Project Ictos

You will either quit after first run or after reaching stage 50. Gameplay is challenging. Although all you have to do is move the white rectangle to the edge of the screen, this isn’t as easy as it sounds. Especially because you have to beat all one hundred stages with only one life. If you get destroyed, your entire progress is over. Besides the normal mode, you can also try flipped mode that unlocks after beating normal once, and infinite which puts you through random stages from both normal and flipped stages. There’s also practice where you can train any stage you already encountered during the normal game. Stages are a mixed bag. Some are easy and have only a few obstacles, while others fill the entire screen with saws and force you to carefully move in very tight spaces. If that’s not challenging enough, the screen often fills up and forces you to move quick or die. Each stage takes only a few seconds. Until you get familiar with them, you will have to deal with a lot of surprises. One stage give you a clear path to the edge, but then throws a wall at you when you get near. Or a laser stage that cuts through entire screen except for a small hole you can hide in. And many more. While stages show up in random order, there are still limitations. This means that first half selects from only specific 50 stages, and the other half from entirely different set of stages. This turns into a very unfair mechanic because you will learn the first 50 stages and then die in the next stage because of the mentioned surprises. This is where I stopped playing because it's not a fun mechanic. It turns the experience into a chore because you have to beat the first half to get a chance to practice new stages.

Really fun and interesting game. Something about playing through as many levels as you can without dying. It's a fun challenge overall and the soundtrack slaps. Bonus points for being Steam Deck verified out of the box. My favorite way to play it so far. Game feels solid overall. No obvious bugs or rough edges. The developers were clearly thorough in their work and made sure to release a well-polished product.

Pretty fun game overall. levels have great variety from having to slow down a bit and get through precise openings to a race to the goal. some levels feel too hard to figure out on the fly but with the level practice mode that is easily remedied. Soundtrack is bomb though, gets you pumped up which really helps with the fevered pace

THIS GAME MAKES ME WANT TO GET A BAG AND PLAY ALL NIGHT!!!

Ayooo this is a fun game. it is very difficult but has a fun learning curve to it. reminds me of "The Impossible Game" I will beat it. Also the music is fantastic, whoever made the music and sound for it did a phenomenal job!

Ictos is a fun, addicting, and very rage inducing game. One moment you're clearing levels like a master, the next your streak is unceremoniously ended by a stray laser or piece of level geometry. The music just adds to the rush and makes the game feel great.