Ballpoint Universe - Infinite

Before I begin, one disclaimer. This is an Indie game on a budget price, and the developer "studio" is really just three dudes who love making games together - as it says right there in the About section. So I will cut them slack for the janky mouse control in the platformer part of the game that everyone is complaining about. Yes, it was annoying, and I did waste some time getting used to it/redoing stuff, end of story. WIth that off the chest, I'd give a 10/10 for game art, the concept, and uniqueness of lore. You're a doodle in an artwork Universe, and as you finish missions and beat bosses you unravel the whole saga of [spoiler]Geometry Logicians vs Doodles[/spoiler] and earn ink, with which you upgrade your battleship. That's some concept! The shooter part of the game is near-perfect in gameplay, with just a couple quirky interactions with some bosses, nothing significant. The variety of upgrades actually matter, and you can 100% the game with whatever options you like and prefer as per your playstyle (as long your choices are within reason, duh!). The well balanced upgrade tree was surprising in a game of this scope. BP-U is 1 part puzzle-platformer and 4 parts arcade shooter, all-in-all a pretty fun package that I would recommend!

ボールペンで描かれた独特の世界が魅力的な作品でした。 最初は何が何だか分からないまま物語を進めてゆくのですが、様々な住人達との会話を通じてこの世界で起きている異変と主人公のするべき事が徐々に分かってゆくというストーリー展開も良いものでした。 ゲームとしてはアクションステージで世界を探索し、各地にいる住人達の依頼を受けてシューティングステージで戦うという内容なのですが、最初は自機が弱すぎる上に自機をパワーアップさせる為に必要なインク（このゲームの世界のお金）もなかなか貯まりづらく、最初はもどかしい思いをするかもしれません。 しかしゲームを進めて自機が強くなってゆくとどんどんシューティングステージが面白く感じるようになるので根気強くプレイしていただきたい作品だと思います。 蛇足ですがアクションステージでは初めから世界のほぼ全てを回れる上に世界中に隠された「ゴールデンスケッチ」というアイテムを手に入れるとボーナスのインクが入手できるので、それを利用してまずは自機強化に努めると効率よくプレイできるかもしれません。

Horrible Shoot'em Up and bad Side Scroller. My rating 1/10, not recommended.

Bought for the art style but got bored within a few minutes. I do enjoy a good shmup but this one wasn't for me. Such is the gamble you take with Steam sales.

Even in 2024 this game is pretty unique and fun, if you like shoot 'em ups and platforming this game took me about 2 days to 100% and I enjoyed my time with it. The shoot 'em up sections are definitely the highlight especially if you're playing with mouse, you move as fast as your mouse moves so the skill ceiling is pretty high, with the later waves in endless mode getting pretty challenging. Platforming with the mouse definitely sucks but thankfully you can switch the control method on the pause screen so switching back and forth helps a lot. There's a story as well but nothing mind blowing there, if you want to spend a few non-stressful afternoons with some decent gameplay and visuals I definitely recommend this game.

It has a few good shmup ideas, and the visuals look cool overall. But the platforming sections felt pointless and have extremely bad controls unless you switch to keyboard. They're also buggy and can easily lead to softlocks. Many of the shmup sections, meanwhile, are too repetitive and easy. And the final stage's visuals are so chaotic and overwhelming that it can be hard to see any of the enemies and bullets.

Commendable for the art, but the gameplay is lacking and buggy in places. I've invested a little under three hours and I'm just... done. [Edit to mention - based on my last progress achievement (again after less than three hours of play) only being gained by 8% of players, it appears I'm not alone in this]. Although the preview videos show side-scrolling play, so far it's been pretty non-existent. As far as the side-scroll shooter part goes (which is most of the game), it's simplistic and frankly boring. Just hold down the button and avoid projectiles. Boss battles (which happen around every five stages) take ages and aren't very challenging. All this is made even worse if like myself you spent your currency on projectile weapons that forget to fire bullets half the time. It's a game that looks like a ton of effort was put into the art, but feels like some of that should have been redirected towards developing the actual gameplay.

手描きのグラフィックが素晴らしい冒険アクション+シューティングゲーム。 インクを集めてパワーアップすることで好みの装備を育てられる。 美しいだけではなく独特の温かみがある作品。

Nope, bullet hell, not my style at all. Graphically nice tho

是那种不需要新手引导就能上手的游戏，乐趣很多，玩法我个人喜欢，但玩着玩着容易不知道下一步要干嘛