{"id":406,"date":"2010-08-11T20:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T20:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixelatron.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2010-08-11T21:05:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T21:05:51","slug":"radial-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixelatron.com\/blog\/radial-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Radial Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Something Awful have been running a game development competition<\/a>, but many of the entrants must have wept tears of pure wasted effort when Radial Plus<\/a> <\/strong>was submitted. Sticking to the challenge’s theme \u2013 ‘You can’t…’ \u2013 developer Spatial (aka LSnK<\/a>) has created a puzzle-shooter where you’re unable to hurt enemies with direct fire. Only wall-bounced shots are effective.<\/p>\n

It’s a lovely little idea, but in Spatial’s hands it isn’t just that \u2013 it’s also hypnotizingly gorgeous for your eyes, and a rare treat for your ears. Listen to what happens when you emerge from an airlock into open space. Mmmm.<\/p>\n

Unless you’re a master of angles \u2013 a pool-playing professional maybe, or a robot, or a professional pool-playing robot \u2013 things get quite hard surprisingly quickly. Keep ploughing on: there’s One Hell Of An Explosion\u2122 waiting for you near the end.<\/p>\n

An end which comes way too soon, by the way.\u00a0Spatial, if you’re reading this: make more. Make more now. Play Radial Plus (Windows, download)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

(All the other games \u2013 and having played them all so you don’t have to, I recommend Barrier, Huggy Raptor and You Can’t Eat Your Cake And Have It Too \u2013 are available from a single page on the Something Awful GameDev Challenge Wiki<\/a>. Don’t forget to vote for your favourite<\/a>.)<\/p>\n


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