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coign of vantage

Derek Yu — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:47:00 +0000

In Bobblebrook’s coign of vantage you assemble 2d pixel icons by rotating a cloud of floating 3d pixels. Which is kind of a Fez-ish idea used in a different context. I like it, although I’m not inclined to play it more than a couple of times. I sorted a little over 50 images and thought that was pretty good, but I’m nowhere near the highscore board.

In fact, the coign of vantage highscore board is so far away from me that I’ve only heard about it in hushed whispers.

(Source: Kieron Gillen, via Rock, Paper, Shotgun)

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P.S. Wondering what a “coign of vantage” is?

"coign of vantage" by -___-

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:55:43 +0000

Interesting concept, and it was done quite well. Easy if you know how to do it, but ridiculously hard if you don’t. I twore thin after about a half hour.

"coign of vantage" by increpare

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:52:31 +0000

Agreeing broadly with the comments above, I’ll just say that I found it to be a very pleasant (probably once-off) playing experience.

"coign of vantage" by barold

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:57:03 +0000

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"coign of vantage" by Melly

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:51:33 +0000

Like it’s been mentioned the basic problem is that the gameplay is far too easily exploitable. I could have continued indefinitely if I wanted to, and you didn’t even need to see the picture on the top right to line it all up very quickly.

"coign of vantage" by guesst

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:58:34 +0000

I got 51 on my first run. I would have gotten more except I was going to bail halfway and read the rules, then I noticed there was a ticking clock, so I finished the round. Seems to play better with a touchpad.

"coign of vantage" by Dock

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:52:45 +0000

Wow, this is pretty striking. It’s very to see such an original idea and a great visual experience.

"coign of vantage" by Solace

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:22:58 +0000

Find the cone, point the cone toward the camera, win. Easy. Unique, but… way easy.

"coign of vantage" by Scott

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:23:11 +0000

No, that’s all you ended up doing

"coign of vantage" by w

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:04:07 +0000

got to 32 fun I guess, but I’ll never play it again

"coign of vantage" by toastie

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:42:41 +0000

That first poster wasn’t me, by the way :P I think this game is great.

"coign of vantage" by Dusty Spur

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:41:58 +0000

I was only able to get 10 pictures. It’s really easy to see how to rotate it, but ridiculously hard to actually make it rotate the right way.

"coign of vantage" by Very nice concept.

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:52:11 +0000

But shit game. All you ended up doing was making the smallest blocks close to you, and getting frustrated when you couldn’t rotate it the right way.

"coign of vantage" by EarMeNow

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:19:54 +0000

I can see the drum, but I can’t quite line up the pixels!

"coign of vantage" by Biggerfish

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:09:49 +0000

That was a really nice game, the sounds were nice, the visuals were pretty and it never put you down (the worst I ever got was “Pretty Good”). Also the music.

While the game itself was pretty easy, it was made me feel great.

"coign of vantage" by toasty mofo

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:01:36 +0000

i got bored of this once i figured out that all the pixels are pretty much in a line pointing towards the camera when you’re in the right position.