Comments on: Eliss would be great if I were any good at it http://infinitelives.net/2009/03/15/eliss-would-be-great-if-i-were-any-good-at-it/ Exploring the value of games-as-iconography in art, literature, and popular culture Mon, 21 May 2012 03:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Adam Milecki (TideGear) http://infinitelives.net/2009/03/15/eliss-would-be-great-if-i-were-any-good-at-it/#comment-1551 Adam Milecki (TideGear) Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:42:03 +0000 http://www.infinitelives.net/?p=1522#comment-1551 Got a reply from the author, Steph. Here's an excerpt... "But I can almost guarantee the current 20 sectors will not change a bit. I don't like the idea of changing them. As for an update, there will be one, with new stuff, but it might take a little while." ...He really seems to know what he's doing so as long as he's happy with it, then so am I. I respect his artistic vision. Got a reply from the author, Steph. Here’s an excerpt…

“But I can almost guarantee the current 20 sectors will not change a bit. I don’t like the idea of changing them. As for an update, there will be one, with new stuff, but it might take a little while.”

...He really seems to know what he’s doing so as long as he’s happy with it, then so am I. I respect his artistic vision.

]]> By: Jenn Frank http://infinitelives.net/2009/03/15/eliss-would-be-great-if-i-were-any-good-at-it/#comment-1550 Jenn Frank Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:03:41 +0000 http://www.infinitelives.net/?p=1522#comment-1550 <blockquote>In Eliss, players are tasked with joining and splitting differently colored planets to match on-screen size prompts. To make a planet bigger, drag two planets of the same color together. To split a big planet in two, place two fingers on it and drag them apart. Once you’ve achieved the size demanded by a prompt, drag your planet on top of it and it will disappear, leaving behind life-refilling stardust that you can tap to recover.</blockquote> -- <a href="http://fingergaming.com/" rel="nofollow">Fingergaming</a>
In Eliss, players are tasked with joining and splitting differently colored planets to match on-screen size prompts. To make a planet bigger, drag two planets of the same color together. To split a big planet in two, place two fingers on it and drag them apart. Once you’ve achieved the size demanded by a prompt, drag your planet on top of it and it will disappear, leaving behind life-refilling stardust that you can tap to recover.

—Fingergaming

]]> By: Jon Conley http://infinitelives.net/2009/03/15/eliss-would-be-great-if-i-were-any-good-at-it/#comment-1543 Jon Conley Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:15:41 +0000 http://www.infinitelives.net/?p=1522#comment-1543 Friends. Please explain this here game to me. After watching this video, I must confess, I have no idea what the fuck I'm looking at. But it all sounds so happy! From what a gather, the game presents you with little 'zones' of tiny discs, and you must correctly size a bigger disc to sit in the middle of them, thus scoring points? Is this the sort of game that you must play while seated at a desk (considering it makes use of such elaborate multi-touch)? I find that I play my iPhone games the most while I'm getting ready to enter dreamland. That said, many tower defense games occupy my time. I only have $4 left of iTunes credit. I must spend this $4 wisely! I must know more! Friends. Please explain this here game to me. After watching this video, I must confess, I have no idea what the fuck I’m looking at. But it all sounds so happy!

From what a gather, the game presents you with little ‘zones’ of tiny discs, and you must correctly size a bigger disc to sit in the middle of them, thus scoring points?

Is this the sort of game that you must play while seated at a desk (considering it makes use of such elaborate multi-touch)? I find that I play my iPhone games the most while I’m getting ready to enter dreamland. That said, many tower defense games occupy my time.

I only have $4 left of iTunes credit. I must spend this $4 wisely!

I must know more!

]]> By: Adam Milecki (TideGear) http://infinitelives.net/2009/03/15/eliss-would-be-great-if-i-were-any-good-at-it/#comment-1541 Adam Milecki (TideGear) Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:14:53 +0000 http://www.infinitelives.net/?p=1522#comment-1541 P.S. Email me if you want some hints not steeped in the cruel sarcasm that surrounds Sharkey. (I kid. I love all the Retronauts!) P.S. Email me if you want some hints not steeped in the cruel sarcasm that surrounds Sharkey. (I kid. I love all the Retronauts!)

]]> By: Adam Milecki (TideGear) http://infinitelives.net/2009/03/15/eliss-would-be-great-if-i-were-any-good-at-it/#comment-1540 Adam Milecki (TideGear) Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:09:28 +0000 http://www.infinitelives.net/?p=1522#comment-1540 Aw! Yeah, it seems this game really is for indie gamers, masochists, and masochist indie gamers. I spent quite a while trying to beat sector ten and finally did it. Who knows what horrors wait for me in eleven? I have yet to confront it... I've been in contact with the author and made a few suggestions that might help you such as making one small change to one of the enemy-type-things found later in the game, adding easy and hard modes, etc. Yes, I love this game... It's so hard... but I love it, darn it! Keep at it. Games this hard but this good make you better at games. Aw! Yeah, it seems this game really is for indie gamers, masochists, and masochist indie gamers. I spent quite a while trying to beat sector ten and finally did it. Who knows what horrors wait for me in eleven? I have yet to confront it… I’ve been in contact with the author and made a few suggestions that might help you such as making one small change to one of the enemy-type-things found later in the game, adding easy and hard modes, etc.

Yes, I love this game… It’s so hard… but I love it, darn it! Keep at it. Games this hard but this good make you better at games.

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