VVVVVV

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

VVVVVV comes out on Sunday. It a new 2D platformer by Terry Cavanagh.

He's made a bunch of great games that are free to play (Try "Don't look back" here), but this is his first commercial release, and it's a much bigger game than what he has previously done.

It is completely DRM free, and available (as of Sunday) for PC/Mac/Linux.

It is a bit good.

Reviews:

Edge wrote:

Even so, it would be wrong to let the sheer fiendishness of Cavanagh’s offering overwhelm any appreciation of the ceaseless elegance of the design. In fact, the difficulty and the creative ingenuity work in tandem: the promise of the next piece of cleverness driving you past some of the less lovable challenges, while that challenge itself makes you appreciate the precision and quiet brilliance with which the whole thing has been pieced together. Brutal and rather short, VVVVVV’s also devious and darkly funny. It’s a pedantic classic, and a game for watch-makers as much as speed-runners

SavyGamer wrote:

VVVVVV achieves visual beauty with as few pixels as necessary....there are more ideas here than most 10 hour+ games.

DIY gamer wrote:

from start to finish, Terry Cavanagh’s VVVVVV is a shining example of how to blend simplicity, polish, difficulty and excellence in a nicely packaged product. VVVVVV shouldn’t be missed.

It's an excellent game, and I was lucky enough to meet Terry at the Eurogamer expo, and he's a lovely bloke.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

is that a sf2 remix for the soundtrack or are my ears way off?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Jan 08, 2010 22:50

LewieP wrote:

He's made a bunch of

*grinds teeth*

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Dimrill wrote:

LewieP wrote:

He's made a bunch of

*grinds teeth*

Why? Did I do a miss-grammarisation

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

Looks ace. Did you tell him to do a 360 release when you met him?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

End of an Era wrote:

Looks ace. Did you tell him to do a 360 release when you met him?

I asked if he was interested in other platforms, and he said he was, but that he wouldn't be able to do it himself. He said that ideally he would get someone else to port it for him.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:14

LewieP wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

LewieP wrote:

He's made a bunch of

*grinds teeth*

Why? Did I do a miss-grammarisation

You did a bunch of them, actually.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:22

I AM GOING TO GO SPANK CRAZY ON YO ARSES!

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

It's out now.

Web based demo available too.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

Wow. People pay money for shitty flash games these days? Especially as it just borrows ideas from all the other flash games that do the gravity flipping thing.

Also: It doesn't even have a volume control. I hope he releases a patch for that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Dimrill wrote:

I AM GOING TO GO SPANK CRAZY ON YO ARSES!

Look, stop the 'bunch' thing, Dimrill's gotten angry.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 17:00

Must be one of the most annoying games I've ever played. Almost in a good way, but not quite.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

This just got a Steam release, and it's down to just £3.59:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/70300/

PC/Mac.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Dimrill wrote:

LewieP wrote:

He's made a bunch of

*grinds teeth*

What is your problem with this phrase? It's not technically incorrect.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

It's not technically incorrect.

It is. Strict British English definition only allows "bunch" for a grouping of things that grow together, like bananas, flowers, grass, and (at a push) fingers (as in "a bunch of fives"). American English relaxes that rule to allow "bunch" to group pretty much anything. And Dimmers has a very long stick up his (arse)|(ass) about Americanisms. On the plus side though, it does give him excellent posture

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Doc - I'll check in the big OED downstairs, but I'm fairly sure that the meaning has relaxed a little over the years.

And, of course, American English is often more correct than British English, using, as it does, older spellings and usages.

EDIT - OED says I'm right, and gives examples from 19th century writers (e.g. A G Gardiner)using it as complained of.
:metul:

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Also - keys.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Well, keys act like a bunch of fruit, don't they? All attached at a central point, and shit. Whereas a bunch of bicycles do not.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:43

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Also - keys.

You can probably use a joypad if you want.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:44

Craster wrote:

Well, keys act like a bunch of fruit, don't they? All attached at a central point, and shit. Whereas a bunch of bicycles do not.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:45

It's a great onomatopoeic word, bunch.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:46

Craster wrote:

Well, keys act like a bunch of fruit, don't they? All attached at a central point, and shit. Whereas a bunch of bicycles do not.

I'd say that games do. Especially if based on a core set of code.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:47

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Doc - I'll check in the big OED downstairs, but I'm fairly sure that the meaning has relaxed a little over the years.

And, of course, American English is often more correct than British English, using, as it does, older spellings and usages.

EDIT - OED says I'm right, and gives examples from 19th century writers (e.g. A G Gardiner)using it as complained of.
:metul:

It would make me sad if the UK introduces something like l'académie française.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

LewieP wrote:

This just got a Steam release, and it's down to just £3.59:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/70300/

PC/Mac.

Cheers Lewie, I've just gone and gotten it now.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

American English is often more correct than British English, using, as it does, older spellings and usages

More correct or less evolved?

What I'd like to see is the term 'American English' being dropped altogether, can't we just call it 'American', given that Welsh features such words as Helicwpter and still manages to be considered discreet from English. What really irritates me is the option on computers for 'UK English' as if it's somehow equal to the second-hand crap you get in Australia and the United States. It's English, or a derivative. There is no parity.

Anyway, the game looks nice but not my cup of tea.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 17:03

GovernmentYard wrote:

What really irritates me is the option on computers for 'UK English' as if it's somehow equal to the second-hand crap you get in Australia and the United States. It's English, or a derivative. There is no parity.

What rot. There's no one variant that's better or more correct than the others - and they are obviously all very slightly different versions of the same language, with a few little differences that people get far too hung up on.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 17:03

Oh, and VVVVVV isn't very good.

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

BLASPHEMER.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 17:36

Being a programmer, I pretty much work in American English, and don't get too annoyed about the mistakesdifferences. Programming and markup languages don't understand colour or trousers, for example.

What does annoy me, however, is when developers make a language select screen and use the word English next to an American flag. RRRRRRR.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 18:33

Grim... wrote:

Programming and markup languages don't understand colour or trousers, for example.

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm struggling to think of a time where you'd want to use 'trousers' in programming. I'm guessing that Americans would spell it 'trosers', in any case, seeing as they have an aversion to the letter 'U'.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

You would use it whenever you want to program some trousers.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 20:53

myoptikakaka wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Programming and markup languages don't understand colour or trousers, for example.

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm struggling to think of a time where you'd want to use 'trousers' in programming. I'm guessing that Americans would spell it 'trosers', in any case, seeing as they have an aversion to the letter 'U'.

That's because there is no U in TEAM. Or something.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Your mums a vvvv good game

Malc74 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:39

myoptikakaka wrote:

Forgive my ignorance, bt I'm strggling to think of a time where yo'd want to se 'trosers' in programming. I'm gessing that Americans wold spell it 'trosers', in any case, seeing as they have an aversion to the letter ''.

American English FeeX.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

The seemingly endless supply of hot women in Grim...'s office probably wish he'd use trousers when programming.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:34

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The seemingly endless supply of hot women in Grim...'s office probably wish he'd use trousers when programming.

It could, of course, just be one stuck in a revolving door.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Did someone on here say that VVVVVV wasn't very good? LIES. It's splendid. Lovely open map made me think it was Castlevania-lite. I'm just in the mood for something short and sweet and this is it.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

It's glorious. I'ld recommend the 3ds version if the choice is there due to the map on the second screen.

I even bothered to 100%. Something I never do and proof it's really very very special.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Pretty sure this is coming to a bunch of new platforms soon too. I think android/iOS, possibly a few other consoles (I think including the Vita).

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