Quick Look: Flywrench

Came from nowhere

Seems a bit too easy in helmet mode, then again I'm starting to lose my sanity in the later levels..

Wow, I completely forgot about this game. I played a demo or something for it, I believe, about 5 years ago. I'm glad to see a final release is out, I don't even want to know how hard the later levels are going to get.

Uranus *giggle*

I wonder how they came up with the idea for this 'character'.

Atari stylish... I kinda like it, but not for me.

Also I agreed with Vinny on all the themes looks, it was weird.

URANUS SIGNAL MAXED!

Some good music in this.

Oh shit I did not know this was messhof - I assume he kept this silent since its inception because I've never heard of this even remotely.

Man, nidhogg...

Austin Walker keeps his signals maxed, dude.

I kinda miss the music from the old freeware version, even though they obviously needed to change it for a commercial release (and the new music is great). How about a DLC to bring the noise back?

The Duke Nukem Forever of Indie games, glad it's finally finished.

Neptune's music reminded me heavily of some songs from Dustforce.

I'm not color blind and can barely see those colors. LL cool J reference on deck

I read the title as Firewatch like 3 times and was super confused

This is why every programmer needs an artist.

I mean, Metal Gear Solid V is probably about the prediction of stuff...

Man, there's some pretty sick jazzy DnB going on in this game. I'm such a sucker for that stuff. I might have to get this just for that. Edit: oh man, there's 90's style jungle in this game too. I'll probably buy it.

@fpk: I mean, I don't exactly disagree, but I'm struggling to think of a way in which this game in particular could be improved by art. It's simplistic on the level of an N+, or even an Irritating Stick.

Game is so hot that it receives updates as you play it.

the whole thing with colour barriers remind me of Guacamelee or Outland.

RED WHITE GREEEN Hoochimama

I think Flywrench was an secret character in Super Meat Boy so yea this has been kicking around for a while hah

Oh hey, it's that character from Super Meat Boy that controls weird.

This game is GRRRREAT

So this is the same Flywrench that is an unlockable character in Super Meat Boy. Neat.

Maybe, but not every programmer has the money to pay an artist but I also don't think better art or anything would add to this game.

I love Messhof's art direction. I understand how it could turn people off, but the trashy nature of it adds to the game for me.

I remember playing the freeware version yeeeears ago. I imagine most people know it as that thing from Super Meat Boy. This game is probably my favorite 2d platformer this year.

Oops, that "signal maxed" text glitch came in with one of the launch updates. Sorry you were seeing that but it has since been fixed-- http://steamcommunity.com/app/337350/discussions/1/527273452873117187/

@oursin_360: I am and it totally fucked with me at first. This is just another reason to love Vinny

Yep you guys totally sold me on this. Super fun quick-look

I love the artstyle & strange spacey vibe this game has and, now that I've bought it myself I can also safely say I find it super fun to play.

And this game runs great on my macbook even though it has a lot of trouble playing even the simplest of modern indie games. Ultionius and 10000000 for example are practically unplayable, they slow my whole macbook to a crawl. FTL and Convoy are doable but can also slow down a lot when stuff actually happens.

PS: it also seem they added V-sync to the options menu which makes the game look way better and doesnt seem to impact my performance at all. Surprised.

"Take me to my anus."

@austin_walker@messhof the art reminds me of Conway's Game of Life, was this an inspiration?

Awesome Music. Hopefully I can DL it on MP3 one day

@fpk said:

The dude has an MFA, not exactly a non-artist programmer. Unless you meant this in a positive way, I honestly can't tell.

Ya I think it looks fantastic.

This game reminds me a little of Swift*Stitch, which is a pretty good thing indeed, I think.

Also yeah, I totally love the aesthetic of this game and Messhof's stuff.

This interests me way more than Nidhogg did. Will definitely try it out.

Am I the only one who got all excited thinking this said Firewatch? I need to stop drinking.

Breakin' down the barriers of Uranus.

What is firewatch?

Austin + Vinny quicklooks feel like I'm injecting positivity straight into my cold heart after the jaded, mellow quicklooks that often come from the rest of the crew lol. Love this upbeat, happy duo.

So it's Flappy Ikaruga?

If anyone is interested Patrick also looked at this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-IWkHK4XEs

@oursin_360: yeah the yellow and green especially blend together for me. I am not colour blind.

Game seems quite cool, I appreciate games with a simple basic mechanic like this.

Do QLs just not get uploaded to their YouTube channel anymore? It's missing nearly half of the videos that came out this week

I love Vinny poking at Austin. They're a beautiful combo.

@austin_walker Was that a Deep Blue Sea reference? Deep cuts.

Daedalus huh, well that certainly explains the quality of the music.