Why Super Hexagon Will Ruin Your Life And Leave You Smiling
“GAME. OVER.. AGAIN!”
“GAME. OVER.. AGAIN!”
“GAME. OVER.. AGAIN!”
GNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Fucking thing. Honestly. I cannot believe how much of my time I’ve let it thieve. And how much of that has ended up counting? A paltry 75:50 seconds apparently.
Well. So far.
I carry on but with not an iota of buyer’s remorse or creeping resentment. Despite hours poured in for a lot of frustration out Super Hexagon is a beautifully bare, fat free, pure gaming experience. It’s not the million and one GNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!s that stick in the mind.
More importantly, particularly for any of you game design scientists out there, Super Hexagon is a mathematically air tight, formal proof of something long suspected:
Left and Right is all you need. Even fire can be too much sometimes.
Go get it now. If you care about games it’s your duty to make Terry Cavanagh a rich man.
Written at the suggestion of the excellent NewRetro.org. More details here.
Mirrored from Gamedev.