TIGSource: Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2

Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2

Derek Yu — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:54:00 +0000

BDTUW is looking good! Made by Lo-Fi Minds for our VGNG Competition, the actual compo entry was a sweet promise of something more… much more! This vid drops its trousers a little lower, revealing brand new areas, characters, and mechanics. Yum!

On the Lo-Fi Minds blog, cactus explains that the aspect ratio has been changed to accommodate HD.

(Source: Tim, via the IndieGames.com blog)

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Disraptor

Mon, 05 May 2008 01:10:35 +0000

This game is obviously a Call of Duty 4 rip-off.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by teknogames

Sun, 04 May 2008 10:39:26 +0000

you can tell he’s fallen in love with the project. Good for him! I can’t wait to play it.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Analog

Sun, 04 May 2008 07:58:37 +0000

The fact that Cactus produces his games very fast isn’t a real good argument for Cactus’s greatness, but I have got respect for him because of the fact that his games are so graphically diverse and contain many original ideas which he manages to deliver polished and challenging.

Just as Cactus’s popularity seems to grow (by getting the opportunity to start Lo-Fi Minds for instance), the admiration by some people seems to low. I think that’s silly. Psychosomnium was his only platformer, really. Plus, it was not a real game like Clean Asia, but an experiment. So this is gonna be his first real platformer, and it looks pretty damn interesting if you ask me. I want to cheer for his hard work and not draw a comparison between Cave Story, which is real stupid. That game took 5 years to make and belongs to a complete different genre.

I’m looking forward to this one.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by colorFool

Sun, 04 May 2008 07:25:27 +0000

Please explain to me, when a style is good and when not. And while you’re at it, please explain to me what beauty is, too…

Also it’s one thing argumenting against fanboys… but being a hateboy doesn’t improve anything either..

Concerning criticism - it’s quite hard to criticise a game that you only have seen a video of. How much constructive criticism can you give that’s not on superficial things like graphics and music?

But back on topic - up to now the game looks quite funky but for me there’s still something missing, that’d really catch my attention (although that propeller hat is a real good start!)

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by anonymous coward 2.0

Sun, 04 May 2008 06:50:15 +0000

I’m with you, Jorge.

I bet none of them fanboys could explain WHY they like his style (I doubt they even know what the word “style” means).

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Gr.Viper

Sun, 04 May 2008 01:57:36 +0000

The only thing the camera does is zoom out when the character is moving.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Zeno

Sun, 04 May 2008 01:52:55 +0000

Yes Jorge, you’re the only one.

If that trailer sets you off, good luck playing any game ever other than Myst, because honestly there’s nothing different about it.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Corpus

Sun, 04 May 2008 01:17:14 +0000

Really? No, I had no problems with it. I thought it looked… majestic.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Jorge

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:34:09 +0000

Am I the only person who almost puked from nausea watching the trailer?

If the game camera really is that fluid, I’ll get vertigo seconds into starting play.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Gr.Viper

Sat, 03 May 2008 20:55:28 +0000

I love those ripoff-naming compos… What’s the prize?

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Corpus

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:27:45 +0000

This game is such a ripoff of The Caveside.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by bejeweled

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:05:52 +0000

You spelled my name wrong :(

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by xerus

Sat, 03 May 2008 15:05:19 +0000

I dont know cactus, it looks like a bewjeweled rip off…

I demand to be a beta tester. Please :D

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by anonymous coward 2.0

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:51:33 +0000

Oh wait, cactus didn’t write the music. It was another guy :D

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by anonymous coward 2.0

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:49:48 +0000

It’s not ripoff, it just looks boring and sterile. I like the music, though.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Fishy Boy

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:32:44 +0000

It’s just like YHTBTR, because it’s 2D and it has graphics. Total ripoff. And although the plot doesn’t make much sense, that doesn’t mean it’s got to be written off as inexistent.

While it is ridiculous to smoth a game you haven’t really played with love, it’s just as ridiculous to smother it in hate.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Nu

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:27:53 +0000

I love the hate

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by anonymous coward 2.0

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:03:57 +0000

It looks like You Have To Burn The Rope, but with sterile graphics and without meaning (and plot).

But it will change your miserable life because you’re a fanboy!

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by I Like Cake

Sat, 03 May 2008 11:27:05 +0000

“having multiple orgasms over a shallow run-and-jump platformer maybe goes a little too far.”

So multiple orgasms are when you say things like “shaping up nicely” and “looks awesome?” Are you sure you know what an orgasm is?

Please think carefully before responding.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by neat-o

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:47:56 +0000

“Lo-Fi Minds”

“the aspect ratio has been changed to accommodate HD.”

irony?

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by anonymous coward

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:11:15 +0000

It’s kinda cute the way tigpeople over react about the simplest things.

Obviously you have to give Cactus some credit for his non-stop production and his occasional gems, but having multiple orgasms over a shallow run-and-jump platformer maybe goes a little too far.

And I’m not even just talking about Cactus’ stuff. Anything with a “indie” label seems to be automagically “made of awesome” around here.

Maybe giving some more serious critique would be better for the community as a whole. We don’t need to lose the sense of partnership nor need to act like dickhead nitpickers.

(The music is hot, though, and the pixel-vector-ish graphics are interesting)

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Annabelle

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:08:31 +0000

this looks awesome and not like a cave-story ripoff in any way shape or form.

i love cactus

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Melly

Sat, 03 May 2008 09:38:51 +0000

Wanna play wanna play wanna play.

Especially the manslaughter part with the skull fella.

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Eclipse

Sat, 03 May 2008 05:11:42 +0000

@Sergio Every game made after cave story is clearly a cave story rip-off, and also some previous ones…. like mario.

@Cactus I like the way you’re polishing more your games now

"Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld Teaser #2" by Lez

Sat, 03 May 2008 02:59:51 +0000

But John Madden is so indie D: On the topic of the game it boggles the mind and inspires that little cell at the back of the head thats saying “draw a dog, I know you cant draw a dog, but do it any way”