Let's Try: Greedy Bubble, Redd's Runaway, Micron, and Hive Time
3It's the Indie Game Wednesday roundup for Wednesday, November 9th, 2022.
- Intro: 00:00
- Greedy Bubble: 00:04:50
- Redd's Runaway: 00:23:24
- Micron: 00:37:40
- Hive Time: 01:30:27
Greedy Bubble is a frustrating coin collecting game where you take on a bubble that... wants coins. it floats upwards, and your only control is to make it fart in the downwards direction. That's it. All other motion is randomly selected at the start of spawn, and you bounce off of walls, and everything else will try pop you. This game was an exercise in RNG-based tedium. Lotta runs just ruined because the game decided to send you in on direction instead of another.
Redd's Runaway is a run and gun (with an endless option) where you are trying to destroy portals that are letting in... well I'm just going to call them Halloween decorations. It's a fairly straight-forward game (to the point of being boring, honestly), but my biggest issue is not with the game, but with the controls. There is a distinct input lag that makes the edges of platforms a menace all their own, and the mapped controls for keyboard make no sense to me.
Micron is a musical puzzle game. At first I thought it was a rhythm game, but that's not entirely accurate. It's more of a cycles game that involves music. You place down facets that allow the balls to bounce in different directions, and you must direct the balls to hit buttons and out exits. A lot of fun, and very satisfying when you solve any given level.
Hive Time is a hive management simulator. You're a queen, and you've got a hive. Grow your hive in size and power by expanding cells, making specialty bees, harvesting resources and researching better bee tech. It's a cute game with an interesting mechanic (your workers have lifespans) and random events that keep things interesting. There are also hive events that are just random slices of life in the hive that I found very charming. Remember to prioritize nurseries!
Greedy Bubble: https://sgshow.itch.io/greedy-bubble
Redd's Runaway: https://bewolf-studio.itch.io/redds-runaway
Micron: https://apparitiongames.itch.io/micron
Hive Time: https://cheeseness.itch.io/hive-time
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