Today I continue critiquing games...
Hedgehog Launch
Made by Armor Games
Premise: You live on a small island nation that looks a lot like suburbia. The government has elected you as the new head of their fledgeling space program. The catch -- they can only give you $50 to start and they want you to use the national mammal, a variety of hedgehog.
The controls are pretty easy to learn as they only use the arrow keys and the mouse. You launch the hedgehog with a slingshot and steer it around the sky with the left and right (and later up) keys and try to collect as many coins as possible to fund your upgrades. Randomly placed platforms are provided to bounce off of and achieve more air-time. Upgrades include better launcher, more efficient/powerful jet pack, secondary rockets to go higher, parachute to slow the hedgehog's decent, a radar to detect platforms, and cute little goggles for the hedgehog to wear as it zooms across the sky.
Which brings me to what I like about this game. First and foremost, it's cute. I was wary at first about the "launching hedgehogs into the air" thing because I don't enjoy seeing small vertebrates getting hurt. However there is no "splat" at the end of this game (though there may be a shooting star) and for all appearances the hedgehog seems to be having as much fun with this adventure as you are. Secondly, the soundtrack rocks out, which turns a relatively silly game into and awesome game. After all, you are playing with jet-packs.
The platform radar is my only real frustration in this game. It is very handy to have, but doesn't always show platform placement accurately, particularly when near the ground. It's also requires taking your eyes off the main playing screen momentarily, effecting one's ability to aim at said platforms. Nonetheless, I found myself missing the platform radar when I replayed the game, so it is a helpful feature.
Hedgehog Launch is also a very short game (takes about 10 - 15 minutes to complete), but that's not really a problem as it lends itself very well to replay and attempts at beating your previous high score.
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Earworm of the day (provided you don't get the Hedgehog Launch b.g. music stuck first): Save Your Life by Newsboys
Made by Armor Games
Premise: You live on a small island nation that looks a lot like suburbia. The government has elected you as the new head of their fledgeling space program. The catch -- they can only give you $50 to start and they want you to use the national mammal, a variety of hedgehog.
The controls are pretty easy to learn as they only use the arrow keys and the mouse. You launch the hedgehog with a slingshot and steer it around the sky with the left and right (and later up) keys and try to collect as many coins as possible to fund your upgrades. Randomly placed platforms are provided to bounce off of and achieve more air-time. Upgrades include better launcher, more efficient/powerful jet pack, secondary rockets to go higher, parachute to slow the hedgehog's decent, a radar to detect platforms, and cute little goggles for the hedgehog to wear as it zooms across the sky.
Which brings me to what I like about this game. First and foremost, it's cute. I was wary at first about the "launching hedgehogs into the air" thing because I don't enjoy seeing small vertebrates getting hurt. However there is no "splat" at the end of this game (though there may be a shooting star) and for all appearances the hedgehog seems to be having as much fun with this adventure as you are. Secondly, the soundtrack rocks out, which turns a relatively silly game into and awesome game. After all, you are playing with jet-packs.
The platform radar is my only real frustration in this game. It is very handy to have, but doesn't always show platform placement accurately, particularly when near the ground. It's also requires taking your eyes off the main playing screen momentarily, effecting one's ability to aim at said platforms. Nonetheless, I found myself missing the platform radar when I replayed the game, so it is a helpful feature.
Hedgehog Launch is also a very short game (takes about 10 - 15 minutes to complete), but that's not really a problem as it lends itself very well to replay and attempts at beating your previous high score.
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Earworm of the day (provided you don't get the Hedgehog Launch b.g. music stuck first): Save Your Life by Newsboys
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