#rage game

[honeyalternate]

As the first artist on Tumblr to post Nate x Moose art, I feel it is my duty to complete the sketch I made half a year ago. I’m still working on it, but I have made a lot of progress!

Analysis Below the Cut!!!!

Baby Steps is a fantastic game developed by Gabe Cuzzilo, Maxi Boch, and Bennet Foddy. It follows the journey of a man named Nate, who is thrust out of his comfortable way of living and forced to take agency over his life by less than orthodox means—by climbing to the top of an absurdly large mountain without using his hands.

In his struggle, Nate continually pushes away those trying to help him, preferring instead to act as a lone wolf. This preference for self-isolation inevitably leads Nate into a downward spiral (sometimes literally,) until he decides he no longer wishes to live at all. Somehow though, the magic of the mountain refuses to let Nate die—despite promising whatever it is he could possibly desire. And yet, when forced to face a future he never wanted, Nate learns to accept the help of one singular character; Moose.

Throughout the narrative, Nate and Moose have the most amicable out of Nate’s exceedingly frayed relationships. Moose serves as a foil to Nate, being isolated in much the same way but always yearning for connection on his sleeve. In this way, when Nate reaches the peak of the Mountain and is forced to face his fear of connection, of course he chooses to trust Moose.

In the post credits scene, Nate and Moose can be found living happily in a cottage atop the mountain’s peak. After hours of suffering over Baby Steps’ rage mechanics, and finally reaching the top, I and many other players felt a sense of utter relief and satisfaction. In many ways that satisfaction was as much in my own accomplishment as it was in pride for Nate, having opened up to another person.

So I was quite excited, when in this scene Nate and Moose kissed. Beyond being a compelling and beautiful love story, the act of vulnerability and self acceptance required to form a bond like that for Nate felt like the perfect apotheosis for Nate’s development over the course of the story.

For the first few hours, the game presents Nate as a jester of sorts: his failures and suffering caused solely by his inability to change. And yet, rather than ending with that comical premise intact, Baby Steps instead chooses to show redemption. Actively presenting to the player a means by which they too can learn to grow and accept oneself.

There is much more to say on the topic, but I suppose that will have to wait until I finish this artwork 💕

[theindiemaniac]

IM GOING TO NEED THERAPY AFTER PLAYING THIS GAME 😭😭😭

[angelcake707]

Item: A Punching Bag Rarity: ✶ Rare

What game made you rage quit the hardest?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Cuphead

[bonicle]

NEW GAME: BIRD VS THE HORRORS

Bird VS THE HORRORS by Bonicle

What if you controlled Flappy Bird with mic inputs?

What's more more infuriating than flappy bird? Flappy bird but you control it with mic inputs! That's right! This game directly connects to your microphone(s) and controls the birds height with them. If you think this might be a bad form of input, just listen to what our beloved customers think!

"This game got me mad for the first time in literal months" -@ilikecorndogs

Have "fun"!

[n64styleindiegames]

Low Polly by brandonsimpson, Sam Power, Leon

Hop to it!

A rage game with a bubble spitting frog.

[harpgriffin]

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Imagine if one of those insufferable rage climbing games was instead an educational game about the salmon reproductive cycle where an encouraging voice alternated salmon facts with telling you that you're doing great even when you suck. It's a surprisingly pretty game, with all kinds of water effects, so while the salmon and platforms are pixel art, the water is a bit of a processor hog. There's a quicksave function you can use judiciously, no softlocks, and control rebindng. That said, the basic control scheme is weird (but thematically fitting) and I never got used to it, and it could be rough on your hands. Or well, hand, as it really is literally just two buttons or keys with an option for "hold to swim" reducing taps (though arguably even weirder to master than the default method).

[sophiebaybey]

I have never played a "rage game" before.

Watch this video on Twitch Live

please join me as I show off my impeccable zen state of mind by playing JUMP KING and never once getting angry. I hear there's a smoking hot babe at the top. LIVE NOW!!!

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