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vertical & rrrrrpg

dessgeega — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:26:00 +0000

always up to no good, alan gordon (who you may remember as the author of zi) has just released a pair of old projects onto the internets.

vertical is technically unfinished – there are no enemies or encounters. what remains is the architecture of the game, a randomly-generated tower of infinite height that the player scales with wall-jumps and a grappling hook which bears comparison to umihara kawase or turrican, depending on your background. once one becomes comfortable with the controls, the game becomes a meditative experience.

rrrrrpg, on the other hand, is a complete game. unofficially standing for “really really really random role-playing game”, but officially for nothing, rrrrrpg is a jrpg without content. all that’s left is a trio of abstract shapes roaming the countryside, fighting enemies for experience and money, and wandering back to town to buy better weapons and armor. it is the purest distillation of the jrpg.

check professor gordon’s blog for information on the upcoming zombie city survivors, as well as the zombie city games it is based on (now available for mac).

update: vertical now has a speedrun mode, accessible by pressing R.

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by MD

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:02:08 +0000

The games is are free software!!! awesome

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by mushu

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:54:52 +0000

This is what indie games do well.

cough

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by prio

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:51:33 +0000

Also, it’s spelled “distillation”.

Now that thing you’re pointing at me, that’s spelled “pistol”. If it were “pistil”, it would be part of a fl

NO CARRIER

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by Mazapan

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:46:47 +0000

I can’t spell nor write gramatically grammatically correct sentences :/ “I found rrrrpg very entertaining even though…”

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by Mazapan

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:44:47 +0000

I actually found rrrrrpg were entertaining even thought I’m not a big rgp fan. There’s just something about it. Pure destillation of fun.

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by raigan

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:13:15 +0000

to NO!: the rope is way more like umihara than bionic commando, since you can fluidly adjust its length, and swinging is smooth.

so there! ;p

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by Twisted Rabbit

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:25:58 +0000

I like Vert, i will prob try rrrpg, but im not a big fan of rpgs.

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by ithamore

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:53:58 +0000

RRRRRPG makes me wish someone would program an RPG based on “Flatland.”

The Wikipedia entery:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland

The book in html with images:

http://xahlee.org/flatland/index.html

"vertical & rrrrrpg" by NO!

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:28:19 +0000

“umihara kawase or turrican” AGH!!! I hate these n00bs! The reference should be to BIONIC COMMANDO, OK!!!