#this is the only level

[lyramakesgames]

Are You Gaming Son?

This past week, I tried out some indie games on itch.io and I want to highlight two different platformer games, each with their own twists.

The first game I played was, "This is the Only Level," a platformer that used the same platforming layout, but changed its rules throughout each part of the "only level."

The second game I played was, "Cool Dudes Entropic Door-Porium," a platformer that had the character move through doors and moving doors to achieve a walk to the exit.

At first glance, the mechanics seem similar as they are both platformers. However, "This is the Only Level," went above and beyond through its interesting use of level completion using odd mechanics. The most notable one for me was the level that requested the player to refresh.

At first I was confused. Does it mean I should restart my life in the game?

So I moved to restart my character's life and gained a death toll.

It didn't work.

Despite this, I repeatedly tried this method and got nowhere. After several attempts, I found another solution.

Refresh the page.

Best case scenario, I move on. Worse case scenario, I have to go back to part one and begin the climb again. I pressed the button and resumed my game.

End of level opened up perfectly.

With these puzzles solved through a good amount of trial and error, I eventually found the end of the game. Overall, a pretty great experience and a wonderful puzzle platformer. So I booted up "Cool Dudes Entropic Door-Porium," excited for another puzzle platformer.

I wish I could say the game brought me a fraction of the same joy as "This is the Only Level."

Despite both games being puzzle platformers using the keyboard to move, the enjoyment was lackluster in "Cool Dudes Entropic Door-Porium." The good mood I felt from the last game I played was immediately dampened when I reached the last level. A simple level that includes moving a door onto a section on a higher platform.

At first, the door missed the mark. Nothing too terrible, so I tried again from a bit closer.

And again.

And again.

I don't know how many times I tried to move the door onto the ledge, but I could feel the weight of my partner's gaze as they watched me fail time and time again.

At that point, I had witnessed my partner's playing of "Injection Deflection," a game where you walk around in a top-down style through a maze while attacking and avoiding zombies chasing you down. My partner lost easily and tried one more time before accepting defeat and moving on.

Now, I have seen many a Twitch stream in my day, so I was aware of how the mechanics of fighting and movement worked out well. However, watching gameplay in front of me was quite a different experience.

The urge to take over the controls as I am right in arms reach. The restraint against arguing for my partner to try again. Burdened with the knowledge of seeing the mechanics work up close knowing I might achieve more in the game.

Yet here I was. Powerless against the game's level design or my own ineptitude of jumping.

Here is the level I was stuck on. A level I went back to in order to take a photo for posterity's sake. A photo that made me pause for a moment. And in that moment, I decided to try something I hadn't done before.

I went into a door while holding the door in the photo.

...the frustration and annoyance I felt after finally beating this game cannot be expressed in words.

So I guess I'll end this with a GIF.

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[flash-game-tournament]

Propaganda+ Links:

Poptropica:

Granted, Poptropica has now been shifted to html5, and isn’t fully dead, but the original game was a key part of my childhood and had clever puzzles and interesting stories

TIOOL:https://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level

It’s a little elephant and it’s a classic!

[annabelle--cane]

her pronouns are HE/HIM

[laptoparmageddon]

Kill them with kindness?

WRONG

VIDEO FROM 2010 DEATH BLAST!!!!

[kibermonakh]

sooooo triple-S team (Starscream-Soundwave-Shockwave) being the High Guard means that they are far older than Megatron and probably worked with Primes directly… just like Sentinel... And before carrying out his betrayal, he could have tried to rizz them (and fail miserably) so that they would more likely to continue working for him...

[lifetrimmed]

Happy bday to our fluffy puppy~

[bacchuschucklefuck]

no more fan-ta-sizing about it! everything's already changed~

[lgbtlunaverse]

Fanon likes to portray Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji as being jealous of each other because they fear wei wuxian will choose one of them over the other. Which is ignoring the fact that at least in novel canon Jiang Cheng did not even fucking know wangxian ever got along let alone that lwj was in love with wwx until at the very end of the story (in cql canon he does go through a wangxian phase early on and gets very confused by their "breakup" during wwx's sunshot era) and that Lan Wangji is mostly filled with loathing towards both himself and Jiang Cheng for 'abandoning' Wei Wuxian and not being able to save him.

It also ignores the much bigger point that both Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng are actually jealous of Wen Ning. And why wouldn't they be? That is who Wei Wuxian chose in his first life. He left the Jiang, told Lan Wangji to fuck off no he is not coming to gusu with you, and spent his days with his little-brother-shaped corpse bestie on his mountain in yiling. And then when he came back he immediately called him up the second he could string together more than two notes on a flute. Wen Ning is the real competition. (And he's winning)

[egophiliac]

I love how you draw Leona’s hair…so soft and floofy…I know that man uses a 5 in 1 body wash and yet still looks like that…

thank you! 💛💛💛 truly, it is unfair how many of the Twst boys have absolutely gorgeous hair with zero -- nay, negative -- effort. do not make the mistake of asking them about their hair routine. it will only lead to madness.

[fiddlepickdouglas]

Saw another poll that asked what your natural hair color was with half the choices being shades of blonde and that just won't do. Let's go about this the professional way (this does not describe tone but tones are based off this level system). Some natural levels fall in between these, as human variation will do, but go with what you believe is closest.

Feel free to describe your tone in the tags!

*some level systems include levels 11 and 12 but these are strictly to describe shades lightened above a level 10 and are not considered on the naturally occurring spectrum for hair aside from going lighter with age

[ameriel]

anyone know if we have catgirl tomorrow

[xbuster]

It’s so funny how controversial the EXP share is among Pokémon fans as if every RPG ever doesn’t distribute EXP among your whole party. Pokémon fans would know this if they played another RPG.

[miraofhearts2point0]

Isha following Jinx to protect her during a suicide mission where Jinx to tries to get her away for "ruining" her plan.....where have i seen this before?

[umblrspectrum]

part 4 of a lot funnier in my head than on paper

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I know those eyes.

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[leafyeyes417]

Danny was tired. Tucker and Sam had drifted away over the duration of high school. The ghost attacks and danger had been the main factor that started the dissipation of their friendship. Jazz had left for college a while ago leaving him to deal with his parents alone. He had eventually created his own secret base and left the house permanently even if it was technically illegal at 16. No one noticed since he still went to school.

Including being a teen hero who wasn’t appreciated in Amity just was the icing on the cake. After receiving approval from clockwork and mastering his portal abilities, he closed the portal down. It wasn’t easy to do but he made sure everyone was out of the blast range when it shut down. The Fenton house was gone but it hadn’t been home for quite some time.

It was because he was so tired that he was where he was. Drifting out of Earth’s atmosphere, Danny let himself luxuriate in the feeling of space. It made his core hum pleasantly. He moved to a good spot still in Earth’s gravity and curled up and just let himself drift along in a haze. He toned down his glow and his body started to slowly fade into the space around him till he was practically invisible.

He floated in this haze for probably a week, slowly recuperating and feeling himself slowly change. There was no one to miss him for any length of time and he wasn’t worried about his human life at all. Honestly he probably would have drifted longer but something woke him up. Some guy yelling about conquering Earth or something.

Annoyed at being woken up by a fruitloop Danny allowed his form to grow with the power of space he collected and snarled out a “Oy fruitloop! I was woken up because of you! Shut up already!” and smacked him into the sun with a giant hand. Turning his ire on the army with the fruitloop he quickly sent them flying with a blast of power. It would take them many years to gather up again with how hard he sent them flying.

Huffing, he turned and glanced at the group of people left. Shrinking down he spoke and gestures wildly. “I was taking the best nap of my afterlife and was woken up by those pests. You gotta better place I can nap?”

Luckily someone was quick to let him know they had a place. He was guided to a space station soon after and was soon sleeping on the comfiest bed ever.