three at the moment).

Here's my WR run of 3-19 (playing @ 120hz, recorded @ 60fps, damn shadowplay). Now I want to go back and see what other skips there are after this forced me to jump over a blue fence.

I think I'm gonna be prefiring everywhere in CSGO now too.

I like how quickly a skill community is getting around this game.

Is it worth getting if I plan on using a controller?

EDIT: Nevermind, this answered my question. For those that are wondering:

As someone who had to playtest the game (beat it) with a 360 controller... may the gods be with you.

@flacracker: nice shootin' tex

That was a pretty 1337 time you got on that video there.

Yeah I don't know who they're marketing this game too. FPS platforming is horrible.

@mcfart: Yeah, Portal is such a horrible game.

Portal works with a controller.

edit: better this this game

@mcfart: But this isn't a bad game just because it was primarily designed for the precision of a mouse. It's a PC game... mouse and keyboard are the default input.

Is this a challenge? Well I accepted and got a 17.03. Then I tried it again and got a 17.15 so I don't know which one will go on the leaderboard. And how long does it take to update the times?

It looked positively delightful and at the same time fairly challenging during the quick look. I definitely might have to check it out at some point. Maybe during a sale later in the year.

I've enjoyed this game quite a bit attempting to three star each level and world; so far with positive results. Only the mountain region remains to be attained now that the gruelling swamp is behind me. Got a few WRs along the way, some of which may have already been broken since then and others that will eventually be bettered. For temporary bragging rights I have, naturally, taken screenshots of said records and compiled them into a single image for proof of my elite skillz.

The game's biggest strength is its great flow in the short burst levels that are a joy - sometimes of the agonizing 'replay a level until your eyes pop off' variety - to play while the awesome soundtrack sets the mood offering a track per each of the six worlds. Recommended for people who enjoy the thrill of running fast in an optimal line and blasting accurately at thingies within a cute, abstract world. Could also be an enjoyable experience just going through the levels without having to deal with the added pressure of time and accuracy, so don't let the speedrunny nature of the way I've personally played the game scare you away.

Wouldn't have picked this game up had I not watched the quick look by Dan and Drew. So cheers for them.

Yeah, it's pretty crazy how much this took me off guard when picking it up after the quick look. Probably one of the most pleasant surprises I've had with buying a game fairly blind.

I was happy just buying this cheap, whimsical game but then, after playing for a while, it ended up being legitimately awesome in its level design and gameplay. It's got that same addictive, strive-for-perfection type quality that Super Meat Boy had as well. Same sense of speed and momentum.

It's a cool change after being fairly burnt out on FPS games for a while.

This game is very well designed. It keeps surprising me with well thought out enemy and obstacle placement. Definitely has that Super Meat Boy thing where it all comes together smoothly when you play fast and accurate. Just zipping along as fast as possible often puts you in perfect position to take on the next set of obstacles.

@nasp: Yes, i'm doing some preliminary routing for it right now. I'm not sure what sorts of skips have been found yet by others. Nothing major that i have found yet. Just by nature of the falling targets, it would be pretty hard to do much in the way of serious out of bounds stuff. I'm trying to figure out if you bypass a balloon target entirely without triggering its launch, does that count as a missed enemy? Seems like it would but I want to test it first to make sure.

So far geometry is pretty tight as far as clipping through things is concerned.

i havent even played the game and the first thing i wondered when watching it was if the blobs counted as a missed enemy.if you figure it out im interested to hear the answer.

@nasp: Ther trigger radius for their launch is pretty big so no luck yet on getting to end of level with any unlaunched yet.

@flacracker Your videos are inspiring, thank you!

I didn't realise the accuracy mattered to getting 3 stars. Right now up to 3-4, game is kicking my ass and I need a better mouse.

Because the gifs of this game are so amazing to watch, I decided to make my own.

http://gfycat.com/TenderCarefreeGrackle

Goddamn, this game is great and super satisfying. Just a shame I couldn't get the second star for time.