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[Wario64]

Super Hexagon
Developed by: Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV)
Music By: Chipzel
Super Hexagon OST for purchase/listening: http://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/super-hexagon-ep
Site: http://superhexagon.com/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sz0mI_6tLQ&feature=player_embedded
Platform: iOS (Universal) now / Steam (PC/Mac) out now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640/ Android soon
Price: $2.99
Release Date: Out now (iOS)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?mt=8
http://store.steampowered.com/app/221640/

Super Hexagon is a twitchy arcade style game where you navigate a triangle clockwise or counter-clockwise around a hexagon while avoiding obstacles.

Try out Hexagon for free (Flash required): http://distractionware.com/games/flash/hexagon/
Gameplay video of 'Hexagon' (not the iPhone version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1celNlGu78



Screens:

 

[Dog Problems]

This game will have a permanent place on my phone.

 

[pizzapizza64]

So the question is: Do I buy this right away without even looking at a preview video?

The answer: Yes.

 

[Booter]

buying for 99 cents, looks cool

 

[To Far Away Times]

Terry Cavanagh games are instant buys.

 

[Snuggles]

I can't quite wrap my mind around how this game works, and I'm fairly certain it'll make me puke, but I'm in.

Okay, I can see it now after watching the video. Looks hectic and nauseating, but it a good way.

 

[Community Forum]

Wow! So many great iOS games lately.

 

[Chinner]

okay confession time i looked at the screenshots and thought "this looks shit" but then, i watched the youtube.

holy moly. day 1.

edit: oh its out today.

 

[transience]

I played the shit out of the flash game. So damn addicting.

Will probably have to buy this just to have it on the go.

 

[Robin64]

Terry Cavanagh games are instant buys.

They are, but they are also stupid hard. Love it.

 

[Anteater]

Didn't know about this game, don't have an iOS device so I'll probably give the pc/mac version a try, loved VVVVVV

 

[Wario64]

okay confession time i looked at the screenshots and thought "this looks shit" but then, i watched the youtube.

holy moly. day 1.

edit: oh its out today.

It was actually released last Friday accidentally but I don't think a handful of people even bought it before it went down. Sneaky sneaky


Also don't play the Flash version if you have a bunch of stuff to do. You will get addicted

 

[Snuggles]

He mentions a hyper mode on his blog. I can only imagine how insane that must be, if it's at a faster pace then the footage in that youtube video of the flash version.

I do wonder how the controls will work, it looks like you need to move really fast. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

[Wario64]

He mentions a hyper mode on his blog. I can only imagine how insane that must be, if it's at a faster pace then the footage in that youtube video of the flash version.

I do wonder how the controls will work, it looks like you need to move really fast. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Apparently you tap left and right sides of screen to move left and right. Seems like an elegant control scheme

 

[Chinner]

urgh virtual controls? pass worst game ever please port to 3ds/vita/popstation.

 

[Wario64]

urgh virtual controls? pass worst game ever please port to 3ds/vita/popstation.

/me slaps Chinner around a bit with a large trout

 

[Zia]

Nice OT!

The game is going to be an iOS leaderboard classic.

 

[Chinner]

i'd laugh if he put a mode in where you'd actually have to rotate the iphone around. would probably result in a lot of broken ios devices.

 

[Stumpokapow]

this game released in the US store but not the Canadian store :/

 

[SmokyDave]

Man, that looks great. Loved the music in the video too. Will grab it at midnight, play it twice and then add it to my never ending backlog.

i'd laugh if he put a mode in where you'd actually have to rotate the iphone around. would probably result in a lot of broken ios devices.

You're an evil genius.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Not up on EU server.

 

[Nosgoroth]

Terry Cavanagh? I'm going to blind buy this, I don't even care.

Not up on EU server.

Curses, foiled again!

 

[Drago]

I see in the OP that it's coming to Android maybe... how likely is that? Don't have an iOS device (won't have one until maybe next year)

Any game from the creator of VVVVVV is a game I need to play

 

[Dog Problems]

I see in the OP that it's coming to Android maybe... how likely is that? Don't have an iOS device (won't have one until maybe next year)

All he has said about an Android version is that it's a "possibility." PC/Mac are coming first.

 

[Drago]

All he has said about an Android version is that it's a "possibility." PC/Mac are coming first.

Alright then. Will get this on Mac whenever that comes then.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Just downloaded it. Man i suck at this

 

[Zeth]

Forgot this is out tonight. Man, the pc version destroyed me. Should be much easier on iOS.

 

[out0v0rder]

i have played the pc version of this, nice music but the game gets repetitive kinda fast

 

[kerrak]

There was this flash game free on pc http://distractionware.com/games/flash/hexagon/
Is it the same?

Edit: didn't see the link in the first post oops

 

[Glass Rebel]

Not out on the Swiss store. Whoever fault this is sucks.

 

[mediapulp_wes]

I'm playing a preview for review at the moment and damn I suck so hard at this game, but it's still bloody great. Playing it on iPad, but I think I'd play more if I was on an iPhone. So easy to pick up and play in a short burst. This is a very pure gaming experience, but I can't help thinking there's an even better game in here with more elements to it. Ultra Hexagon next please!

Also, bloody hard to review when you genuinely have no idea how much you suck at it. The first few minutes of gaming made me feel like I was utterly worthless as a gamer.

 

[1-D_FTW]

Kind of a retro/update on the classic arcade game Cameltry. Cool.

 

[so1337]

Played the flash version. Games don't usually give me motion-sickness but this is making me feel a bit funny. It definitely seems cool though. Will buy as soon as it's available in my region.

 

[spyhunterzero]

Damn, looks kinda trippy and addicting just by looking at the video to me. Will try it if I get a chance.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

This game is wild and crazy. I dig it.

 

[Gilby]

I played the earlier version on PC, does this one add anything?

 

[Wario64]

I played the earlier version on PC, does this one add anything?

New levels, a new game+'ish mode, also Terry says he can't even look at 'Hexagon' anymore. "it just feels so rough and broken."

Sounds like it's more expanded

 

[mediapulp_wes]

New levels, a new game+'ish mode, also Terry says he can't even look at 'Hexagon' anymore. "it just feels so rough and broken."

Sounds like it's more expanded

It's definitely a more polished experience. Music gets stuck in your head and it looks gorgeous on the iPad screen for a game with such simple design.

 

[ampere]

The web browser demo is very hard. I like Terry's games and will keep an eye on this

 

[nickcv]

loved vvvvvvv but i don't think this one is my cup of tea...

i like to have some sense of accomplishment besides reaching an always better score

 

[PixyJunket]

It took me like half of a second to realize the music was from a Game Boy.

For the game, I'll wait for the PC release.

 

[Eldon]

Oh wow, it's super difficult. The starting levels are 3, hard, harder and hardest. The music is really good, the game suggests to use earphones. So good

 

[NIN90]

That is one bitching chiptunes track.

 

[ghibli99]

Nice timing... I have the VVVVVV soundtrack playing right now. The music in Super Hexagon sounds amazing! Gonna buy this tonight. Thanks!

Edit: Holy crap, this is hard (playing the Flash version). But this music is so good... and short-lived.

 

[bob page]

Holy shit this looks awesome.

 

[Wario64]

Website just updated, official trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sz0mI_6tLQ&feature=player_embedded

 

[Haunted]

This makes me want to puke.


I mean, like, literally. Something about the movement and the colours. ;>_>

 

[Chopper]

Just downloaded here in the UK.

Fuck this. Been playing for 20 minutes, not got a score above 15 seconds. I'm going to bed.

 

[ghibli99]

Wait, virtual controls? You don't just touch where you want the cursor to go? Seems like it'd be goddamn impossible even doing it that way.

 

[Chopper]

Wait, virtual controls? You don't just touch where you want the cursor to go? Seems like it'd be goddamn impossible even doing it that way.

Yeah, no. Touch the right side of the screen to go clockwise, and the left side for anticlockwise. It's hard.