Commodore 64 enthusiasts and programmers staged their second RGCD Cartridge Development Competition over the weekend, and among the dozen games that beat Saturday's submission deadline is this—Micro Hexagon, a port of last year's mindbending Super Hexagon (and one of our GOTY nominees.)
Perspective is a funny thing. You can be so, so sure that you know something is laid out, then turn your head a few degrees and see it in a whole other way. That's the basic conceit of Naya's Quest, a new puzzle/platformer from Super Hexagon maker Terry Cavanagh.
Hey, look: this seems like a Super Hexagon nod in Adventure Time! Cool. Makes sense that things Finn can't deal with are locked with this, yeah?
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Just what Super Hexagon always needed: a dubstep xXx420XxX_NoScope trailer.
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I have no idea how this was done, but then, I fell off the LittleBigPlanet wagon a long time ago. This is "Hyper Hexagon," an adaptation of Super Hexagon rendered within LittleBigPlanet 2. Super Hexagon creator Terry Cavanagh knows about it; he retweeted a link to the game yesterday. Enjoy.
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Slipping quietly onto Google Play over the weekend, Kotaku game of the year contender Super Hexagon performs its seductive dance on Android owners, spinning it's way into this week's top charts.
Super Hexagon, one of our Game of the Year nominees, now is available on Android. It's a buck (for a limited time.)
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Earlier today, our own Luke Plunkett nominated Crusader Kings II for Kotaku 2012 game of the year, writing that it's "the only game on this list that's about sex and politics."
Go read games writer Jenn Frank's beautiful, sad tribute to her mother.
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Super Hexagon is hard. The kind of hard that keeps you coming back for more of its sweet, brilliantly designed torture. Getting to the top of your friends' list in Game Center is a feat worth celebrating. And landing on top of everyone else playing Terry Cavanagh's collision avoidance game? Well, that's damn special.
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Super Hexagon creator Terry Cavanagh wanted to release his free game Don't Look Back on the iOS store. It was reviewed by Apple's people today. Then rejected, according to Cavanagh.
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This week I played Super Hexagon in the office of my insurance agent, financial advisor, and attorney, as I settled up matters relating to the sale of a house. That should establish the game's cred as an outstanding time-killer.
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Terry Cavanagh creates some hellaciously difficult video games, like VVVVV, but it's not like the man won't eat his own cooking. Thanks to Joystiq, you can see the creator of the ultra badass puzzler/whatever-it-is Super Hexagon beat the game on its hardest mode, showing that the iOS game indeed has an ending. Not that …
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It's not really a 1982 text adventure, but there's certainly a 1982-esque text adventure version of the game that you can play right on your browser. Or you can try a timed, downloadable version for PC, Mac and Linux here.
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If you haven't played Super Hexagon yet you need to put everything down immediately and do so. Your boss, teacher, and/or parents will understand. Unless you're a brain surgeon. Please don't put that scalpel down. It can wait.
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After two weeks of careful study, I have determined that Super Hexagon is the bullriding of video games. It may not look it. It may look and sound like an old Atari game that fell through a timewarp and re-emerged on the iTunes store today.
