Circle Speedster

By: Guest Reviewer

On: April 10th, 2010

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Circle Speedster is a platform puzzle game created by a Filipino guy named Roan Contreras (also known as “Toadfrogs”). In this game your player is a circle-shaped figure that has the ability to dash to another location without being affected by gravity (this is called “Speedster Mode”). The goal of each level is to collect all the arrow orbs and then go to the opened portal. There are different traps that might kill the player, but with the Speedster Mode the player can be immune to some traps.

The game has 25 levels with a boss battle. It also has a level editor to make your own levels and share them with other people (with the level code). I really liked this game and I recommend you play it.

Posted in Freeware, Platformers, Videos, Windows | Tags: ReviewedByWhatTheFelipe, Toadfrogs

seraph

It looks pretty sweet to me-I like the atmosphere.
http://www.roancontreras.zxq.net toadfrogs

Cool! Good to see my game here :)
IndieJoJo

Okay, so in level 16, you have to leap over the lasers (off the top of the screen) in order to catch that last arrow?

Unless I’m missing something, there’s no indication that this should be possible within the rules that have been set forth in previous levels…

If this is the case, Bad Game Designer!

If it’s NOT, what am I doing wrong? :)
http://www.roancontreras.zxq.net/ toadfrogs

LOL, no!

You know what’s gonna happen if you leap off the screen :P

I’m not a Bad Game Designer, by the way…
Havarken

Poorly designed, and the graphics were very poor. Hasn’t that blur effect been overused in games? Like, really?
http://www.roancontreras.zxq.net/ toadfrogs

I know motion blur is used on a lot of games… But I liked it to put that effect in my game…
George

Great game :).
duo

The game is awesome! It reminds me of Pulseman for the sega Genesis
IndieJoJo

Well, I’m being a bit facetious when saying Bad Game Designer, but this is a good effort that’s hampered by flaws.

For instance, whenever the player dies, he/she must wait 4 seconds or so for the Speedster ‘meter’ to fill up.

Why, why, **WHY!?** Seriously. If I die 30 times in a level on average, that’s over **two minutes** I’ve spent doing nothing but staring at the screen and waiting. >:(

Also, if you leap/jump off the top of the screen, you can hop over the lasers, even though you should really be burnt to a crisp.
cvladan

Any hints for lvl 17?
http://roancontreras.zxq.net toadfrogs

@cvladan, at level 17… you should start by hitting 2 breakable blocks from speedster mode, make sure you can hit the down arrow box… you do the rest :P
http://roancontreras.zxq.net toadfrogs

@IndieJoJo, in that game… you have “unilimited” lives…

Also, Speedster mode makes you invincible in lasers…
iopred

Really loved the game, hammering space and moving while the fall height resets made some parts easy, but I like how those advanced techniques were required in the later levels.

Does anyone have any good custom levels?
Quantserve

“created by a Filipino guy”

Was that really necessary.
Paint by Numbers

@Quantserve: It’s always nice to get a bit of info on a game’s creator. What’s wrong with mentioning his nationality?
N.

I bet this guy made a fake account and wrote this himself. Seems fishy to me.
http://roancontreras.zxq.net/ Toadfrogs

Your wrong N.
Banana

N. is 100% correct
Raz

Doesn’t work on wine :(
Detective

Then wrote by one of his Filipino friend, Felipe. This really looks like a description wrote by it’s creator. The Cool! “Good to see my game here :)” 4 hours after is not very subtle either.

Anyways, personnaly did not really enjoy the game.
Jotaf

Lol these guys are onto you. Cool game though!
http://roancontreras.zxq.net/ Toadfrogs

Thanks Jotaf :)