Season 7 ~ Week 19 ~ Homebrew 2

[+Spriggy]

Squish 'Em - Game 1 B/B

21,310

Played On: Stella

Get my 1st score in on this little quirky game. Good fun. Away from home again, so had to play on Stellaaaaaaaa! Should have time to improve.

[Scrabbler15]

18,620

 

I'm getting better at this game, but I'm not sure I would want to play it enough to make significant improvement.

 

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[LidLikesIntellivision]

49,470

 

[Novastar]

All I got in me this week is a participation score: 3990

 

[+Spriggy]

Squish 'Em - Game 1 B/B

37,580

Improvement

[StanJr]

19600

 

Starting out I thought I was really going to enjoy this game and compete for some high scores, but the longer I play it the more I grow to hate it. The collision detection between the player and the monsters is so sloppy that it's not even worth trying to squish them. The game should be call Avoid 'Em. Because if you are even slightly off the hitbox you lose a life. And since trying to squish is, ostensibly, part of the game's core mechanic, it makes the entire game feel very broken to me. This is one of the most disappointing homebrew experiences I've had in a while. I can't wait to never play Squish 'Em again.

[+Spriggy]

@StanJr Yeh I initially had the same general thoughts in relation to the timing and hit box. I ended up trying not to rush it so much, as there is no timer per-say, and found if I stopped at the nearest 'nodule' in front of the oncoming enemy, I would time it to just squish them as they were moving onto the opposing nodule. Instead of just trying to calculate the distant from you to the enemy anywhere along the running line and just squish them anywhere willy nilly. ( I hope that made sense. Even I'm going )

So the game play ended up being move .. stop .. wait .. time it .. squish .. rinse and repeat. Ended up enjoying getting into a rhythm, in my case away.

[Leto27]

19600

 

Starting out I thought I was really going to enjoy this game and compete for some high scores, but the longer I play it the more I grow to hate it. The collision detection between the player and the monsters is so sloppy that it's not even worth trying to squish them. The game should be call Avoid 'Em. Because if you are even slightly off the hitbox you lose a life. And since trying to squish is, ostensibly, part of the game's core mechanic, it makes the entire game feel very broken to me. This is one of the most disappointing homebrew experiences I've had in a while. I can't wait to never play Squish 'Em again.

I had fun with this game, and the collision detection wasn't bad for me, like Spriggamortis says wait for the enemies in one nodule ( one with escape route ) squish the enemy and repeat, I must add: look for the slower enemies and avoid the tricky one ( In later levels there is a mix of all enemies ) you must be very patient to succeed with this strategy ( I am a very patient person, remember I was able to support more than four hours of playing red sea crossing )

Edited May 27, 2018 by Leto27

[Scrabbler15]

24,230

 

Decent game, but that's enough of that.

 

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[nads]

Squish 'Em : 41,830

 

[classicgamer_27330]

no pic because down at the bottom, 2250

[Novastar]

Looks like I had time after all for an improvement while everyone was sleeping.

 

New High Score: 014000

 

 

Love the new javatari mobile full screen!

[Atarian7]

23,920

 

[Hank Rearden]

Not a huge fan of the game but don't hate it either.

 

40,000

Five of a kind with a 4 kicker.

[The Bjorkinator]

Squish 'Em - 27710

[Atarian7]

29,520

 

[agb]

24,450. Improvement. Will try a little more tonight.

[Atarian7]

35,830

 

[agb]

Last score for the week. 29,140. Kind of fun game.

[G-type]

I had a score of 20,790 for this game but the 3 day weekend screwed me up on remembering when the deadline is.