I Saw Her Standing There

Well another review for puzzle game. Actually i played this game a long time ago, but just found the mood to write review about it just recently. *cough*.

This game is quite different than the usual -play-and-forget- flash games. I mean, this game left some impact after I've seen the ending. Beside that, this game really have simple [if not terrible] graphics even for a flash game, and i think the developer is lazy enough to make BGM for this game. You will only hear one guitar song played in the entire game. But the guitar melody really suit this game. Well i really enjoyed the soundtrack when i play the game.

You play as a human, who deeply in love with a zombie. YES, she is a zombie. Your aim in each puzzle is to trap your beloved one in a cage. Fortunately, she is also in love with you. So she will be chasing you whenever you are around her. But it is not an easy task, sometimes you will be faced with the other zombies who dislike your relationship with here. This shit is also happened in real life ._.. But thanks to the developer, your loved one will always love you although so many zombies around her. *sigh*

The message contained in this game is really.. really deep. No, i think the developer is really a humorous person. Every puzzle in this game is narrated by some romantic text. I mean, it is not an usual casual puzzle games when your objective is only to get highest score in each stage. It doesn't have any high score system, but i think the developer did a really great job to make the player enjoyed the game until they finished the game. Your only reward when finishing a puzzle is, a continuation from the narration text. Depends on your point of view when seeing the narration, you could be either laughed or just get bored.

It is a little spoiler, if you want to skip just click the game i posted below. The main character (you) faced some doubts if he can really be together with her lover. He is a human and she is a zombie. They are different, they will never be together. But the ending is really great, it's really contains deep message for some people. So the main character make a sacrifice in order for them to be together. *well if only i could do that in my life also*. Nevertheless, this game is worth your time. You will rarely seen flash game as good as this one.

Original Game

Limbo Review [Steam Edition]

Finally bought this on steam's flash sale. Yeah i know i am a very cheap one. But i really want to share about this great game created by Playdead Studio from Denmark. It is a masterpiece.

Video Trailer

No dialogue, no cutscene and really different with the other games. Also this game doesn't really have any BGM and colors. Wait... No colors? Yes this game is only presented in black, grey and white. No direction how to play the game, you just follow your own intuition to flee from this hellish area.

I would say the artist really did well for presenting this game in black and white presence. The dark atmosphere from this game is really great, and fits nicely with the gameplay. Although i mentioned before this game doesn't have any BGM, it is filled with really great ambient sounds and sound effects. Don't hesitate to put your headphone when playing the game. Also, at some point the sound effects will be critical to solve some puzzle.

The mechanics is simple, really simple, your hero only needs to walk left, right or jumps to solve some puzzles presented in the game. As the developer says, this game idea is based on trial-and-death gameplay. It means that you will die a lot in the game. Sounds frustrating, huh? Of course no. It wouldn't be a masterpiece game if it's frustrating. You will die in gruesome ways, either by traps or you fall of a climb or the other things. But when you die, you will respawn near the traps. So you will solve the puzzle immediately. The puzzle itself is physics based to add more realistic feels.

I finished this game in about 3 hours, is it really short? In fact, no. It is 3 hours fulls of experience. Instead giving you to play in 100 hours but mostly it is wasted in wandering aimlessly like the other game *cough*, you will be drawn into the rich experience of Limbo.

Myself is really satisfied with this game, *although i bought it at discounted price*. And the best thing is, you can play this game in whichever platform you have. It's already ported in all major gaming platform. If you don't have this game already, i suggest you to pick this one. Just pick on your PSN/XBLA/Steam and try this game.

Final Judgement

Graphics: 5 / 5

Gameplay: 5 / 5

Sound: 5 / 5

Total Score : 5 / 5

Terminal Semrawut

Check out our game from Ridiculously Photogenic Boys named Terminal Semrawut. This is a puzzle game where the player must remove all the obstacles in the bus stop so the taxi will be able to leave the bust stop.

Here is the video contains our game:

These game will be available for Nokia Phone especially Asha 200 or Asha 300. We will inform you after our game published on the store.

Cheers.

The Geek Strikes Back

It's been awhile since i left my blog. Well I've been busy, or you can call it lazy, to do anything. Yes literally anything. My academic is quite messed up, no game finished, and my programming skill not improved at all.

Okay enough with my personal story. It's not important actually.

Back to the business, I've been busy learning XNA and Windows Phone 7. Thanks to my mom from giving me new Laptop. It's I7 with 4gb RAM and 2gb GT 540m, and of course i can launch the WP7 emulator with this one. I named it Sylvannas, such a wonderful lady :p.

I know it is a bit late but this thing http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402528(v=vs.92).aspx made me amazed. The ability to combine Silverlight and XNA really awesome. I mean, i can make button, awesome screen transition, draw some text with custom font easily (if you used XNA before you already know it was hell to do that). Hopefully i can make some awesome game with my team :).

Hmm, i think i will write some tutorials in this topic, need to increase my skill in Silverlight first.

Okay that's all, I need to go to some place called Skyrim, the people need me.

WULD!

Dude and Zombies

Title : Dude and Zombies
Developer : FunCrow
Platform : Flash
Genre : Survival Shooter

Imagine when you're the only survivor from zombie's attack. Only with your guns and a broken car. You need to survive all zombie's attack while repairing your car. Also to make the condition worse, the car's parts is scattered around so you need to pick them up while running for your life.

Dude and zombies offers a rather unique gameplay. We need to survive the zombie waves while repairing our cars. It is not an easy task of course.

You play as the 'dude', started with a gun but without any coin left. Also the coin dropped from the zombies is very cheap, fortunately there is a skill to increase the number of coin dropped from monster.

The first enemy the dude will face is something like rabbit. I think it is the hardest enemy in this game because of it can evade your bullets by jumping. I've only played until the 30th waves, so i only know about 5 zombies in the games, maybe you can try until later waves before finishing your car.

The first weapon is pistol, it is really weak and the accuracy is terrible. Although there is some skill to increase your accuracy, i prefer to get the skill "Business Man" and "Quick Learner" until the 3rd level before spending on the other skill. Business Man increases the coin drops from zombies, and Quick Learner will make your level capped faster. The are total 10 weapons like uzi, ak-47 even minigun. Also a personnel mine (land mines) will mike your life easier if a lot of zombies coming for you.

Beside the creepy 8bit-like graphics and no music in the game, the gameplay is somewhat addicting. But i think the graphic also some unique point from this game.

Finally, after spending hours to finish my car, here is the final score from me for this game.

Gameplay : 5 / 5

Graphics : 4 / 5

Sound : 3 / 5

Final Score : 4 / 5


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End Of Scanlation?

A coalition of manga publisher already made its movement. They succesfully forced OneManga.com offline.

One Manga posted an announcement

It pains me to announce that this is the last week of manga reading on One Manga (!!). Manga publishers have recently changed their stance on manga scanlations and made it clear that they no longer approve of it.

We have decided to abide by their wishes, and remove all manga content (regardless of licensing status) from the site.

I think this will have impact on the publisher too. Honestly, I also read manga scanlation regularly because i must wait about 2 years or so until the manga avalaible in my area. In worst case, the manga i read will never come to my area. So sad. -.-

“39’s Giving Day” Concert – Expensive

On March 9th 2010a Vocaloid concert event known as 「Miku no Nichi Kanshasai 39's Giving Day」 was held at the Zepp Tokyo music hall. Well of course i download the nico-nico broadcast of it. It is amazing concert, really.
The 「39’s Giving Day」 concert will be released on Blue-ray, DVD and CD on September 2010. The price is.... err like usual Japanese Blue-ray, so high. *sigh*.
For the Blue-ray version you should prepare about 7,350 JPY, while a DVD version just cost a little cheaper. But if you insisted, you can buy a CD version for 3,150 JPY, sigh... its only CD version though.


source:
Miku Sega
Moetron

Pokemon Black & White

An official game trailer has just been released recently. This game is the fifth installment of the Pokemon series; featuring the fifth generation of starters Tsutarja, Pokabu and Mijumaru. Yeah, it is still that typical fire-water-grass Pokemon.

the starters, personally i love the grass starter, somehow it looks like Cyndaquill. xD

In the trailer, you will see that more 5th generation Pokemon has been revealed. Also a new battle system that allows you to do 3v3 battle for the first time of the series.
The game is scheduled to be released in 28 September in Japan.

Official Trailer :


Official Website

ESA Banned DS-ROM from ROMULATION.net

Romulation.net, a site provided its user with tons of ROMS, recently disabled its links of DS ROM. The site's says :

"The goal of RomUlation has always been to provide users with an opportunity to try out games in order to determine whether it is a game worth purchasing or not. We have always respected when publishers or developers felt RomUlation did more harm than good to the sales of their product.

The owner of this game contacted us with concerns that our service was doing more harm than good, so as per our goal and beliefs we have complied with their request to remove their intellectual property.

This currently covers ALL of the NDS games.

We understand that this may frustrate users who were looking for new games to test but we hope you also understand that this is both necessary and in accordance with our beliefs."

Is it going to be the end of RomUlation.net?

[E3] Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - DS

Detail :

Nintendo
Level 5
Genre : Puzzle
Release Date : September 20, 2010 (North America)

Okay this game caught my attention, so I decided to make a preview of this one. :D

Summary

Another game of Professor Layton already here and will be available in North America in this fall.

Story

At the start of the game, Luke received a letter from his future self, but this is just one of many mysteries that player will have to solve. The duo will have to lead to London to see the unveiling of the Time Machine invented by Dr. Alain Strahngun. But things go horribly wrong, and now Luke must follows direction that were given by his future self to see where it all leads.

Game Play

If you already play the series, you will feel familiar with the interface. Stylus used through the game, such as tapping a shoe and clicking around the touch screen to find coins, talk to people and solve puzzle. Now you can 'buy' a super hint for two hints coins once you cannot solve the puzzle by using three initial clues. Well, for the cos of two coins it is not so bad, and also you can save the time.

From GameSpot.com

The first few puzzles were fairly easy, ranging in the 10 to 20 picarats range. As usual they test your critical thinking ability but really, sometimes it's about reading the question carefully and finding the right approach. We look forward to playing more of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and we will soon when the game is released September 20.

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo mengumukan spec dari hendheld terbarunya yaitu 3DS. Menurut informasi yang didapat, hendheld tersebut memilik spec yang akan melebihi PSP milik perusahaan Sony.

Spec dari Nintendo 3Ds secara detail :

Size (when closed):
Approximately 134mm wide, 74mm long, 21mm inches thick.

Weight:
230g.

Top Screen:
3.53-inch widescreen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses; with 800×240 pixel resolution (400 pixels are allocated for each eye to enable 3D viewing).

Touch Screen:
3.02-inch LCD with 320×240 pixel resolution with a touch screen.

Cameras:
One inner camera and two outer cameras with 640×480 (0.3 Mega) pixel resolution.

Nintendo 3DS Game Card:
2 GB max at launch.

Wireless Communication:
Can communicate in the 2.4 GHz band. Multiple Nintendo 3DS systems can connect via a local wireless connection to let users communicate or enjoy competitive game play. Systems also can connect to LAN access points to access the Internet and allow people to enjoy games with others.

Will support IEEE 802.11 with enhanced security (WPA/WPA2). Nintendo 3DS hardware is designed so that even when not in use, it can automatically exchange data with other Nintendo 3DS systems or receive data via the Internet while in sleep mode.

Game Controls:
Touch screen, embedded microphone, A/B/X/Y face buttons, + Control Pad, L/R buttons, Start and Select buttons, “Slide Pad” that allows 360-degree analog input, one inner camera, two outer cameras, motion sensor and a gyro sensor.

Other Input Controls:
3D Depth Slider to adjust level of 3D effect (can be scaled back or turned off completely depending on the preference of the user), Home button to call system function, Wireless switch to turn off wireless communications (even during game play), Power button. The telescoping stylus is approximately 4 inches when fully extended.

Input/Output:
A port that accepts both Nintendo 3DS game cards and game cards for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems, an SD memory card slot, an AC adapter connector, a charging cradle terminal and a stereo headphone output jack.

Sound:
Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen.

Battery:
Lithium ion battery, details TBA.

Tapi biarpun begitu ada satu hal penting yang belum diumumkan.... HARGANYA. xD, dari kemaren pengen ngebeli NDS yang biasa aja gak pernah kesampean, eh tau-tau udah nongol ini yang baru lagi. T_T, yah doakan saja semoga berhasil beli hendheld yang satu ini deh. -___-.

After Exam ~

Yeah akhirnya hari terakhir UAS. Biarpun masih ada satu tugas bikin game lagi, -.-, ama satu programming task.

Vocalogenesis, yeah akhirnya ini album vocaloid yang dapet peringkat pertama di oricon chart 18 May 2010. YEAH! Tapi torrentnya baru kelar di download dua hari yang lalu. Jadi baru kemaren bisa nikmatin nih album. xD. Yah kalo punya duit banyak juga mending beli yang asli tapi sayangnya duitnya gak banyak makanya cuman bisa norrent saja. -.-.

Sebenernya banyak yang bilang ni album overrated. Tapi, siapa peduli yang penting albumnya vocaloid berhasil diakui peringkat satu pula. Udah gitu ini album ngalahin albumnya si Justin Bieber (bener gak ye namanya) . GYAHAHAHAH. xD.

Kalo saya tidak kuliah di tempat kuliah yang menyenangkan ini (Fasilkom) pasti sekarang udah tinggal guling-guling aja gak perlu lagi ngerjain tugas. -.-, hell yeah.

Ngomong-ngomong kemaren berhasil memanfaatkan lab di kampus buat nonton Evangelion, (semoga dosa saya dimaafkan, xD, saya tidak tahan melihat monitor kayak gitu.). Tapi 20 menit terakhir terpaksa dipending sampe rumah karena ada sedikit unsur nudity, biarpun itu monster. -.-.

Haduh kok kok jadi random gini yang diomongin yak, mari kita bahas lagi vocalogenesis. Lagu-lagu yang menarik salah salah satunya track 2. Judul nya 初音ミクの暴走 (gak tau cara bacanya xD) yang mengingatkan ama lagu OP-nya lucky star. Terus adalagi mix nya lagu 1 / 6. Yeah kalo akhir juni gak sanggup kumpulin duit buat beli blue-REI nya evangelion yah bakalan dialihin buat beli ini cd aja palingan.

Sampe sini aja dulu postingannya. Semoga tugas terakhir yang mesti diselesaikan bisa kelar hari ini.

Evengelion 2.22

Akhirnya, setelah nungguin ini anime sekian lama. Keluar juga dvd & blue-ray Evangelion 2.22. Tapi sialnya seeder-nya cuman 3 biji dan leechernya lebih dari 2700 orang dan bakalan terus bertambah. -.-, sepertinya bakalan ngabisin waktu seharian ato nyampe dua hari lebih buat kelarin ini torrent.

Tahun kemarin kan yang Eva 1.0 berhasil di puter di blitz, yang 2.0 bakalan diputer juga gak ya? Menyebalkan sekali tahun kemaren gak punya duit buat nonton Eva 1.0, -.-. Biarpun waktu itu udah nonton duluan di komputer, tapi tetep aja beda rasanya nonton di layar lebar ama di layar 14 inchi. Udah gitu speakernya biasa pula.

Jadi curcol kan, okeh kembali ngebahas eva 2.22 lagi. Tapi apaan yang bisa dibahas nonton aja belom. -.-. Tapi baca dari review-review yang ada sih yang ini banyak action-nya. Yah yang penting cepatlah kelar kau torrent, biarkan saya menikmati rei, eh maksudnya Evangelion. :p

20 jam lagi baru kelar torrentnya. Itupun kalo lancar. Okelah sambil nunggu belajar lagi buat UAS besok.

Hello World. xD

Yeah, enggak tau kenapa tiba-tiba pengen bikin blog pengen nulis-nulis dan semoga ini blog keurus gak kayak blog-blog yang dulu dulu. xD.

Hello worldnya segini dulu aja deh, dan semoga ujian besok bisa lancar.