Boxy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.16
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
Windows x64 Users Please use the x64 download link to prevent Crashes!

OSX Users: make sure you have mono installed and run boxyrun.sh

Your a blue square you need to escape

controls left up right down

requires mono/.net 4 and opengl 2.1

Windows 64 bit is now working

WARNING:this game is hard

screenshot

Comments27

negativeview
negativeview30 Apr 2013, 00:02
This immediately crashed for me on Windows 7, 64 bit. Didn't rate you because I can't play it. :(
arrogant.gamer
arrogant.gamer30 Apr 2013, 00:12
This was a good game! It had a quick twitchy kind of addictive game-play, similar in many ways to "Three Body Problem". I played until level 4, but which time I had already activated Potato Mode.

I got quite good at hovering in place, but one must also learn to flee. While I am not convinced that a context for this was necessary, the choice of "spy avoiding capture" is pretty fitting. I hover until my cover is blown, and then I have to speed away without... touching the walls!
matter123
matter123author30 Apr 2013, 00:19
possiably fixed problem
Andy West30 Apr 2013, 02:36
Sorry, this also crashes right away on Windows 8 64-bit.
disease30 Apr 2013, 02:48
Crashed on my win 7 64 bit.
pvwradtke
pvwradtke30 Apr 2013, 03:50
I was like "holy potatoes, they're chasing me!". I had a laugh with this game. Main issue is that it's too hard to keep it for 30 seconds, the player increases speed too fast. However, it's not everyday you get chased by potatoes :).
TheBenjaneer30 Apr 2013, 03:51
Beat Level 6 while working on Debugging.
We've tracked it down to when OpenTk loads OpenAl on x64 machines and are working to fix that. ( matter123 is a good friend of mine. )
TheDaedraArmy30 Apr 2013, 04:47
Highly addictive and fun as is all other similar like games. Had a blast trying to control that speed
HelkeGames30 Apr 2013, 05:40
Addictive game! Great job ;)
Jed Mayberry30 Apr 2013, 06:31
Immediately crashed on my computer, sorry :(
GetFun30 Apr 2013, 22:29
Potato mode!
whilefun30 Apr 2013, 22:31
Crashed on open for me as well. Here's the error text:

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Boxy.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 517f03a5
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17965
Fault Module Timestamp: 506dcae6
Exception Code: e0434f4d
Exception Offset: 000000000000bccd
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105

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Grouflon30 Apr 2013, 22:35
Didn't rate, sorry I can't play it. There's no OSX bootable file in the OSX download folder :( Maybe you can rebuild somethin'? I was really interessed by the design and the pitch ;)
nseward
nseward30 Apr 2013, 22:35
64 works but 32 didn't. Great game. I ended up with a forearm cramp.
porglezomp
porglezomp30 Apr 2013, 22:53
The mac link appears to contain a windows build?
matter123
matter123author30 Apr 2013, 22:59
@porglezomp im using mono/.net it creates .exe files but the run on all platforms
AnTiCamPr30 Apr 2013, 23:02
It is a pretty good game. I have to say that it might be a bit too hard though. I made it too level 4 and I had a good laugh at the potato mode. Good Job! (playing on Win8 64-bit, so I guess you guys worked out the bugs)
Xanjos30 Apr 2013, 23:16
Really nice twist to the generic "dodge things" gameplay mechanic. The later more harder levels made it a bit more addictive as well. Also potatoes :D
Fenyx30 Apr 2013, 23:42
The potatoes were amusing. Aside from that, the controls were far too twitchy and imprecise for my taste, especially to keep up for 30 full seconds.
Rabbits...
Rabbits...1 May 2013, 00:07
Wow, thats diffucult, enjoyed potato mode and the quick acceleration
oldtopman1 May 2013, 00:36
A little floaty for my tastes, but a pretty good game! I liked it!
shawn421 May 2013, 11:43
Nice work. The controls were _really_ touchy (but maybe that's the point?) Pretty fun.

Sometimes when I died, the game would crash (on OS X).
I was running mono version 2.10.9
cahman1 May 2013, 11:53
At first, I thought the controls were too twitchy. I was about to close the game, but then the potatoes came out. I wasn't going to let some spuds make a chump out of me, so I busted out my game pad and redoubled my efforts. That's when I realized the controls were BRILLIANT! Extremely quick and precise.

I ended up doing the "IMPOSSIABLE" and beating the game. I enjoyed it thoroughly, very nicely done sir!
Jiddo2 May 2013, 21:05
I loved the small story and how nonsensical it actually was to have it for this gameplay. Made me chuckle :) The controls were far too twitchy and the timer far too long though, thus the game was going too fast and too slowly at the same in an unsatisfying manner.
Blinked4 May 2013, 00:16
Not bad, but very unfair at times. Also, lol potato mode.
SuperlevelSebastian8 May 2013, 21:57
Sadly your game just crashes on my WinXP (32-bit) laptop, when I try to start it. :( No special error message though.
lorancou
lorancou14 May 2013, 18:36
Works for me on Windows 7 64 bit.

This game is hard, indeed. It could become a bit nicer with only a few tweaks, e.g. make the screen borders wrap instead of death zones, and let the blue square rest more easily, some kind of brakes for instance.
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