Q.U.B.E - Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion

orderoftheflame · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:44

http://qube-game.com

Just noticed this pop up on Steam today. Obviously I don't need to mention which game it's clearly trying to take cues from, but it looks quite interesting for me.

It's a different mechanic, and seems to be getting quite positive comments. I enjoy first-person-puzzlers, so think I'll take a gamble on it. Anyone else going to?

FrenchTart · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:47

You're right, it's a clear rip-off of Zippy the Circle :mad:

Despite that, I'm willing to forgive it as it looks pretty awesome. I think I'll pick it up if it's not too expensive.

Aman · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:48

Remember hearing about this a few months ago, gonna take a gamble on it as well.

MouthBoy · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:53

My friends are actually the designers and creators of this game. I was in university with them and this started to take off a few years ago. I did alpha and beta testing for them too. Its come a long way since the designs I saw before they started the developing the project. Its so good to see them finally release the game on Steam. I would recommend people this game if they liked Portal, although the game mechanics are very different.

FrenchTart · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:54

smeaney said:
My friends are actually the designers and creators of this game. I was in university with them and this started to take off a few years ago. I did alpha and beta testing for them too. Its come a long way since the designs I saw before they started the developing the project. Its so good to see them finally release the game on Steam. I would recommend people this game if they liked Portal, although the game mechanics are very different.

Argh. Soft spot for indie developers makes it all the harder to resist buying...

Aman · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:56

How long is the game roughly?

only £10.19, worth a shot i guess

downloading now.

Evilsod · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:57

I was going to say Rush at first, then the screenies loaded and it definitely took the style from Portal. Does look interesting but I'll probably look into it further down the line.

MouthBoy · 6 Jan 2012 at 18:58

FrenchTart said:
Argh. Soft spot for indie developers makes it all the harder to resist buying...

Its actually weird to see a game that I watched the whole development on actually be released. Somewhere I have photos of their original presentation for the game, bet they would feel weird seeing them.

Oh and just a little fun fact, this whole game has been created using visual scripting only - no actual 'programmer' was involved as they are all designers.

MouthBoy · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:00

Aman said:
How long is the game roughly?

only £10.19, worth a shot i guess downloading now.

Its a good few hours long. When I did some testing for them I played only the starting slice and that was over an hour or two to complete.

FrenchTart · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:00

smeaney said:
Its actually weird to see a game that I watched the whole development on actually be released. Somewhere I have photos of their original presentation for the game, bet they would feel weird seeing them.

Oh and just a little fun fact, this whole game has been created using visual scripting only - no actual 'programmer' was involved as they are all designers.

Interesting. Do you think they would mind if you shared any of those old screen shots? I'd love to see stuff like that as I have a strong interest in indie game dev.

Just bought the game btw. Should get a chance to try it tonight

MouthBoy · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:02

I will ask them when I can. I am actually trying to chat to Dan (who is the main designer) on facebook now but I think he is busy.

FrenchTart · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:03

smeaney said:
I will ask them when I can. I am actually trying to chat to Dan (who is the main designer) on facebook now but I think he is busy.

Awesome

MouthBoy · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:05

FrenchTart said:
Awesome

I just also found the Alpha install on my PC, but obviously I cant give that out.

Kosmiche · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:05

Zippy the circle is just a lame Coolspot ripoff.

orderoftheflame · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:10

Finished the first two sectors, and can recommend it.

Great simple mechanic, but done very well.

Looking at the achievements, there aren't a massive number of sectors, but I'm sure the length and complexity of them will increase. That said, Portal isn't exactly the longest game in the world.

Evilsod · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:14

orderoftheflame said:
Looking at the achievements, there aren't a massive number of sectors, but I'm sure the length and complexity of them will increase. That said, Portal isn't exactly the longest game in the world.

But Portal does have GLaDOS

orderoftheflame · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:27

Evilsod said:
But Portal does have GLaDOS

Well, it's not that good.

But I'd certainly call it a bit of a gem so far.

4 sectors in and I'm already wondering if they've got more content planned.

MouthBoy · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:40

http://www.indiedb.com/games/qube/images/qube-booth-ambx-lights#imagebox

Images are on their. The one I have linked too is the booth they setup at uni. Scroll through them all to see them at E3, Value, talking to Epic Games, Indie-something or other etc...

Aman · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:47

Just finished sector 2, everyone should give this a try. If you liked portal you'll love this. Simple in it's design and executed pretty well. Hoping it gets abit harder now and the other sectors will take me longer to solve.

orderoftheflame · 6 Jan 2012 at 19:47

smeaney said:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/qube/images/qube-booth-ambx-lights#imagebox

Images are on their. The one I have linked too is the booth they setup at uni. Scroll through them all to see them at E3, Value, talking to Epic Games, Indie-something or other etc...

I see they met notch too. Sharing their common love of hexahedrons.

Aman said:
Hoping it gets abit harder now and the other sectors will take me longer to solve.

It has so far for me, had some quite clever puzzles so far. Can't recommend it enough.