How hard do you like your old-school 2D platformers? Was Super Meat Boy too easy for you? Then check out Cloudberry Kingdom, a new download game coming to Wii U later this year.
Pwnee Studios is so confident in Cloudberry Kingdom's relentless difficulty it's promising to give $1,000 to the first person to complete it on the hardest setting. How hard is that? This video below makes it look pretty difficult.
Pwnee has slapped a December release date on the game and is accepting donations through — yep — Kickstarter.
[source pwnee.com]
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I hear they have a great parks and recreation department.
This is beyond insane! there is no way I could complete that.
I'm afraid to play this game D:
I would like $1,000... but there is no way I could do that! D:
there has to be a pattern to it...so if i learn the pattern then its all good..but then to execute the path is a different story
I like the infinite level thing
Phew! They weren't lying! Makes Super Meat Boy seem like Animal Crossing!
Oh gosh! I'll stick to Mr. Meat Boy, unless they pay me to play it at all!
@James hehehehehe.
This looks like Super Meat Boy, only lacking in charm and adding multiplayer.
So...
It begins.
@Zephren All the levels are generated in real-time, so there's nothing to memorise. It's different every time you play, hence the infinite levels
Well that looks challenging. And by challenging I mean insane.
I'm in.
This makes Super Meat boy look like a childs edutainment game...and boy was SMB difficult
And this harnesses the power of Wii U how exactly? -_-
Games like this are just boring
@Mercury9
If you put this game on a 360 it would have horrible framerate issues. There's too much going on!
@Mayoman95
This type of game is just so inane and bland. I'm bored with the video!
Maybe I don't have the patience, maybe I play better games. Who knows.
I know this though, Pay ME $1000 and I'll play it. I'd love the winner to be say, be a 7 year old pwner and not get his reward
Mindless...
@Mercury: you wouldn't say that if you were playing the game and frantically trying to dodge thousands of frickin' laser beams and spiky ball things. It's a download game, likely to be priced much lower than a full retail game, designed as a small distraction.
To me, this looks like one of the most interesting indie games I've ever seen.
Um. The challenge for $1000 can't be by beating a randomly generated level that differs for everyone surely, can it?
It wouldn't be fair. Playing it on it's hardest, I may get a hard level with more enemies and someone else may also get one but maybe they'd get more platforms to use and have less enemies to dodge.
At least make the competition for the $1000 equal for everyone and don't make it random!
Randomly generating games are awful and the idea of it happening in real time puts an already uninterested gamer even more put off by it
@Mercury9
Dude, we get it. You don't like the game, it's not for you. Move on already instead of looking for silly things to bash every second post and let people who do enjoy this type of stuff to post instead.
I might get it, but I'd stick to the easy difficulty
Definitely won't be getting this game. But I bet someone somewhere will beat it.
Wow, that looks deliciously painful, I can't wait to play it. I missed Super Meat Boy, so this will be my first go-round with such a difficult platformer. I love the simplistic art style, which I think goes well with the style of game it is. I'm definitely excited for this now.
Holy ****... I like my old-school-hard 2D platformers but that's a bit much?! A couple of those sequences looked incomprehensible. Definite purchase, but I'm scared.
Also, not sure what all of the rocketbox, tiny bob, fat man stuff is about? I don't think this genre benefits from extra gamemodes, or even multiplayer at all. Six difficulty levels also seems a bit silly, I've never seen the need for more than two or three.
If the game has infinite levels how am I supposed to beat it & win the $1000? Not to mention seeing the hardest difficulty, how am I supposed to even beat 1 level?
There's a difference between a good challenge and an unpleasant experience. These developers clearly do not know of that difference.
O_O
@Mercury9
Fyi, this game isn't finished yet. The programming is done, but the reason they are trying to raise some funds on Kickstarter is so they can hire a few more people to polish the game. This is what they will do with the Kickstarter money (taken directly from their Kickstarter page):
"We'll hire a full time artist to make the game shine in all its glory.
We'll find an animator to help polish the game and make some awesome cinematics. We promise the cinematics will be less ridiculous than our kickstarter video.
If any money is left over we will probably upgrade our programmer's diet regime from cat food to human food. Maybe."
LMFAO over that last one, but anyway, this means that the game will look a hell of a lot better when it finally releases.
I really am excited for this one. The levels and amount of moving objects and flashing lasers looks insane but multiplayer would be hilarious with a buddy.
Though I doubt I'll ever be able to beat this game (is it even beatable, what with infinite levels and all?), I'm definitely interested. If the price is right, this will be one of the first Wii U download games on my list. Either way, I'm glad to see Wii U getting support 6 months before release. That's definitely a good sign.
WTF??? WOW... I might actually get this to see myself fail.
Well, if they keep the difficulty like, "okay, I've figured out the pattern of this level", instead of "goddang it they keep changing patterns", that would be just unfair.
I like that the levels are generated in real time, that keeps the game from becoming a simon says-muscle memory game.
@47drift #23 @WiiLovePeace #24
Exactly.
And yeah, Get your own money for development.
For all thiose that are wondering with the beatable infinite levels- there's probably a mode that's defatable and a mode that has randomly generated levels.
@3Dangerous3Dash
It'll have to surely so that people can compete and win the $1000 in a fair way.
It'd be like a kid playing conkers with a guy using a wrecking ball! Make it a standard level. At least for the comp.
Just... O_________________________o
so getting this, just for the sheer insanity
@47drift Actually they do.
Thats why there are 5 difficulty settings.
Hardcore and Masochistic is for those seeking a insanely hair ripping out challenge
I'm not playing that.
Holy eff, I would buy that on day one!
I'll train by trying to beat the No death mode in VVVVVV :C And... the visuals are ok, I guess they still can improve them a little, that'd be great. I'd like to hear some of the in game music too.
Reminds me of that Atari content, only with money instead of swords, crowns, etc. as prizes.
But you know some Japanese gamer's gonna win it right? Would be nice if this prizes was for each region ($1000 for the first American gamer to beat, £1000 for the first UK gamer to beat it, etc.)
Looka too easy for me.
WTF, this game looks super hard.
I MUST HAVE IT!
Something tells me they'll be keeping that $1000 dollars for a long, long time...
@JahirBGood Then they would be BROKE. (Unless they make it America and Japan, in which case, they are only giving away 1012 dollars)
@Angelic_Lapras_King
You mean Sword Quest? That thing was worth about $150,000!
That was worth winning though.
For those of you interested in the lucky winners, Have a read of this.
http://www.reocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/9260/sword.html
It's a bit wordy. He obviously likes a keyboard!
I wish I could play super meat boy to get an idea of how hard/harder this game is but, alas, I can't connect to the internetz with my Wii =/
@EvilLink
Um. It's cancelled?!
Personally, I think Super Meat Boy is easy.
The Dishwasher VS on Live would be an awesome Wii addition. Not hard as such but my is it gorgeous to look at
Co-Op bungee oh snaps it's like Ice Climbers all over again.
That's nuts and I wanna try it.
There is no way with my platforming skills I could do this.
Now they mentioned 6 but should 5.... I'm scared at the chance that there is something harder not shown in that video
Whoever wins the reward is truly a master of games... He shall be worshiped.
Making a game impossible is easy, making it difficult is challenging, and being the hardest game isnt exactly a noble title - when it comes down to it gaming is for fun (in most cases) and if a game gets to a level of difficulty where it isnt fun anymore, it's nothing to be proud of..
I think the "unpleasant" mode is more my speed. O_O
Challenge accepted. This game looks too easy, I could do this for breakfast!
The game has a pretty simple look, tough not bad persee!
Anyway, looks incredibly hard!! I may download it, but it's a pity all levels are generated randomly. There is no real level-design to be found here. I rather have hard levels that are made with love and care, like in DKC Returns or Rayman origins!
Dude this game is awesome I am so getting this at one of my first Wii U games, along with Pikmin 3, New Super Mario Bros. Mii, and Rayman Legends. I will get Runner 2 as well too if it gets officially confirmed for a release.
Challenge sunglasses Excepted!!!
I beat IWBTG And I will; Beat this >:0
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its this in a 2d platformer
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@James Are you going to post the winner of the 1000 euros, even if it's say 4 years from the games initial release?
Looks hard as hell. Id like to play it on a easier difficulty though, I like a lil more relaxed platformer
Oh... wow... WTF, you have GOT to be kidding. I could not even keep up with video as there was simply TOO much going on. It's like, @$$hole Mario come to life! "pwn"ee... LOL! I'm not going nowhere near this game, I think I got a better chance at getting $1000 at a casino
I can beat this quick, with a little bit of practice.
And I thought I Wanna Be The Guy was bad
Looks interesting however I think I may not be able to handle that insanely hard difficulty. $1000 does sound nice though I probably rather play it for fun than for money.
Looks interesting however I think I may not be able to handle that insanely hard difficulty. $1000 does sound nice though I probably rather play it for fun than for money.
Is this a joke? This looks absurd! I've played difficult games but......hahaha so insane it's epic.
I might buy this for buck or two, but the randomly generated levels thing is a turn off.
@Knuckles Of course!
my god, THAT'S DEFINTENLY WORTH A BUY!!
the video looks absolutely ridiculous. not sure if in a good or bad way. but what the hell is even going on in that game?
yikes.
good luck to all those who play it!
This looks amazing.
I doubt if the developers will be able to beat this game...
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