Games 3/25-3/31: Glorious Trainwrecks Edition
I record every game I play and I post them weekly. Here are links to one, two, and three, and four.
Glorious Trainwrecks
is the best videogame website in the world:
a. We’re a positive, inclusive community.
b. We have trashgames. Lots and lots of trashgames.
c. A wizard runs the site.
:) :) Wanna be friends? (: (:
This past week, many of us users on the site showed our games at Babycastles! In honour of this event, I decided to only post about GT games this week. Games from other sites will continue next week.
The following games are the ones playable from this page; there were many others, both computer-based and physical and metaphysical that were at the event that are not included here. I stuck to this list, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to do anything else this week, lol. Just remember that the following is only a fun-sized taste of the morsels in the show!
If you’re in NYC anytime from now until April 18th, please visit Babycastles so your brain can be stimulated in a very loving way!
The Citadel by wildcard and avery
As you can see from the screenshot, this game is brilliant. I almost posted a pic that had text “AW HECK THE BIG BOY IS COMING!!!!” because that’s a delightful sentence, but decided for a better visual representation of it. I don’t want to spoil any of the story for you, but it’s better than what you’re imagining right now.
don’t give up by hugs
Probably the most beautiful flickgame I’ve ever played. Takes less than a minute to see it all, but you’ll stick around longer than that.
DRACULOID by TheCakeFlavor
This is a difficult arcade-style game in that you must vanquish your enemies, with the difficulty progressing quite rapidly; my very low high score is only 35. The 2D plane operates dynamically here, and it’s a bit nuts adjusting to the other animal you shapeshift to. Yes, that’s right, shapeshifting. Love the high score name select!
FALLOUT 5 by nuuup
I don’t know why it’s funny, but it is.
Hostile Interview by thatguynm
It’s what the title says it is, though you might change your mind on trying to work for them after playing this.
JIGGLY ZONE by sylvie & hubol
A very difficult yet adorable platformer! Collect shiny treasures and talk to precious animal puffs like the screenshot shows. Incredible music, graphics, and dialogue.
Mummenschanz by Healy
A neat little Knytt Stories+ tutorial! No words, just indications of what buttons to press to learn how to navigate the game.
pffft by jonbujalski
What’s up with the arrows? What’s going on here?
stoic by johnbujalski
Play it safe or will your greed pay off?
TRAIN WRECK by johnbujalski
Running atop a choo-choo with wild shaders
Wizard Shoes for Speedos by johnny
A tumble platformer with excellent graphics—I mean, check out this zoomed detail of the wizard and upsidedowntree right here. It feels really nice to play and it’s fun to just fart around the environment for the sake of enjoyment.
It was originally part of the Sekret Santa 2017 event where members make games for each other based on a wishlist! So johnny (the author) made this game for speedos, another user (note: speedos are my favourite item of clothing so I use any excuse to type it out).
YOU CAN ONLY DIE 80 TIMES by John Bujalski & Nikki Bee & Decky Coss
Yeah, you will probably need to use lots of lives to complete this. It’s a lot more difficult than you’d assume, so do take care!
Also: super cute protagonist!
ADVERGAMES
These are games that advertise the show! I’m putting them all into one picture because I’m lazy. The games are:
- Pits by sergiocornaga
- An Excerpt from Silence by Fubaka
- Launch Thine Baby Into Castle Yonder by let-off-studios
- You Have To Put the Babies in the Castles by ncrecc
- bbycast by TheCakeFlavor
- Personal Space Invaders by let-off-studios
- GLORIOUS TRAINWRECKS X BABYCASTLES 145 W 14TH ST NEW YORK MARCH 29 — APRIL 15 2018 by karen-k
- SECRET FLIER MILES by mkapolk
Thanks to Blake Andrews for compiling the following credits list for the event, and for doing so much work for bringing it all together!
- mno (Nikki Bee), Decky Coss, Yuxin Gao and Flan Falacci helped organize. Karl Hohn, Andrew Charles, Marek Kapolka, and Hunter Thompson helped install. Frank DeMarco and JP Bruneau installed launchers and edited a launcher from San Jose State University game developer club. Sergio made the Knytt launcher and Decky made the flick game launcher
- Everyone helped make the physical games
- Lillyan Ling and Gus Boehling helped install and helped a lot with Destroy Your Home. Jackson Payne, Yuxin, and JP also helped paint boxes.
- Blueberrysoft made the zines
- And there were performances by Lillyan, Ethan Beach, Josh Nasser, Headless Statue, Fuck Noise, and Anna Rock
- @_@ actually a couple other folks helped install on the last day, Jingyu Sui, Charles Huang, Corey Bertelsen and one other person who I didn’t know lol
- Cynthia Cui, she helped install games on cabinets
Also, super special thanks to Jeremy Penner for inventing the site!
