Super hexagon
| Super hexagon | |
|---|---|
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| Senior Developer | Terry Cavanagh |
| composer | Chipzel |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
August 31, 2012 |
| platform | Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , iOS , Android , Black Berry 10 |
| genre | Action |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | Keyboard , touchscreen |
| system advantages preconditions |
2 GHz, 256 MB, Direct X 9.0 (Windows) |
| language | English |
| Current version | 1.2 (iOS), 1.0.3 (Android), 1.1 (Black Berry) |
Super Hexagon is an action computer game developed by Terry Cavanagh, the developer of the game VVVVVV . The music for the game was created by Chipzel. Characteristics of the game are the high level of challenge and the minimalist implementation in a retro-like arcade style and chiptune music. In September 2012, the game was first released for iOS, three months later versions for Windows and Mac followed on Steam . In January 2013, versions for Linux followed on Steam and then for Android as part of the Humble Bundle with Android 5 .
Gameplay
The object of the game is to rotate a small triangle around a central hexagon in order to avoid contact with approaching walls. If such a wall is touched, the current game attempt is lost. A timer counts the duration of an attempt, and the highest playing time achieved in a level is the high score . Super Hexagon starts with three levels of increasing difficulty. If the player manages to survive at least 60 seconds in a level, the level is considered to have been completed and a more difficult version of the level is unlocked, which is indicated by the prefix "Hyper". So there are a total of six levels. The game formally ends when the last level reaches 60 seconds.
reception
Most of the critics rated the game positively. Super Hexagon scores 86% percentage points on the Metacritic review aggregator website . The game also took second place in the “Game of the Year” category in the Apple App Store 2012 leaderboard . Furthermore, it is one of the finalists of the fifteenth Independent Games Festival 2013 in the category “Excellence in Design” and received an “Honorable Mention” for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize awarded during the festival . The review site IGN gave the game a 9.0 / 10 and wrote that Super Hexagon was a "clever work of art combined with monstrous difficulty" and was still "hypnotizing and addicting". IGN only critically rated the speed of reaction and the ability to concentrate necessary for the game. PC Gamer magazine also praised the game and awarded 90 out of a possible 100 points. The possible shortness of the game was mentioned as a negative aspect. The magazine EDGE expressed itself in a similarly praiseworthy manner, awarding nine out of ten points and describing the game as the developer's “masterpiece”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at IGN
- ↑ Sometimes the hexagon turns into a pentagon or a square
- ↑ Ji-Hun Kim: Best of App Store 2012. Apple presents the list of the best. Engadget , December 14, 2012, archived from the original on January 18, 2015 ; Retrieved March 10, 2013 .
- ^ List on the festival website , accessed on March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Cody Musser: Fifteen Seconds of Brutal Bliss. IGN , September 19, 2012, accessed March 10, 2013 .
- ^ Graham Smith: Super Hexagon Review. PC Gamer on December 6, 2012; archived from the original on December 11, 2014 ; accessed on March 10, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Super Hexagon Review. EDGE , September 7, 2012; archived from the original on October 15, 2012 ; accessed on March 10, 2013 (English).