TIGSource: Flywrench

Flywrench

Derek Yu — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:29:00 +0000

Superb little abstract game, from the creator of the Punishment series. Very economical in its design. The inherent frustration is balanced by instantaneous reloading after death.

Watch the trailer in the extended for an idea of the game mechanics involved.

Note: the game automatically saves at the end of each of the 8 “gates.”

(Thanks, Eden!)

"Flywrench" by Serprex

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:58:50 +0000

I found it to be solid in design, though the music at some stages made it dare me to stop

I didn’t though, I sat through and finished it in one sitting. I found the final levels were lacking in a final burst, though the credits were interesting

An interesting part is the pretaste before chapters. I liked those parts, too bad the final sections got lazy with those too

"Flywrench" by Smirt

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:30:31 +0000

In some parts I have fun trying to figure out how to get through the gates…in other I want to smash my computer, curl up in a ball, and cry. The sensitivity of the controls seem to randomly go up and down during each level. “Music” is a little annoying at first but I got used to it.

Cool but very unforgiving.

"Flywrench" by jade_ad

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:45:39 +0000

a great game:) sometimes hard, but i’m lucky x) 13 mins

"Flywrench" by mixman

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:22:10 +0000

what a really nice game. For some reason, even though I beat it, I just want to keep playing it over and over again…. (or maybe that’s just my heroin)

Messhoff has a nack for making frustrating, impossible games, yet also making you really want to play them.

"Flywrench" by Javet

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:34:59 +0000

6:41!!!! This game was frustrating…

"Flywrench" by robolee

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:09:57 +0000

most frustrating annoying game ever, the music just impacts it, so… so much.

someone get me a punch bag.

although, something keeps me wanting to continue, probably the art, but I’m not quite sure.

"Flywrench" by messhof

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:51:44 +0000

About the timing: Maybe there’s a bug, but the way it’s supposed to work is your time is only counted while you are actually piloting the flywrench– and this is only recorded when you save. So if you play for an hour, then get frustrated and close the game before completing the gate you were in, and the next time beat the whole gate in a minute, it only record that second time.

It’s awesome there’s been such a positive response to the game, and I’m toying with ways of expanding it. I’m going to start a blog on http://messhof.blogspot.com for anyone that’s interested. -mark

"Flywrench" by Pnx

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:50:26 +0000

Meh well I think most people are taking the time to play the game and read the text. If you don’t it really goes much faster. I just played the game again and completed in just under 9 minutes.

"Flywrench" by Jad

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:19:12 +0000

Heheheheh

I suck at using fingers D:> I’m left-handed but I control things like these with my righty. Eeeh. So my fingers are kind of paralyzed right now. Don’t want to write stuff D:>

33:something

The music was killing me after a while. 30 minutes of static in my ears. Euuugh.

But hey, I made it (:

"Flywrench" by Daiz

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:23:24 +0000

Just beat it, 22:46 was my time. Took some time to get used to the controls, but after that, it was pretty easy. I found using the left and right and Z and X the best key combination.

"Flywrench" by JW

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:42:13 +0000

0:09:28

What the fuck, why do I have such a great score? D:

"Flywrench" by grabladon

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:46:33 +0000

The ending was the best!

"Flywrench" by Radix

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:48:07 +0000

The fact that passing though a gate is based on the animation of your ship rather than what you’re doing with the keyboard is what makes it frustrating.

If that were more intuitive I could see myself liking it more.

"Flywrench" by failrate

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:20:15 +0000

I thought this game was really hard until I discovered that the roll protects my flywrench from the yellow walls.

Then it was only very hard :D

"Flywrench" by Snicklas

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:32:27 +0000

Hah, this is way awesome. Oh, wish I thought of that idea first.

A bit too easy though, beat it in 12-something minutes.

"Flywrench" by rndll

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:28:47 +0000

Addicting. I also hate Mercury ;-p

"Flywrench" by Stwelin

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:40:28 +0000

34:08. yeck. mercury sucks.

"Flywrench" by Fuck this game

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:33:15 +0000

What a fucking god awful piece of shit. I think I’m gonna huck my computer out of my window now, because I’m so damn ashamed I had this horrible game on it.

"Flywrench" by Javet

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:12:18 +0000

ARGH! THIS GAME IS SO FRUSTRATINGLY AWESOME! I’m stuck on Earth…

"Flywrench" by Kenzya

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:47:28 +0000

I stopped playing this game last night because I hated the controls. I popped it in today and I actually played it through and beat it. Only took 20:14, which is shocking because I thought I was doing way worse. Good game.

"Flywrench" by Pnx

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:59:35 +0000

Took me 22 minutes. Love games like these, once I got the feel of controling it, it became alot easier. Just remember every sublte little movement has an effect.

"Flywrench" by crackers

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:34:55 +0000

Fuckin’ shit! is right, this game is a total cunt at times.

"Flywrench" by cactus

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:03:58 +0000

Got to venus before I developed a migraine. Serves me right I guess…

"Flywrench" by Stwelin

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:46:04 +0000

Got to earth and quit. I love games that make me scream “FUCKIN’ SHIT!” and then throw my keyboard out the window.

"Flywrench" by oranda

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:59:44 +0000

Every now and then I find a game which makes me say “why in the world didn’t I think of this first”? This is one of those games. Major props to the author.