Super hexagon.
…Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh…
I remember watching the video and going: huh, that looks
like a cool game (at the time I didn’t notice
the triangle spinning around and dodging the blocks).
All I saw was hexagons spinning around and I thought it
looked cool.
When I first opened the game up on my Android there were
three thoughts that
unconsciously popped into my head: This game was really well
designed, this music is awesome,
and this game is fun!
Now when I say ‘really well designed” I don’t mean that
there are tons of tiny HQ details that you could
only see if you had a tablet.
It also doesn’t mean that there are tons of cool options and
menus and game modes and multiplayer
madness and upgrades and coins that you can buy.
No, that’s what all the other app makers are doing.
This was different.
This was super.
And by super I mean that the colors and fonts they used all
worked together to make
A beautiful app.
The junk and clutter that are in most app menus do not exist
in this app.
It’s hard to describe it in any other way than to say that
it is refreshing.
Now on to my second point.
The music.
If you are one of those types of people that doesn’t like
their music to have any kind of a beat
(meaning a thumping bass or drums and stuff of that sort)
Then I can safely say that you won’t like this music.
Although I think most of my friends once they heard it would
probably say they liked it.
The music a classic mix between electronic and video game
soundtrack.
Thus, Electronic + VG soundtrack = sweetness.
My third point kind of speaks for itself.
So I will elaborate on this point by telling what the game play
is.
It is very simple.
In the center of the screen there is a hexagon (go figure).
On the outside edge of so said hexagon there is a little
triangle that you move right and
left around the hexagon by pressing the right and left
buttons.
Then once you have that down there are blocks that come at
you and you have to dodge them.
It sounds easy but the average lasting time for people who
haven’t played for very long,
Or don’t try very hard, is about 5 seconds.
Most people (I hypothesize) give up fairly quickly as they
feel that they will never be any good at this game.
Most people aren’t good at the game, It’s just the hard
truth.
That’s why I said to myself when I got this game: I am going
to try my very hardest to
get good at this game so that I can get to the top 3%.
I am almost there (SQUEAL!).
I think this game is a great test of someone’s losing attitude.
I told my friends that I play this game every day in the
attempt to get good at it.
They might have thought that that was a waste of time for
me.
But what better to play hard at a game where you can challenge
yourself to get good at it,
Rather than play a game that is enjoyable, but doesn’t challenge
you?
Would you rather waste your time playing a game that challenges
you,
or a game that doesn’t really do anything to better you?
I will end with the point that, apathy, even in games, is
something that people need
to overcome.
If you would like to look at the game, here is the link to Super Hexagon
