Underneath Our Faces

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.10
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★81%
A pretentious game about pretending to be happy. Inspired by Super Hexagon.

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Genres: action

Comments52

kivifreak27 Apr 2014, 20:57
Challanging! And depressing when you don't have skills :3
sfdnetwork27 Apr 2014, 21:42
Really nice concept. But I have a headache now.
Kimba27 Apr 2014, 21:48
LOL so nicee!!
love this
jacobrb9527 Apr 2014, 22:22
Very interesting. Kinda gives me a headache though.
monaarc27 Apr 2014, 23:23
Wow! very cool and addictive
foolmoron
foolmoron28 Apr 2014, 04:13
Hard to get into the rhythm, but when you do, it feels really good
shyupuff28 Apr 2014, 04:15
Really fun and challenging! I have a headache just like all these commentors too xD
malmazuke28 Apr 2014, 06:03
I liked this a lot, although the music gets a bit annoying after a while imo
monsterkillu
monsterkillu28 Apr 2014, 06:37
Pretty Interesting & quite disorienting. I first played with my focus only on one and later realized i've to keep track of 4 faces which seems a daunting task. Music could've been improved btw.
madhoe
madhoeauthor28 Apr 2014, 06:49
To everyone: Thanks for the feedback!
gikdew
gikdew28 Apr 2014, 06:52
Fun and addictive!
kirbytails728 Apr 2014, 07:43
Wow, very good spin off of Super Hexagon! I like how you've adapted the concept to fit your theme. Being able to rotate the faces to different paths makes for neat moments of trying to rearrange which one will take a forced sad face.
Colorvade28 Apr 2014, 07:45
Quite fun. I find it kind of impossible keeping tabs on how all 4 characters are doing happiness-wise in all of that chaos, but I still had a good time with it.
SkyWolf28 Apr 2014, 07:55
Challenging, i quite like the concept and i would like to see it taken further.
Flopster
Flopster28 Apr 2014, 08:13
It stays a bit slow, the pace should pick up a bit. Really fun game!
udvaritibor
udvaritibor28 Apr 2014, 10:31
Love the concept, seems simple at first but it is quite challenging. Nice!
shuanDang
shuanDang28 Apr 2014, 10:37
Very well presented, super challenging, I wish there was a slower mode, and effects for when i catch a happy face or get hit (sometimes i lose track of how I'm doing
tchem
tchem28 Apr 2014, 11:49
cool.. so nice and fun!
Lucio28 Apr 2014, 11:50
I think overall the game did not fit the theme. But it's a good concept! (I haven't played super hexagon then I have no idea in what to expect!). Very challenging!
Split82
Split8228 Apr 2014, 12:21
Superhexagon style :) I like it.
ahmeni
ahmeni28 Apr 2014, 12:37
Nicely done!
Techblogogy
Techblogogy28 Apr 2014, 13:08
Didn't know what I was doing, but hey it was fun
strong99
strong9928 Apr 2014, 13:38
Quite disorienting and hard to get in the rhythm. Some feedback to the player when you get hit would have been nice. But quite addictive too.
oatsbarley28 Apr 2014, 14:32
Nice idea, and quite well executed! I agree that it could do with some feedback when you pick up good/bad faces.
Doubstract
Doubstract28 Apr 2014, 15:02
Best score: 18 sec.
Well done mechanics
hexagore
hexagore28 Apr 2014, 15:06
15 point something seconds. Gah. Wow this is hard. EXCELLENT.
Elforama
Elforama28 Apr 2014, 16:00
Nice job, very hard for me.
Oddly Shaped Pixels
Oddly Shaped Pixels28 Apr 2014, 16:36
Too challenging and disorienting for me but I love the idea!
cageinabird28 Apr 2014, 16:58
Emulates the Superhexagon feel quite accurately, although with four things to control instead of one it feels even harder! :)
pht59x28 Apr 2014, 17:04
Nice toy.
WhiteWolf9328 Apr 2014, 17:36
Nice work! Pretty fun, i'm bad with this kind of games where you need to pay multi-attention but Really fun! Something i dont understand is where is the theme? :/
madhoe
madhoeauthor28 Apr 2014, 17:47
@WhiteWolf93 and those wondering about the theme:

It's a game about pretending to be happy. When you're depressed and you try to stay happy, waves of sadness usually hit you and it's hard to look fine. Beneath the surface, you're all messed up. This is, btw, coming from a sometimes-depressed 19 year old.

Any who, this is why I said the game was pretentious (;
icereci
icereci28 Apr 2014, 18:19
So.. this is what seizure feels like :)
jtpup028 Apr 2014, 21:01
challenging and addicting
terraco28 Apr 2014, 23:06
Great stuff. Love the challenge!
Beavl
Beavl29 Apr 2014, 17:30
Nice mechanics (love to change lanes when one of the faces is about to “hurt” and I get two sad faces together). With some minor tweaks in speed and enemy/sad faces spawning and some polishing, this could be great. Good work!
stvr
stvr29 Apr 2014, 18:26
Solid concept and well executed. That music tho D:
kmakai
kmakai29 Apr 2014, 19:36
Love it, surprisingly difficult for a simple concept. And hooray HaxeFlixel!
angelk30 Apr 2014, 02:27
I like how you mentioned that it was inspired by super hexagon, but it's clearly got a different feel to the game. I haven't seen anything quite like this before. It's cool that just focusing on one of the lanes doesn't get you the best result, you have to be aware of all of them.
madhoe
madhoeauthor30 Apr 2014, 03:37
I understand the concerns for music, but it's hard to generate energetic music. I'll look for better music post compo.
01010111
0101011130 Apr 2014, 05:08
Pretty awesome idea, I was definitely unable to keep up with all four sides though :<
ThingoStudios30 Apr 2014, 23:29
An interesting take on Super Hexagon. Sort of annoying in the same way Super Hexagon is with the pulsing, but it's a thematically sound game and I enjoyed it.
KeyMaster
KeyMaster1 May 2014, 19:51
Quite interesting concept, but I think the thing about having the face be differently happy and moving them into the unavoidable obstacles so you don't fail was a bit overcomplicated. Still a nice game overall!
dector
dector3 May 2014, 13:49
Challenging game but well done. I'ld like to see few ease modes: 2 lines, 3 lines.
Belvar7 May 2014, 00:49
Being a Super Hexagon fan, I could only love your game ! I like the challenge. The graphics are simple but good nonetheless.
glbs
glbs12 May 2014, 01:59
As you said it's seems at first much inspired by Super Hexagon, with the patterns and rotation, but the "lives" system you added makes it really different!
At first I thought that double "enemies" would just piss me off and forbid me for happiness (and winning), but then I saw the good guys : the difficulty rose as the possibility of succeeding!
Thank you for that!
I must admit, that my scores are'nt much high though.
Jeff002912 May 2014, 23:48
Very easy to pick up and play, well done! I'm not too sure on the connection to the theme but I suppose it's about hiding emotions and how you are feeling beneath the surface. Good stuff :)
Moosefly13 May 2014, 17:19
Trying to pay attention to all of the faces at the same time is way too hard for me. Got to 25 seconds or so by paying attention to only one of them though.

I think the style is ok, both the graphics and the audio work well enough for such a (deceivingly) simple game.

Anssi@MooseflyGames

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