#crossniq

[pumpkinpire]

Stream at 7 PM EST! I might actually do some crossniq+ while I discuss Stretch Rewards tonight. Hopefully I can catch you there!

[dj-cublex]

CUBLEX'S STEAM DECK RATINGS

A variety of game ratings for games I've tried that Steam currently doesn't have a rating for, and why I chose them

Absconding Zatwor - Playable! You have to hold down the right touchpad and slide your thumb around for movement, and if there's anything else you do I'm unaware of it because this game isn't good

Ascent - Playable! Gameplay is just the D-Pad (perfect!) but menu isn't controller navigatable. Right touchpad works great for this.

Binaries - Verified! It just works. Simple platformer, makes sense.

BIT.TRIP VOID - Unsupported. Crashes on bootup. The other original BIT.TRIPs probably do this too, considering BEAT and RUNNER are Steam classed as Unsupported. Another point for the Vita!

CROSSNIQ+ - Unsupported. Boots into the Unity "select your resolution and quality" thingy, and trying to confirm your options and get to the game doesn't work as for some reason the mouse cursor refuses to go low enough to actually press the confirm button.

Ekstase - Verified! Again, it just works. Menus can be a little odd, but I've been able to navigate with controller only. If it gives you issue, right touchpad's your guy.

Velocibox - Playable! And if you usually play the game on stick anyway, it's Verified! (D-pad doesn't work by default, but you can definitely configure it to do so.)

Vividlope - Playable! ALMOST Verified, but none of the resolution options fit the screen without letterboxing. Everything else is perfect, and I'm not picky, but that's how it is.

You Have 10 Seconds 3 - Verified! Simple game controlwise, so it makes sense.

I'll probably edit/update this post later down the line to add more. Most of these are good games, so I recommend trying em out!

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

CROSSNIQ (Title) • LOGISTIQ • MECHANIQ • SUPERSONIQ (Tempus Cubiq) • CONFLIQ • ARTISTIQ • SHOPAHOLIQ (Cross Domestic Product) • STATISTIQ • OPTIMISTIQ • MOSAIQ • COSMIQ • SEISMIQ

Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[tinycartridge]

Crossniq+ is 99 dang cents right now ⊟

I don’t want to push anyone into any unexpected purchases in this Buying A Lot of Stuff Already season, but if you had Crossniq+ on your radar -- perhaps after reading some guy’s positive opinion about it -- or if you have a gift card to spend, or you’re in the mood for a new puzzle game, or I don’t know, people can do things for whatever reasons, I guess...

Anyway, all this is to say that Crossniq+ is 99 cents in the US Switch eShop until January 3, and it is a very good puzzler. I like it and I think people should play it if they think they’d like it.

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[gamesline]

Our conversation with Max Krieger about his new game CROSSNIQ+ is free NOW! We talk about meditative gaming experiences, the technicals of Tetris, the history of Y2K aesthetics and how they're used in the game. Starlight Car is now available on it’s own feed on Spotify, Google Play, Pocket Casts and wherever you get podcasts.

[warpdoor]

CROSSNIQ (Max Krieger)

"CROSSNIQ is a new tile-sliding puzzle game to be played with your mouse or your fingers!" - Author's description

Download on Itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)

[fancypantsrecords]

DV-i & ViRiX Dreamcore - Uplink_Crossniq+ Original_Sound | Future Memory | 2021 | Light Blue Translucent with Light Blue Splatter | /204

[pumpkinpire]

hi im streaming tomorrow <3 7 PM EST babey! I'm gonna see if I can do Crossniq+ on desktop instead of on the switch? We'll see if my compy explodes... together! I'll be over at twitch! See you there!

[ditto132]

Favorite Games I've Played During 2020

[iwander12]

Day 16 crossniq+

[qypthone]

🌐 crossniq+ 🌐

[tinycartridge]

Crossniq+ is the puzzle game of the retro future ⊟

Crossniq+ does two totally disparate things really well, combining two disparate design accomplishments to create something special. First, Crossniq+ is a new, fresh, well-designed puzzle game, something I can’t conceive of doing myself and don’t understand how anyone could accomplish.

The second accomplishment is a note-perfect riff on the style of late-90s/early 2000s, mid-tier Japanese games. I never even considered that style a “style” until being presented with Crossniq+. Essentially, it’s as if developer Future Memory traveled back in time and came back with an undiscovered Dreamcast game.

Here’s a cool thing I can do: I can explain the gameplay by sending you over to the free web version. However, I can also explain it with words. You shift squares around on a grid to form intersecting lines. When a line from left to right crosses with a line from top to bottom, you get a “cross,” the ever-decreasing timer resets, your score increases, and the crossed tiles change colors for you to shift again. When I first encountered this, I felt like I was being asked to complete Rubik’s Cubes on a constant deadline, a task I haven’t otherwise been able to complete within a generous 39-year deadline. After a first attempt that saw the timer elapse while I stared hopelessly at the screen, it clicked for me and I was sliding tiles around the screen at high speed. It’s one of the most drastic, enjoyable learning curves I’ve had in a puzzle game. I’ve mostly been obsessively replaying the “endless” mode, submitting middling scores to the pre-launch leaderboard, but the game has local multiplayer as well, along with a nice “chillout” mode with no timers.

The excellent base game has been paired with some awesomely late-90s visuals and sound, described as a “Y2K aesthetic.” It’s kind of what I still think of as “the future,” with chibi superflat avatars, video backgrounds, and weird flavor text in corners. Every mode corresponds to a spot on a transit map for basically no reason, and everything sounds cooler than it needs to. 

I don’t think you need to be my exact age to enjoy Crossniq+. Though I’m biased, I think it looks cool. More importantly, it’s a deviously craveable puzzle game, great either on a TV or touch screen. Also, I happen to be my exact age, and it perfectly targets my sensibilities. That’s a bonus.

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[nervespike]

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