The creator of Knytt and Within a Deep Forest just released a new physics-based platform puzzler. Is it any good or is it just for chillbros? We also talk about what games you got over the holidays, and Anthony’s personal life falls to pieces on camera. As. Per. Usual.
NightSky Review
Nifflas has a new game out, dudes! It’s called NightSky and I am excited about it in the most chill, ambient way anyone can be excited. If the name isn’t ringing any bells, his past work probably will – Knytt and Within a Deep Forest are his two most well-known, and we covered his most recent freebee, FiNCK, in episode 91. NightSky has all the hallmarks of a Nifflas game: laid-back pacing, ambient atmosphere, and a focus on exploration of an alien world.
WINDOWS (MAC COMING SOON), Puzzle Platformer, Nifflas, $10 – LINK
Free Indie Countdown
#3: suteF – Windows, Puzzle Platformer, Ted Lauterbach – LINK
#2: Ninja Senki – Windows, Platformer, Pixeltao – LINK
#1: Cat Astro Phi – Flash, Action, PhotonStorm – LINK
Feedback: What did you play over the holidays?
Last episode we asked what you played over the holidays, and the DS seemed to reign supreme.
This week’s question: DUDES, THE BYTEJACKER GAME IS OUT. And it’s free. Go play it and then let us know what you think! http://game.bytejacker.com
Leave a video comment on bytejacker.com, a video reply on YouTube, or a voicemail on our hotline: (530) 675-GAME.
Free Indie Rapid Fire
House of Dead Ninjas – Flash, Platformer, Megadev – LINK
K.O.L.M – Flash, Platformer, Tony – LINK
ring^-27 – Windows, shmup, Sumishiro – LINK
Vote on your favorite on bytejacker.com, then leave a video comment or a video reply on YouTube, or a voicemail on our hotline: (530) 675-GAME.
This week’s Music
This week’s music is by ??? off the album “Wall You Need is Love.” Download it here: LINK
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This episode truly made my day. It came at a perfect time, too (breakup yesterday). Thanks for making me smile.
Sorry to hear it, man!
Dang it, I am so bad with names. Which one of your past flings was named Sarah?
The still for this episode was so washed out I thought you were on the roof again. But you looked like you were on a desk. So I thought maybe you moved your desk TO THE ROOF! Do eet nao!
Cat Astro Phi DOMINATED! Holy smokes. 90% of the vote. This game needs to be made into a bigger cooler game.
I think I’ve already picked out my choice for FIRF… and it’s the game I haven’t even played.
I want him to get back on the Rev3 Roof. I miss the roof top so much!!!
Love the t-shirt. You do the work, we do the pleasure!
Yeah… I don’t get it. Must have never seen that one.
It’s from Brazil, my all-time favorite movie.
I know I swapped the “you”/”we” around in the jingle, but I figured that Anthony was in fact doing the work.
Don’t be ridiculous! He’s under his desk part taking of pleasure in the form of multiplayer gaming with the destructoid girl across the cubical farm.
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i dont have a webcam so ill tell what i think about the bytejacker game
Over all prety fun,but a few kinks (note everything that ill not say here is great)
1)The crowd is prety much retarded….GOD atleast run when you beeing eaten,and the ones that have a shotgun still want to shoot zombie that are 20 ft away from them and not the zombie that is eating him from behind.And the crowd controll is crapy….just make them be 1 step behind me,the survivors dont have to make a que…
2)The shotgun is shit….melle has a bigger range…..
3)The bosses arent very fun-mind you i fough E.T. and died and now im righting this message.He beart me mostly becouse he almost NEVER actually is on the screen…
And the 1rst Boss is PATHETICK…i found the machine gun lvl 2 or 3(can remember) and just shot him and ran circles around him…Heck he didnt even attack me…heck HE DIDNT EVEN MOVE!!!
4)Take out the machine gun lvl 1 out of the store and out of the things you can find…It becomes the defoultwepn after 2 rounds or smthn….
5)Lower the prices on the store….there insane……
Everything i yeat seen in the game is great :)
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In brief:
FIRF goes to Ring^-27 (that’s “Ring to the negative 27th) for uncut innovation plus dual game modes that instead of changing the game keeps the game the same but changes the way you play it. It’s a trick I’ve loved since Megaman X4.
KOLM had too much forced cartography for my liking, but KOLM in a minute was kinda fun. 60 seconds of forced cartography I can handle. http://armorgames.com/play/10297/kolmiam
Bitejacker? How can I not love it?!
[...] free indie game of the week. Thank you to everyone who voted for us! You can see the results in episode 111 (at the 4:50 marker). To celebrate, and as a result of the great response we’ve had to the [...]
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The video says it all ^_^.
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HOW DID I MISS FEEDBACK?! Argh… (>_<)*
Howdy,
I’ve been spending some time playing “Bitejacker”, and those are my impressions:
.:What I like:.
- Great pixel art
- Tight, responsive control
- Voice clips!
- Being able to play as Jon, as well as Anthony
- Winks and nods to the industry – Secret Santa!
- Unlockable & Achievement frenzy!
- Humongous killing streaks
- Joe Larson FTW
- The Necronomicon Ex Mortis
.:What I don’t like:.
- Zombies… again?
- The music: it’s not bad, nor something to write home about
- The shotgun is a piece of junk
- I started to crave for some new gameplay around Day 4. It never came…
- Guest characters, like Joe Larson or Team Meat, should have figured in the game proper, as in-game characters. Their popping up was fun the first couple times, but lost it’s charm real quick. Looks like an after-thought
- Some of the voice clips lack some punch, specially considering Anthony’s usual over-the-top performances. And the lines are repeated a little bit too often
- The melee attack is too powerful; turns out to be a balance breaking feature, as it takes out most of the (already small) challenge
- Boss 1 is a WIMP
- Having to “search” the bonus and power-ups slows the action a lot. It just looks like some artificial way to increase the duration of the game, as most levels are too short
- The levels look too much alike, and the limited color palette, as nice as it looks, doesn’t really help
- There’s some unlockable content that should have been “unlocked” from the get go – it’s only after you’ve spent some time that the game’s pace starts to pick up; by then, I’m guessing many a player, specially if they’re not Bytejacker fans, would have left
- No Combos (explosions, Action Piercing weapons…)?
- Problems navigating some level’s geometry – sometimes you can’t pass through places that are free
- The items on the shop are way too expensive, considering their usefulness and how hard it is to get those amounts of cash
- Fighters are too dumb to be useful
- A reference to Bon Jovi??
All in all, not a bad game, mind you, and some of the previous points are merely nitpicking, but should it have not been a Bytejacker game, I would probably have stopped playing by Day 6 or 7.
“- Joe Larson FTW”
Darn straight.
Here’s my video response to this weeks question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP02I4glkTI
I miss you guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blb50G37KFg – FreeIndieNinjaBaby
Last video wasn’t ‘shown’, I’m assuming it was too hideous.
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House of Dead Ninjas, y’all. Why you hatin’.
House of Dead Ninjas is totally my favorite this episode. *shhhhhhh* don’t tell anyone I have favorites.
I just assume that the one that gets the least votes will usually be the one you picked.
By the way, Anthony: maybe this has already been discussed elsewhere, but congratulations on your being the host of this year’s IGF awards!! That’s just amazing!! O_o We are SO proud of you.. :D Will you “smuggle” us in there, to show us the GDC/IGF from an insider’s point of view on a future Bytejacker episode?
Congratulations again! You truly deserve this recognition! :)
NIIIIIICK! Where’s the blog post announcing this.
I mean, I knew, but I forgot too.
We didn’t do a blog post about it, but we tweeted it and put it on Facebook. We’ll post livestream details when we get closer to the event.
Thanks, dude! A behind-the-scenes episode is in the works.
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Shiny new webcam, so it doesn’t look like crap anymore.
My opinion on Bitejacker
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Yeah, the Double Rainbow thing is a joke – it was originally called “Human Sacrifice,” and it has a lot to do with my character. Jon’s about saving people, but I’m about leaving them behind the moment I have the option.
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FEEDBACK: Bitejacker was okay, I guess. Kinda went downhill after the first half-minute or so.
Poor Nick.
I kinda hoped you’d come back as a boss, like the leader of all the zombies. To exact your revenge.
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Synopsis:
o There are extra modes in Ring^-27. Keep playing it. Good job Anthony for bringing this game to my attention.
o Bitejacker… I’m not enjoying it as much. I hate to say that. Half the prices and double the weapon power and I’ll give it another shot.
I pick: “House of Dead Ninjas”
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hot throttle all the WAY.
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IT WAS THE WRONG VIDEO
URRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH.
well i guess i’ll just have to redo my comment. man.