Разработчик: Armnomads LLC
Описание
Вышло обновление
1.2:
55 Уровней и 3 альтернативные концовки!
3 Уровня сложности;
История перерождения;
Новые анимации и звуки;
Каждый уровень уникален и несет в себе определенный смысл.
Текстовая история локализирована на 8 языков (English, Русский, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified)
Cubway 1.1
* 10 новых уникальных уровней;
* Галерея картин;
* Баланс сложности;
* Оптимизация производительности и баг фикс;
* Текстовая История:
"Дорога хранит тепло тысяч стоп в череде времен.
Но неприметный камень у обочины намного старше всех дорог мира..."
Об игре
Cubway это путешествие с абстрактным сюжетом жизненного цикла перерождения, под названием Самсара. В роли куба, пройди путь полный сложностей и опасностей, посещай интересные и мистические места.Механика игры сконцентрирована вокруг различных способов взаимодействия с препятствиями. Найди правильные места, чтобы обойти препятствия, взрывай их, рассчитывай тайминг своих движений, избегай опасностей, изменяй направление движений при помощи свитчеров и многое другое.
Все это сопровождается уникальными анимациями, разнообразными завораживающими эффектами, релаксирующим эмбиентом и красивым фоновым артом, при помощи которого рассказана абстрактная история Cubway.
• 55 различных уровней
• 3 альтернативные концовки
• Элегантный и стильный дизайн
• Много препятствий и уникальных анимаций
• Завораживающие эффекты дождя, замедления времени, смены дня и ночи и много других
• Атмосферный эмбиент от Севастопольского композитора SiJ
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, portuguese - brazil, russian, simplified chinese, traditional chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows XP
- Процессор: Dual Core
- Оперативная память: 1 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: GeForce 210 or similar
- DirectX: версии 9.0
- Место на диске: 530 MB
- Звуковая карта: Any
Mac
- ОС: Mavericks (OSX 10.9.X)
- Процессор: 1.6 GHz Intel
- Оперативная память: 1 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVidia or ATI graphics card
- Место на диске: 530 MB
Linux
- ОС: Ubuntu 14.04
- Процессор: Dual Core
- Оперативная память: 1 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: GeForce 210 or similar
- Место на диске: 530 MB
- Звуковая карта: Any
Отзывы пользователей
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This game has lots of mixed reviews - some of them praise it, some of them hate it.
It actually costs 4$/€, so it's not even that cheap.
Some users called this game pretentious, since the story looks random and shallow with little effort employed in the graphical sector, while the gameplay itself isn't really even an arcade/puzzle - rather, it's just a simple platformer with few movement options.
Other users praise the abstract artwork, the minimalistic environment, the relaxing atmosphere and such.
The Italian translation of the game is horrible, so I think you should stick with the English one.. the first screen selection in which you're allowed to choose between easy, hard or normal literally reads "pass the game upon another difficulty in order to see analternative story ending" (yeah, "analternative" is written like this in the Italian page).
Anyways, the whole environment is really minimalistic. It's all 2D, you're a red cube, you can move left or right and everything is black and white. Obviously, the goal is to reach the end in each level.
There are lots of taglines and messages between the levels, it's up to you I think to judge if they're enough philosophical or not.. just keep in mind that many translation suck that much that you won't be able to enjoy anything.
Most of the times you won't even know what you're doing and why some of the black figures are moving and why they're moving that way, but in the end the game looks like a simple minimalistic puzzle game which doesn't present some noticeable kind of uniqueness in my view.
Plus.. it's slow.
Apart from the three endings, there are 55 levels and you'll have to move your cube through a mix of texts and abstract black figures which will constantly move - remind that you'll be able to go only left or right.
All in all, the graphics get better and better between the levels and I don't know, I agree with those who say that the game is pretentious since it's no philosopical masterpiece, but on the other side it has a nice mix of good music, nice graphics (not in the minimalistic levels themselves, but rather in the animations in-between) and somehow challenging but simple gameplay.
It's more a matter of timing and waiting rather than pure arcade ability, given the limited moves your cube has. But it's ok.
I'd recommend the game, all in all. It can be enjoyed by lovers of relaxing puzzles or semi-philosophical matters. In a general way it's not a masterpiece, but it's a nice effort. New mechanics are added as you'll progress with the levels, making the game somehow more challenging.
I like the atmosphere and the pictures. The music is wonderful. Then again, the game itself is repeat of trial & error. I'm not sure if I would recommend this as soothing and healing game, as this game evokes the opposite. Unless you find tranquility in the fact that no matter what we do, we always have a vague hope to change the outcome but likely fail a ton before.
I usually do not like to use this word, but this game is extremely pretentious. The "story" is basically randomly selected stock footage with thoughtful-ish text and a fancy instagram filter layed over it.
But that would be forgivable if the gameplay was any good. Spoiler alert: it isn't. The game advertizes itself as a puzzle-arcade. But the controls are too restricted for an engaging arcade gameflow. You can only move along a straight line left or right and occasionally up or down. For a such simple movment system the controls are too slippery and often you end up dying because of the horrible input reading.
Puzzle mechanics is absent. There is no thinking involved, because the results of your actions are unpredictable and inconstant. Sometimes the blocks kill you upon contact, sometimes you need to touch the exact same blocks to finish the level. Sometimes the blocks move left, sometimes they move right, sometimes they do nothing or just crush you by randomly spinning. The game does nothing to telegraph the movments, so you won't be able to "solve" the level. Basically it's a memory game with tedious execution.
The only advantage Cubway has is the art direction. It's increadibly stylish and pleasant to experience. Design and music create the relaxing "zen" atmosphere the developers were obviously going for.
To sum up, this is barely a game. Neither the arcade, nor the puzzle mechanics are engaging. The story is paint by numbers New Age pseudo-wisdom. Maybe it could work better on mobile, but as a PC experience it's a borefest with some nice visuals to look at.
I had thought that the game was going to be an artsy, "go with the flow", meditative zen-like experience where getting into the zone will allow you to rhythmically flow to the end point. It was actually rather simplistic, pressing one button to move your thing across a screen in a particular direction until something triggers, and sometimes just frustratingly trying to race across the screen before a triggered event sealed off an exit, forcing you to try again and again and again and.... all the while making sure that you land your thing pixel-perfect on just the right spot (with the unfortunate handicap of delayed drifting after ending your button press). That became god awfully irritating, trying to land your thing on just the right spot without drifting past or stopping just beforehand.
It's just a waste of money. Rather use your cash for trading cards or something.
Level 44 was kind of nice
nice game i will come back with full review.
It is a well presented game with pleasing if simple graphical design and a nice atmosphere (even if the messages between levels can make you feel like you are being preached to by Xavier Renegade Angel at times), but there are some flaws:
-Some levels force you to wait several seconds before getting in to them which ramps up frustration a huge amount.
-Sometimes the timings and distances are incredibly tight on boring sections, its made worse because it seems like this wasnt made for keyboard/mouse given how easy it is with the slightest tap to hit a wall.
-Basic options like restart, volume sliders, and any obvious way to put it in windowed mode are missing, which is an incredibly annoying trend with a lot of indie games. This isnt minimal, its categorically bad design.
-Difficulty can be very variable, and the difficulty level can be the wrong way round due to the way timings line up better. (Also, the easy ending seems to me to be the best, but perhaps thats deliberate so most people see it.)
When it works, its a pleasure to play and the pacing of fairly rapid single screen levels, along with the changing geometry and sounds keeps you retrying and progressing. Just expect more than a couple of spots where the annoyance mounts up way too fast to be fun.
[Note: I bought this on sale at £0.55]
Trial & error game with only 2 buttons fun for 10 mins then boring
Wow! I never knew that an arcade game could be this philosophical, simple, beautiful and challenging!
Everything looks beautiful, interesting, conceptual. Very relaxing experience, feels more like meditation than a game sometimes :)
Game mechanics themselves are very simple and nice, but it's the artsiness and style that is the most attractive element of this game for me. Loved the photographs and the quotes.
Would love to see another installment of this game.
A neat little puzzle game with interesting visual design and simple gameplay. A lot of trial and error, which can be frustrating at times but it's still enjoyable and definitely worth getting when on sale.
Fantastic meditative title to play, relax and overcome some tough-but-not-frustrating challenges. Metastory behind each level and the whole journey idea is also nice!
GG
It's so calming and aggrivating and beautiful and frustrating at the same time. Great job :)
a e s t h e t i c
Such great music, and an amazing atmosphere, its a whole new, perspective and I enjoyed it, I urge that anybody can find something they like about this game! here's my Experience with the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drZrtpl3xPc
Short: Great challenge, simple but effective graphics and sounds. But nothing "more" profound then that I feel
Long Review:
https://youtu.be/VIxtKoN2WTM
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Armnomads LLC |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 65% положительных (17) |