Cursor*10 -- Suck on this, Portal.

Recoil42 · January 2008

This may be the most incredible game you play this year.

It probably will, in fact be the most incredible flash game you play this year. And it's only about two minutes long.

It's called Cursor*10, and for what it's worth, it's my current contender for GoTY outright. Of course, we're only four days into 2008, but for what it's worth, the game is that good. You will be blown away by the simple genius of it.

Really.

I can't and won't spoil it for you, because that's part of the game itself. So just try it.

http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html

But don't take my word for it. Comments from Kotaku and Metafilter, where it's already been posted:

"Okay... now that is an AWESOME mechanic..."

"This game is ultimate awesome"

"Wow, this is what I love about games."

"Got it, damn that is cool."

"Ingenious. Need more."

"Awesome game."

"This is amazing and great."

"Really clever."

"Seriously awesome."

There, that should be all the praise you need. Go. Try it.

Need help? Stuck on lvl15?
Note: Please don't look at this spoiler until you've "almost beaten" the game. Rly. It might ruin it for you.

If you're still stuck near the beginning of the game, this is not for you. Go back and play it again, and think.

Stuck on the 15th level? Already depressed all three pads?

Well, there's a fourth. You may have missed it. It's on the sixth level. Go back and depress that one as well as the three on the fifteenth.

All four need to be simultaneously depressed to get to the sixteenth floor.

-SPI- · January 2008

That was fucking awesome.

Darkstryke · January 2008

That was fun. And easy...

Veegeezee · January 2008

Wow

UEAKCrash · January 2008

That was pretty cool. Took me a few tries plus your spoiler for help, but that is a kick ass idea for a game. Hopefully the guy will make some more based off the same mechanic.

TheSonicRetard · January 2008

that was awesome and I accidentally stumbled across the solution for the 15th floor.

That's badass. it's like a multiplayer game by yourself.

SilentCoconut · January 2008

Interesting, but it didn't really blow my mind. It demonstrated an interesting mechanic for sure, but I got bored waiting with my finger on a button after the third switch. I don't think it'd translate well into a longer game.

Lave II · January 2008

That is brilliant.

Extremely brilliant.

Lork · January 2008

That was clever. And they give you just enough time so that you can mess around a bit at first, figure out what's going on, and make a mad dash to the finish on your first try.

Nexus Zero · January 2008

When I saw what was going on, well that was the first 'holy shit that's clever' moment since I played SMG.

Fig-D · January 2008

Very nice find. I just wish there was a score screen that calculated in things like Cursor Life left at the finish and number of cursors used in addition to the pyramids cleared.

Triple B · January 2008

It was fun for about 30 seconds, and then it just got stupidly annoying when I had to do the first several stages over and over again.

Legba · January 2008

Cool. Got all the pyramids on my second try, now to see if I can use less cursors.

sonictk · January 2008

It's really interesting, but I think a UI change (making the current cursor more distinct, perhaps with an inverted palette) would have helped a lot, as it is, it's fairly easy to lose oneself in the mess of cursors moving around.

PatboyX · January 2008

Nexus Zero wrote: »

When I saw what was going on, well that was the first 'holy shit that's clever' moment since I played SMG.

That could have happened three minutes before you played this.

RandomVince · January 2008

Recoil42 wrote: »

It's called Cursor*10, and for what it's worth, it's my current contender for GoTY outright. Of course, we're only four days into 2008, but for what it's worth, the game is that good. You will be blown away by the simple genius of it.

Isn't this a similar mechanic as seen in Blinx?

Qorzm · January 2008

much respect to the creators

SporkAndrew · January 2008

That is the most anticlimatic ending ever.

Kagera · January 2008

"Really clever."

Samphis · January 2008

It's a neat concept, but yeah, it's tedious. They should add a double-click option that will make your current cursor remain in its position and just move to the next.

Lave II · January 2008

Samphis wrote: »

It's a neat concept, but yeah, it's tedious. They should add a double-click option that will make your current cursor remain in its position and just move to the next.

The game takes five minutes to complete in it's entirety, so it's only tedious if you have the shortest of attention spans.

And more importantly

the concept behind it, co-operating with yourself is it's crux, you are doing something, whilst your also doing something else. I'm holding that button down, whilst I'm also collecting the pyramids, and also finding the box and so on. Each iteration is you, and that magic is spoilt if you can just tell it to "hold to the end."

Again I would probably agree with you if it was an hour long or something, but it isn't.

That and you don't even need to hold down anything till the time runs out, just the window of opportunity you think you need, then you can go after the pyramids.

(Behind spoilers for those who haven't played it - don't read until completed.)

Malkor · January 2008

Yeah, this is awesome.

ThrustinJ · January 2008

I love the feeling that you have when you realize what is actually happening. That doesn't happen very often.

supermauerbros · January 2008

Man if this game has reinforced anything it's that there's always room for that simple "why didn't I think of this" style innovation in video games.

That and that you pricks will complain about anything.

PlusOne Tom · January 2008

I'm a noob, I can't get past Floor 8.

But it's definitely addicting.

Slapnuts · January 2008

SporkAndrew wrote: »

That is the most anticlimatic ending ever.

Really? I got the ending where all of my cursors give their lives so that Sparta may be free. I thought it was pretty rad.

zimfan · January 2008

Wow, that WAS more innovative than most games these days.

RedMageDarion · January 2008

Wow hey.

That was pretty neat.

zimfan · January 2008

Just beat it, Seriously? Happy New Year, oh well, this game made it happy.

Szechuanosaurus · January 2008

That is brilliant. Best use of time as a dimension in a puzzle ever.

OfficeBuddy · January 2008

sonictk wrote: »

It's really interesting, but I think a UI change (making the current cursor more distinct, perhaps with an inverted palette) would have helped a lot, as it is, it's fairly easy to lose oneself in the mess of cursors moving around.

Whilst I agree, it would lead to the idea of 'ghosts' hanging around and helping...

It's a cool idea, and nicely implemented.

Did anyone else get reminded of Diamond Dogs by Alastir Reyonds whilst they were playing?

RainbowDespair · January 2008

How do you get past floor 15?

mausmalone · January 2008

"Click this box 100 times"

Fuck off I'm trying not to get caught playing games at work. I'll have to try again tonight.

zimfan · January 2008

RainbowDespair wrote: »

How do you get past floor 15?

You have to be holding the one on floor 6 then be holding all three on 15.

Kagera · January 2008

I dunno though, the grafix are pretty l4m3z0rz.

Still better than Wii games though amirite? lolhardware.

apotheos · January 2008

I went from zero to frustratingly bored in 4 cursors.

TheCrumblyCracker · January 2008

That was awesome. Original, not very difficult, and fun.

Ledneh · January 2008

Well I'll be damned, that was quite the exercise in lateral thinking.

PikaPuff · January 2008

I like how, just because Portal was mentioned, people are bitching at the ending.

What did you want? The cursors spilling onto your desktop letting you surf the web with one cursor, go back and start drawing in paint with another? While MS Bob bitches at you?

Evil Multifarious · January 2008

I would love to see this style of temporal gameplay in other games. Imagine an FPS where every time you quickload,

you get a ghost of yourself attempting the room, like a time trial in a racing game, except your ghostly clone has real physical impact on the enemies and items in the room.

Then make that necessary to solve puzzles and give limited lives/time like in this game. It would be grand.

FunkyWaltDogg · January 2008

A+, would click again.

I wish I were attentive enough to have discovered the solution to floor 15 on my own.

Penny Arcade

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