DAS UBERLEBEN

Posted by Xander Wed, 20 May 2009 13:15:00 GMT

uberleben

Uberleben was actually released at the end of last year, but it must have passed me by. At 100mph. Plummeting into the centre of the earth.

Uberleben is a multiplayer survival game, where each player takes the role of a suicidal power ranger equipped with a parachute. The aim is to survive the fall longer than your peers, ultimately trying to reach the safe drop zone at the bottom which will be a set distance away depending on the difficulty (including a possible ENDLESS setting). Same screen multiplayer has always been a special kind of fun, and Uberleben spreads this kind of enjoyment by allowing SEVEN players at once. Of course you’re going to require a few controllers to get the full compliment of people in game but ultimately it’s worth it as the ‘FIGHT’ option can mean contact with another player will punch them in a certain direction. This of course allows for a heavy emphasis on foul play, which combined with same-screen multiplayer will probably cause many games to end in bitter rivalries and hopefully one or two TIGDuels. Alone it may not seem like much, but with enough people it turns into a suprisingly compelling distraction. At least until someone makes a new Marshmallow Duel.

(Source: peachboy’s blog)

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  1. Malasdair said about 3 hours later:

    Awesome!

    However, a note to the GM community: at this point, if you can’t be bothered to make your game Vista-compatible before you upload it, then I don’t think I can be bothered to run it. Seriously: it takes a second.

  2. Dusan Vlahovic said about 3 hours later:

    Can’t run it in Windows 7…

  3. Skofo said about 3 hours later:

    Can’t run it in Wine, either.

    Looks quite interesting, though.

  4. Kevin said about 3 hours later:

    doesn’t run in Win Vista. sad. :(

  5. Chief05 said about 5 hours later:

    Screenshot kinda reminds me of the oribtal skydive scene from the new Star Trek movie xD Only difference is the white suit^^

  6. Vanguard said about 5 hours later:

    Compatibility issues aside…

    this seems like it would be a pretty fun game to get a few people around a keyboard to mess around with for a while.

  7. plvhx said about 6 hours later:

    this guy makes games for him and his friends to play and thank god for it. if you can’t bother to run it through the converter yourself (but can take the time to type up a complaint), too bad!

    screenshots don’t do this thing justice, it’s quite mesmerizing in motion.

    playing this on a projector with six other people is some serious indie gaming.

  8. Zulgaines said about 7 hours later:

    Just played it 3-player for a while. Awesome fun.

    Vista, Ha Ha.

  9. DeathOfRats said about 7 hours later:

    Marshmellow Duel…oh man i feel old…I played the heck out of that game when I was in high school, some 14 years ago.

  10. Amon26 said about 9 hours later:

    A May Zing!

    I had a few “HA-HAAA!” moments just playing this all by myself, I can’t wait to load it onto the EEEPC, grab up my joysicks/keyboards and just throw down with this tonight with pals.

  11. Malasdair said about 11 hours later:

    Followup: if you can’t run it in Windows Vista, use the GM converter; it worked fine for me.

    I have no effing clue where to get it, but I have it as “GMConvert”.

  12. Fate said about 12 hours later:

    awesome game

  13. Teknogames/Beau Blyth said about 12 hours later:

    I’ll throw it in the converter and re-upload it for you pals

  14. nickf said about 20 hours later:

    “At least until someone makes a new version of Marshmallow Duel.” – hehe on that site there is a new version of MDuel, remade as an Unreal Tournament mod. See pics here: http://mduel2k5.spadgos.com/images.php

    Also is a Nintendo DS version.

  15. Radish said 1 day later:

    Makes me think of that game “AaaaaAAAAaaa”, only multiplayer and with 2D graphics.

  16. Juhkystar said 1 day later:

    Ahahaha. I’m glad to see this game get some attention. This is my favorite game to play between classes. My computer professor got a kick out of the class crowded around one monitor and keyboard right before class, jostling each other. Good fun. =D

  17. Justice Jones said 1 day later:

    Yes, Marshmallow Duel was awesome!

  18. Jamal said 1 day later:

    What a rush! I love it!

    Only problem is it tends to occasionally lag on my laptop (Dell XPS, WinXP, Pentium 4 3.4ghz, 1gb ram). In fact, the deeper I get into the cave, the more it lags. Anyone else have this problem?

    Man, but what a beautiful, fun game…

  19. ortoslon said 3 days later:

    I have recorded videos of every Uberleben level: YouTube playlist

  20. ortoslon said 3 days later:

    I’ve recorded videos of all Uberleben levels. Click my nickname to watch them.

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