Spyn Doctor
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But it's true! It even says so in my press release, so it must be true, mustn't it?toythatkills said::lol I can't believe your twin-stick shooter with vampires turned into that!
I don't think there's a clear answer for that. That really depends on how you play the game, I guess. I doubt that any player will even look at the time very much during the first playthrough. Rather I assume that the first time through one will just concentrate on getting the bugs to the goal in each level. In so far, it has more puzzle character. Only not like for example Braid, where each level has a specific solution that you have to figure out (and then apply your platforming skills to execute it). In YDAB!, each level more or less has infinite possible solutions, as you can doodle however you want. So your solution to a level may be different than someone elses. Still, figuring out one of these solutions is still sort of puzzle-like (only not enough that I would put it into the puzzle genre). Then on later play-throughs, you might attempt to complete a level with a record time. Which would give it more of a score-attack character. But again: Since each level has many solutions, getting a record time does not only mean applying your doodling skills error free and in the fastest way, as in a speed-run through a Braid level where you already know the solution so it's only up to your platforming skill. For a really good record time, you also need to figure out the most efficient/shortest/whatever path for the bugs to the goal and then apply your doodling skills to complete this path as error free and fast as you can. So even in an attempt to get a record time there's still a puzzle element...toythatkills said:Is it very much a score attack game, then? Or is there any puzzle element to it too?
BTW, I am giving away 3 free copies of Your Doodles Are Bugged! via Twitter (once the game is released). Check the game page on how to win one of them:
http://www.spyn-doctor.de/doodles/
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