DDrgn's Downloads #21

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BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY THAT YOU CAN DIE ON ACCOUNT OF ALL ITS AWESOMENESS

Players: 1
Filesize:~13.6MB zipped

(This is much harder than it looks. Trust me.)

Being Struck by Lightning is Probably the Best Way that you can Die on Account of all its Awesomeness, or BSBLIPTBWTYCDOAOAIA, is a platfomer requiring precise timing of jumps, similar to I Wanna Be The Guy or the Jumper freeware game series. The goal is to maneuver the tiny dude toward the storm cloud and getting struck by a bolt of lightning.

The controls are very simple, as the first level will tell the player how to jump and move, using the Z and arrow keys respectively. That's all the player needs to know. Everything else depends on the player's skill and timing.

And skill and timing you will need! The first level plays like a fun little tutorial level, but once the second level comes around, the difficulty ramps up extremely quickly. Touching a spike even in the slightest pixel will kill the tiny hero. Enemies, can be jumped on and killed, just be aware that running into them will kill the hero. Every time the hero "dies," the level restarts from the beginning. Have fun NOT dying and repeating levels 100 times over. This game will truly make someone frustrated. Considering how there is no save point of any sort, unless the game is beaten in one go, players will have to start from level one. There are reportedly 15 levels, but I the highest I've reached is...I don't even remember. All I know is that there were a lot of gun shooting laser bullets and a moving platform and it seemed impossible. And since there is only one music track endlessly looped, it might only work to make one even more frustrated, insane, or whatever.

The biggest problem that one may face, other than the absurd difficulty, might be the graphics being displayed at that resolution. And the screen size cannot be changed and is set at that resolution, so it could get tiring to look at, especially on a huge monitor.

FINAL VERDICT: BSBLIPTBWTYCDOAOAIA is a very frustrating platformer, and is great for those looking for a challenge. If someone actually beats all 15 levels, then kudos to them, for I have yet to do so. Probably the longest freeware game title I've ever seen! It's the coolest game to come out of the "Gamejolt" game contest, so try it out.

Download Link(Probably the longest link ever, lol): http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/platformer/being-struck-by-lightning-is-probably-the-best-way-that-you-could-die-on-account-of-all-of-its-awesomeness/322/

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to add, that, there's a "Quick Play Game" button on that site, so if you want to try it out first without downloading the entire thing, you can. :)

Until next time HS!

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