Apr 26, 2023 - Day 116 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 130

Game: Polygoneer

Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Aug 25, 2017
Library Date: Jun 6, 2019
Unplayed: 1420d (3y10m20d)
Playtime: 18m

Polygoneer takes Asteroids, fixes the "ship" in the middle of the screen, rotating on a single axis. Backgrounds distort & change colour, affecting your aim, the acid house(?) music hammers your ears.

It is not a long game; I've (technically) completed it.

Polygoneer is a 2D vector-ish arcade game that throws colour-coded shapes at you; match the colour of the shape with your shot colour, rotate left or right, shoot the shape before it hits you. Rinse, repeat, and survives as long as possible. I honestly wondered how I was going to even get to 15mins.

X, A, and B buttons on the controller map to blue, green, & red respectively.

There are 5 levels; levels 1-3 each introduce a new colour, with level 4 speeding up the three-colour action.

Each subsequent level is unlocked by surviving for at least 60s in the previous one.

Then there's level 5. A black pentegram spins against a psychedelic background, while all you need to do is just try to shoot (no colours) & survive. My longest attempt on L5 lasted just 14 seconds.

I got it free; it's currently A$0.42 on Steam, and is definitely worth the buy for a few minutes of frantic fun.

Polygoneer is a surprising:

3: OK

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