Monday, November 21, 2011

That you may not have played: Eli Piilonen

I've decided I can probably take a more active role in terms of updating this blog, so I've decided to start recommending flash games you could get away with calling 'arty'. First is Eli Pillonen (a.k.a. '2D Array' on Armor Games) a designer who has suceeded in freaking me the FUCK out.

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That was 'This is a Work of Fiction'. Like Marble Hornets, but in the form of a puzzle game. At any moment, you feel like something could go horribly wrong.

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Fisher-Diver. A game with the single most terrifying final boss battle (if it can even be calle that) I have ever played. Just the gameplay mechanics are interesting; a fishing game where the fish bite back. Although... are they fish? Everything is made up of these abstract lines... it's quite beautiful.

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Viricide. My least favourite of his games, mainly because the final boss is BRUTAL. It took me forty minutes, with all the upgrades.

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A Company of Myself. That one you've probably heard of. It holds a 9/10 rating, which is rare for a game that hasn't bought its way to a 10. Not my favourite, actually, but still very good.



Listen, these games aren't for everyone. But you'll probably get a few very trippy hours out of them, so enjoy. (If you can't work out how to start 'This is a Work of Fiction', I'll help you out.)