TIGSource: Scarygirl Game Preview

Scarygirl Game Preview

Derek Yu — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Touch My Pixel sent me this preview of a Scarygirl Flash game they’re working on. It looks like fairly standard platforming action, but boy, is it pretty! Love those underwater levels, natch.

Great name for a game company, too!

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by jenn frank

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:28:45 +0000

I collect Scarygirl toys and I am so excited for this game I could just horf.

I’ve sent the preview video around to other Scarygirl toy collectors. The response has been uniformly favorable; we’re all big fans of Nathan Jurevicus, and I can’t help but think a lesser designer could have mucked it up for fans. It’s hardest to please the fans and all that.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by DanFan

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:29:08 +0000

Woohoo!

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Dan MacDonald

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:10:56 +0000

I’ve been lurking.. super busy with the day job lately, but that will change soon, I’m quitting! :)

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Uli.S

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:57:28 +0000

Beautiful artwork, put together skillfully. Great work, guys. Music also yours? Great too.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Tarwin

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:53:48 +0000

Oh, I love Commander Keen! Though I’m not sure where the reference is - dam - gonna have to put one in now!

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by DanFan

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:34:54 +0000

Is the real Dan MacDonald really back? :O

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Dan MacDonald

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:14:25 +0000

DOPE FISH!! Gotta love the keen references

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Quetz

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:47:55 +0000

Or whatever that creature is.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Quetz

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:46:33 +0000

Surprised no one has pointed out the exploding baby chick. Holy crap.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by chutup

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:26:30 +0000

I’m dissing! But I said it ‘looks’ boring. I can’t say for sure if it is that way, though.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Tarwin

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:06:27 +0000

For those that are having trouble, there is now a Youtube version as well.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NmdUEdMh-H0

Warning: it doesn’t look anywhere near as good here and the aspect is all screwy!

It’s fair enough to diss it a little, as we don’t really show any of the enemies / bosses. I’m hoping for them to raise the stakes a little.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by RayRayTea

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:00:50 +0000

I’m having problems with that video too (Opera on Vista)… cursor disappears, loads forever etc. What I managed to saw before losing patience was very pretty though!!

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Jäd

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:03:30 +0000

Well, we DO have the video, and well, since many of us have played an awful lot of platformers, one can often tell how the gameplay feels by looking at it.

But of course, you’ve gotta play it before you can appreciate how it really feels. I don’t see a lot of dissing in here though … ?

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Lim-Dul

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:48:07 +0000

By the way - I love how people are dissing the gameplay before the game is even released. ^^

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Tarwin

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:39:33 +0000

Hi,

Thank you all for the feedback. Truth to tell we don’t think we’ll be creating the “next best newest most different” platformer out there. That kind of crown belongs with wonderful games like Gish - so full kudos to those guys.

In a way this is an adver-game, for Scarygirl and Nathan’s work in general, so at the moment it is the plan for it to be free to play. That said, we are trying our best to make an extemely pleasurable time to play.

What is not shown in the video is all the mini games that will be incorporated which will hopefully help to bring the gameplay out of the pack.

If anyone’s interested in testing the game in a little while please just email us - contact [at] touchmypixel.com

Again, thanks heaps for all the comments, positive and negative.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by PippinZ

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:35:47 +0000

I will be impressed if people still know of this game half a year after its release, like other medium-sized independent game releases that don’t get support from big online distributors like Steam.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Toadsanime

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:11:44 +0000

Wow. If this is gonna’ be freeware, I think I might just make love to this company, somehow. O_o

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by chutup

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:33:15 +0000

No, I don’t like it. Sure, it’s pretty, but the gameplay doesn’t just look typical, it looks boring.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Lim-Dul

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:32:06 +0000

Firefox is hating the video.

Is it? No problems here at all - both on FF2/Vista and FF3/Linux Mint. ^^

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by raigan

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:21:05 +0000

Looks really slick, the platforms moving along curves is high-tech!!

@Al3xand3r: you can’t really believe that “everything has been done” in platformers! I can’t really think of any genre where that statement would correctly apply..

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by MikeK

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:28:50 +0000

Firefox is hating the video. i can kind of scrub through. Also their website seems to be lacking (and strange). For instance i can’t find this video on there.

What i saw looks grand though. I’ll have to check back later…

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Al3xand3r

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:27:02 +0000

Correction: well, “none of which” applies to the gameplay stuff I mentioned actually, obviously we can already love the art :P

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Al3xand3r

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:26:08 +0000

Well obviously if one is not into platformers this can’t possibly do anything to change their mind, nor would one expect it to. What new things could they possibly do for the genre anyway? Everything really has been done.

All that matters now to make the game fresh is to give it the just right game flow and its own charm thanks to the music, art, story (whatever little it has) and well thought out levels and enemy interaction, none of which can be judged by this video, as sweet as it looks.

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Secret Admirer

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:31:14 +0000

Looks pretty and all, but also looks like a generic 2D sidecroller with nothing new to offer Don’t know if want

"Scarygirl Game Preview" by Lim-Dul

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:55:54 +0000

Looks fantastic!

Love those underwater levels, natch.

Well, obviously. ;-)