Hyphen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoKwkfdYFzI This game is a spiritual successor to a game called Irritating Stick or Kuru Kuru Kururin. If you aren't aware of what those games are, perhaps you are familiar with the board game "Operation". Basically you need to navigate a spinning bar through a gauntlet of neon. If you touch ANYTHING, you will explode. Different levels offer you "checkpoints" that you can drop down at any point in the level and you'll respawn at that checkpoint upon dying. It felt like cheating to me honestly, but you can't get 5 stars on a level if you drop a checkpoint, so mastering the game requires no checkpoints. It's rage inducing. But still fun. Provided you like Hard-On-Purpose games, I can easily recommend Hyphen.

Hyphen is one of those games that's challenging enough that you feel like you accomplished something when you finish one of its stages. The difficulty ramps up steadily, so you're always just good enough for what it's throwing at you. When you're doing well, it's like the best of the old arcade games, where you're just making it through but you're not sure how. Once you've finished a stage, you can go back to it to perfect it, trying to get five stars on every level. Which right now seems to me impossible, but I know people have done it! If you're sick of games that check all the boxes but fail to deliver the goods where it counts - in the gameplay - give Hyphen a try. Just don't blame me if it makes you scream at your computer :)

[h1] Vector arcade [/h1]. The game is very simple in its foundations - we get a "baton" that keeps rotating - our task is to overcome an obstacle course - you have the ability to put cehckpoint in a place you choose, but with a limited number of uses. Visually, the game is a hundred percent vector - what you like - it did not suit me. To sum up, for this price it's average - I would recommend Roundabout game, which has similar mechanics and is more fun - because with huphen't I got terribly irritated at times. My rating six stars - fairly fresh mechanics because there are not many such games really, but the price ruins everything is too simple game for such money [★[★[★[★[★[★[☆[☆[☆[☆]

Good game for people who love control and reaction. Simply and tastefully.

回り続ける棒で狭いステージを進む避けゲー。 ギリギリの閉所をくぐり抜けたい人にオススメ。 回転に合わせて避け進む必要があり難しい。 チェックポイントをたくさん作れるので、死にまくりでも安心。 no deathクリア(各ステージ☆5実績)は相当な難易度。 微調整が必要なので箱コン推奨。

ARRGGHHHH! Just downloaded this but I will be playing a lot more. Really has the right combination of just one more go and tossing my keyboard out the window. Didn't know people still made games like this, kudos and thanks! PS. To people hating on the lack of a restart button, there is a restart button in full view along with the other keyboard controls. Reading is good.

I came to this game a man and left a boy, this game will hand you your arse but you will keep coming back for more brutal enjoyment. Music is awesome and keeps you pumped up and rearing to go, the UI is crisp and the objectives are super clear. If you love rage games, you already love Hyphen, would recommned this game to anyone and everyone because its just that punishingly good.

This is a beautifully balanced and something-for-everyone type of game. For the average-to-good gamer, it's not as hard as other ultra hard platformer/puzzle type games, like Super Meat Boy, because it has a number of player-defined checkpoints in every level, a system which works really well (although the constantly rotating neon hyphen always respawns in the least convenient orientation possible). For the more hardcore type, there are bonuses which are only available by finishing every level using no checkpoints and with no deaths, which brings it up to the masochist level of challenge. Some levels require a second try because you didn't know the map layout, but overall, the controls are very precise (with a controller - don't even attempt this game with a keyboard), the game is never unfair, and you can reasonably expect to progress smoothly- the last 1/3 of the game takes longer than the first 2/3, but that's to be expected as the last few levels are long and have some pretty hard bits. I thought the music was not that great, but the visuals are quite nice, and you can turn sound off and play your own tunes if you want. Overall, if you enjoy platformers and puzzle games but are sometimes put off by evil level design, you will likely find Hyphen very satisfying. And protip- you can skip the upside-down Y puzzle near the end of the game completely ;)