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Feed the Head: Give it some time, you'll figure it out.

Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
edited April 2008 in Games and Technology
Ran into this neat little game today.

http://www.feedthehead.net/

I won't say much else, just really neat, give it a try.


For after you're done playing:
Reminds me of Grow, but without the stupid entirety-of-the-gameplay-rests-on-experimentation-and-more-experimentation thing.

But aside from that, I thought it was a fantastic games-as-art exhibition, and the one thing that really drew me was the eventual laborious complexity of the character, how some of the most minimal elements of the game (like the elephant nose) had the most impressive programming behind them, and how every single sphere had an effect, and they stacked. At the end of the game, the first sphere you tried's effect still worked, you know? And yet you had no idea there would be so much, because when you started, it looked so minimalist.

It was cute, too. Very imaginative. As one redditor said:
http://reddit.com/info/6fiuh/comments/c03p68n

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  • SueveSueve Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Post your OP in the Indie game thread later,

    and yes

    this is the best thing ever.

    I love the
    racing

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Wow, that was surprisingly cool.

    If you need help, there's a walkthrough on this page: http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/04/feed_the_head.php

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Am . . . am I supposed to beat this?

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I want to get the damn eyeball inside from the top of his head but it doesn't want to happen.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Regicid3 wrote: »
    I want to get the damn eyeball inside from the top of his head but it doesn't want to happen.
    you can feed it back to him. the use of the door in the top of his head will become apparent later.

    hint: try tapping on his forehead, and yanking his nose. that will get you started

    and yes, there is an 'end'.

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  • DrovekDrovek Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    That was certainly cool and ... interesting.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    This certainly was umm... unique, I guess.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I don't like it.


    What is wrong with it?


    I don't like it.

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  • TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Can I make it smile? It looks way too creepy.

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  • JRoseyJRosey Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Wow... that was one of the most amazing gaming experiences I've ever had...

    I had this dumb smile slapped across my face the entire time. The end was... beautiful.

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  • AshendarkAshendark Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I beat it. Then it reset back to the first stage so the madness loops to infinity, ahhhhhhhhhhh!

    Kinda nifty though.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I love the elephant nose.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
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  • Captain KCaptain K Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    love

    this



    Thanks for posting this. A+++ would click on thread again

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Maybe I'm out of touch... But I thought the game was a waste of my 5 minutes. This is why I try and steer away from the indie thread, because if something like this is hailed as amazing... I can't imagine the "okay" games in there.

    But that's just me though.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I think it scares me.


    Yes.

    It scares me.

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Cool game. It reminds me of the Grow games, but better. I like.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I love it when I can figure this stuff out without a walkthrough.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    urahonky wrote: »
    Maybe I'm out of touch... But I thought the game was a waste of my 5 minutes. This is why I try and steer away from the indie thread, because if something like this is hailed as amazing... I can't imagine the "okay" games in there.

    But that's just me though.

    If you only spent five minutes on it, you probably didn't figure anything out. You barely even scratched the surface.


    ***SPOILERS***
    Get to the part where you have a full head of hair, a propeller for a nose, six animal feet coming out of the top of you head all playing catch with each other (with beach balls) while the head is jumping hurdles, and you've discovered the other guy inside of you, that has a bird inside of him, that has an alien inside of it, that has a keeps a planet with him, on which lives a worm, and they're all kinda tired, and then we'll talk.
    ***SPOILERS***

    I put it right in the thread title, dude. You gotta give it some time and figure it out.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    It just wasn't for me

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Maybe I'm out of touch... But I thought the game was a waste of my 5 minutes. This is why I try and steer away from the indie thread, because if something like this is hailed as amazing... I can't imagine the "okay" games in there.

    But that's just me though.

    If you only spent five minutes on it, you didn't figure anything out. You barely even scratched the surface.

    I got to a point where:
    Some elephant nose was grabbing the balls I put in there, and then I opened up the head and had some hand come out of the ear and hold the string, and I started throwing balls up there and they were kicking them.

    Yeah... If that's artsy, I'm glad I'm not a part of that.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Well put me on the side of "enjoyed it".

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Did...Did I win?

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    urahonky wrote: »
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Maybe I'm out of touch... But I thought the game was a waste of my 5 minutes. This is why I try and steer away from the indie thread, because if something like this is hailed as amazing... I can't imagine the "okay" games in there.

    But that's just me though.

    If you only spent five minutes on it, you didn't figure anything out. You barely even scratched the surface.

    I got to a point where:
    Some elephant nose was grabbing the balls I put in there, and then I opened up the head and had some hand come out of the ear and hold the string, and I started throwing balls up there and they were kicking them.

    Yeah... If that's artsy, I'm glad I'm not a part of that.

    are you scared of weird things or something

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Captain K wrote: »
    love

    this



    Thanks for posting this. A+++ would click on thread again

    seriously

    this game fuckin' rules

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fallout wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Maybe I'm out of touch... But I thought the game was a waste of my 5 minutes. This is why I try and steer away from the indie thread, because if something like this is hailed as amazing... I can't imagine the "okay" games in there.

    But that's just me though.

    If you only spent five minutes on it, you didn't figure anything out. You barely even scratched the surface.

    I got to a point where:
    Some elephant nose was grabbing the balls I put in there, and then I opened up the head and had some hand come out of the ear and hold the string, and I started throwing balls up there and they were kicking them.

    Yeah... If that's artsy, I'm glad I'm not a part of that.

    are you scared of weird things or something

    Sir,

    I'm going to have to ask you not engage in normal human behavior. Watch yourself in the future.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Wait, the hand can hold the string? I didn't even think of that.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Hahaha, his brain is kicking like four balls. Hahaha.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fallout wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Recoil42 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Maybe I'm out of touch... But I thought the game was a waste of my 5 minutes. This is why I try and steer away from the indie thread, because if something like this is hailed as amazing... I can't imagine the "okay" games in there.

    But that's just me though.

    If you only spent five minutes on it, you didn't figure anything out. You barely even scratched the surface.

    I got to a point where:
    Some elephant nose was grabbing the balls I put in there, and then I opened up the head and had some hand come out of the ear and hold the string, and I started throwing balls up there and they were kicking them.

    Yeah... If that's artsy, I'm glad I'm not a part of that.

    are you scared of weird things or something

    Okay, so because it's weird that means its awesome? Bah. Nevermind. I'll leave now before I turn this thread into something I don't want to do. :P

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  • FugaFuga Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Yay, I got to the end.. or the start.. whatever, with out using a walkthrough! This is even a bigger accomplishment than finishing "You have to burn the rope".

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Regicid3 wrote: »
    Hahaha, his brain is kicking like four balls. Hahaha.

    Including his eye, right? That's the real comedy.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fuga wrote: »
    Yay, I got to the end.. or the start.. whatever, with out using a walkthrough! This is even a bigger accomplishment than finishing "You have to burn the rope".

    Woah, Woah, don't be saying things you can't take back

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    You have to feed the head.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Well . . . I beat it. Haha, what the fuck. I ran . . . well, I don't want to ruin it for anybody so you should all just finish it.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I think I finished it. It just starts over, right?

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm at the part with
    the fish tank. I fed them and saw a red ball appear but then it went away. What now?

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I think I finished it. It just starts over, right?

    You made the birds and it restarted, that's the end . . .

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  • Uncle_BalsamicUncle_Balsamic Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    That was great!

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  • Uncle_BalsamicUncle_Balsamic Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Regicid3 wrote: »
    Pictures
    I never got the hair

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    You need to hit the forehead, watch the movie and grab the green ball and fed it to him. Keep cutting off the hair until all of it appears.

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