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I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment Reviews
Author: Duncan Bowsman
Date: 2010
ADRIFT 4.0
Reviewed by Wade Clarke
This comic horror mini-adventure was written in three hours for Ectocomp 2010,
and fits a clever central conceit and a great 'Aha!' moment into a handful of
locations.
The game begins with your head being sawed off by an evil bad guy and placed on
a table. To speak more explicitly on the content in this review would,
unfortunately, amount to game-wrecking, given the petite size of Headless, but
what I do particularly like about this game is that it doesn't fall down that
speed IF hole of being overreaching and underimplemented. Headless's design is
totally amenable to the format's logistical restrictions, and the game has a
good trick that's fun to work out. This is one "they done sawed my head off"
game I am not shy about recommending to the non-squeamish and sundry.
Reviewed by J. J. Guest
SCORE: 8
Comments: Duncan has this really annoying habit of coming up with really great,
really simple interaction concepts. This game is no exception. Your head
in one place, describing all you can see but unable to interact with any of it,
your body in another, bumbling around and bumping into walls - genius. Reminds
me of a certain episode of "The Young Ones"! Well implemented and polished for
speed-if, one of the virtues of keeping a game small.
Reviewed by Wade Clarke
SCORE: 8
Comments:
The mechanic of having the legs separated from the body, and having to navigate
them by "remote control" was clever. As small as this game is, the
implementation is very good, and I'm realising that I value this quality than
most in these very strict competition conditions because any idea can be wrecked
if the game is not playable.
Reviewed by BlueMaxima
SCORE: 7.5
Comments: Idea was interesting, but it was slightly difficult to figure out that
I was actually controlling the body at first.
Reviewed by Eric Anderson
SCORE: 6.66
Comments: At first thought the game was over before it started. If hadn't
"bumped" the keyboard, would have quit. Took a moment to understand the body was
controllable. Felt a little cheated from any further action - just move out.Very
quick and short game, yet enjoyable.
Reviewed by DCBSupafly
SCORE: 10
Comments: Original, plays with conventions, draws you in, presents options,
creepy theme, tricky yet accessible. Great work.
Reviewed by Mel Stefaniuk
SCORE: 7
Comments: A fun and simple premise executed extremely well in the time limit and
possibly the only horror story ever set in Escanba. The "kill him with the
shovel instead of the syringe" puzzle was sneaky and I admit took me long time
to figure out before I had to turn to the hints.
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