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JoshuaFH

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Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« on: August 27, 2009, 03:07:05 pm »

http://www.konjak.org/section.php?section=chalk

Check out this game where you take the role of cute chalk-girl "Line" as you draw your way through 6 challenging but very fun levels where you fight polygons, spaceships, and bosses with the power of chalk.

This game is great, the controls are responsive, the music is engrossing and awesome in it's own way (VALKYRIE SCREAM!), and it never fails to keep itself interesting. The only things you could really complain about is that the action gets VERY hectic, and is mentally demanding. You can't have even the slightest of distractions if you want to survive, but the game is very forgiving anyway, so it's alright.

My only REAL complaint is that at the end of every level, the game grades your performance, from D to A, like you're in school again. This is something I dislike in every game it appears in, but I especially dislike it here. My reasoning here is that the game is short, and fun, but it's not something that would warrant repeated playthroughs, so when playing through the first time, and figuring out all the cute, gimmicks that you need to finish the level, the game sours your sense of achievement with a big, fat "D" to make sure that, even though you won, you still suck.

I'd recommend that everyone give it atleast one playthrough, it's surreal, unique, polished, and it definitely deserves your attention.

EDIT: Sonerohi points out a laughable contradiction, that is fixed now.
« Last Edit: August 27, 2009, 05:28:25 pm by chaoticjosh »
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2009, 03:37:08 pm »

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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2009, 03:38:58 pm »

Neat game, though i'm wondering what makes you say that part about the reflexes and distractions.
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2009, 04:13:11 pm »

It probably had something to do with the fact that there was a fly buzzing around my face at the time of my playing, and it caused me to die a couple times.
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2009, 04:55:53 pm »

and it never fails to bore you.

Lolwut?
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2009, 05:27:28 pm »

and it never fails to bore you.

Lolwut?

Nice catch Sonerohi! I didn't even realize I wrote that. What I meant was "it never fails to surprise you" or "It never fails in keeping itself interesting".
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2009, 06:58:45 pm »

and it never fails to bore you.

Lolwut?

Nice catch Sonerohi! I didn't even realize I wrote that. What I meant was "it never fails to surprise you" or "It never fails in keeping itself interesting".

You probably tried to say "It never bores you" and "It never fails to entertain you" at the same time ;)

Anyway, the link aint not showing no nothing for me. Are you sure it's firefox compatible?
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2009, 07:02:14 pm »

The website seems to be down right now for some reason, as I can't get to it either.
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2009, 08:12:04 pm »

I suspect a massive surge of viewers crashed it.
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Re: Chalk: Geometry has never been this fun!
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2009, 09:34:18 am »

I saw that the guy has other games as well, so I tried out "Legend of Princess" and it's VERY VERY VERY good! Try that one out as well. It's a brilliant little fangame based on Zelda.
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