#webbed

[ellies-enrichment]

// i'm always looking for you //

[vgbugs]

Boyfriend - Webbed

A jeweled peacock spider, the boyfriend of the game's protagonist, Buddy. He gets kidnapped by a bowerbird at the start of the game. You better go and save him!

[ryunumber]

Buddy the Spider, from Webbed

Buddy has a Ryu Number of 3.

[maverickismyname]

me and the gang if we were #webbed up in here this is really old lol i made this while overseas and it was snowy so we just did nothing but fart around and talk about yaoi

featuring my goat little blue and oomfs ocs for a discord server @ghost-the-bean hi glazer

[humblegrub]

the creator of Webbed (a super cute, 2D pixel puzzle platformer where you are a happy little jumping spider on an adventure to save her boyfriend from a big mean bowerbird) is working on a game where the main character is an isopod!!! it is yet unnamed, and the creator doesn't appear to have a Tumblr, so I'm spreading the good news here!

game progress and sneak peeks on Riley Neville's twitter!

[pawsome38]

games i need everyone i know to play because they have no fandom but are so good:

Sable: it's a coming of age story in a sci-fi alien desert, where you play as a girl named Sable exploring the world to discover who you want to be. There's incredible sutble worldbuilding, and the whole game is so so pretty (it inspired by moebius's art style, very cool and sci-fi).

In Other Waters: It's so hard to describe this game, but it's so worth playing. You play as an AI system built into a scuba suit, and you have to help the scientist in the suit navigate an alien planet and uncover why she was called there. You only get to interact with the world through UI but even still, the game tells an amazing, heart-wrenching story. There's also so much awesome worldbuilding too and aaauuuughhhh. If you love sea creatures, alien biology, or text adventures you'll love this game. (it's not all text, but there's certainly a lot)

Webbed: You play as a little jumping spider trying to save your boyfriend who got kidnapped. The gameplay is mostly using webs to swing around levels or solve puzzles, but its really fun and I've played it a number of times in its entirety. Very silly game, 10/press-E-to-shoot-lasers.

Neva: Neva certainly has a lot more of a fandom than the rest of the games here, but it's so incredible that I couldn't not mention it. I don't really know how to describe this one either... its a beautiful game, both in terms of story and visuals. Go watch the trailer, that'll do it more justice than I can.

i love all these games so much but i have NO ONE to talk about them with, and they all deserve more attention. This isn't meant to be a cohesive review or anything, just me convincing you to play. Mutuals, you should feel obligated to play all of these <3

[miloscat]

[Review] Isopod: A Webbed Spin-Off (PC)

Emphasis on the spin.

After playing Another Crab's Treasure I thought I'd check out another crustacean game; this time, it's about a land-based form of crustacean, the terrestrial isopod. These little critters have thousands of species worldwide and dozens of common names even in English, but here in Australia they're called slaters. This is relevant because this game is the follow-up to Webbed by Queensland-based studio Sbug Games. Webbed was an adorable 2D game about using your spider's web in fun ways, and helping out your fellow bugs. How exactly does a 3D spinoff hold up?

Winston is head of the Isopod Union, and as the game starts finds himself negotiating with a conglomerate of invasive fire ants who are attempting a hostile takeover of the bush. This is based on real ecological issues, although here the fire ants are depicted as greedy capitalists seeking to exploit native animals or, failing that, to burn the whole bush down. Winston gets involved with some native ants (returning characters from Webbed, including the ant mech from that game!), fighting back against the highly industrialised fire ants and seeking support from other bugs and minibeasts. It's a simple story but with clear and positive messages about unionisation, cooperation, biodiversity, and that sort of stuff. Ripper!

For the first portion of the game, it seems to be about managing your momentum and ability to roll into a ball. There's a lot of fun to be had scooting about, dashing and smashing into things, and exploring the macro-scale bush environment. But soon you are granted a cartoon magnet and you find out that secretly this was a grapple-swinging game all along! Combining the magnetic pull with the existing movement systems becomes remarkably satisfying, whether it's for exploring the open-space areas, zooming through fast-paced action segments, or zipping around boss fight arenas. The final portion opens up an absolutely huge zone and gives you a glider, which of course also enables new movement possibilities if scouring old areas for collectibles.

Along the way there's activities to do, which grant you either unique collectibles or scrap metal (possibly inspired by Another Crab's Treasure?), either of which can be traded in for costumes to reskin your little bug boy. The bugs you meet along the way (based on real species of course) are fun and quirky, from the funnel web spider in a wizard's hat to the skateboarding ant youths to the standoffish dragonflies, plus all the many one-offs in between. Buddy from Webbed even gets a cameo, lovely to see she's doing well.

The environments looks nice and more-or-less authentic, from the forest to the creek to a mangrove swamp (covered in bells to grapple between), to inside a whale. You can seamlessly move between zones, or use the mystical funnel web's liminal space to fast travel. I can imagine this being a much larger scoped game, but as it is the areas are fairly contained. This makes exploration much more manageable but I was enjoying the game so much I just wanted more! I suppose it's a good thing that it doesn't overstay its welcome… but what a vibe this game has, the jazzy soundtrack, the realistic yet cute bug characters, the zippy physics and movement. It's bonza, mate.