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Title: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: victor12 on July 09, 2009, 12:19:55
SHIFT is a game where you are a test subject. This game looks like a classic platformer... Before you press shift.
What happens? So... You shift!
Spoiler: screens and links (click to show/hide)

Good luck and enjoy shifting!
PS.Oh, and there is a level editor.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: RunMan on July 09, 2009, 15:24:46
I've seen this before, pretty cool
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: googoogjoob on July 09, 2009, 16:08:14
I liked the game but I think there are too many games using/ripping off Portal's player-as-test-subject conceit. (Which Portal probably got from somewhere else anyway.)
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 09, 2009, 18:31:40
Quote from: googoogjoob on July 09, 2009, 16:08:14
I liked the game but I think there are too many games using/ripping off Portal's player-as-test-subject conceit. (Which Portal probably got from somewhere else anyway.)
So true. :/
Personally, I think they're doing themselves the most harm, since that just makes people compare their games to Portal. And there's no way they're gonna win that competition.
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But I do like this game. It's done quite well. I just wish it was longer. :P
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: PONTO on July 09, 2009, 19:46:00
My opinion is pretty much what has already been said. The concept is cool, indeed, but it's too short.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: TechnoGeek on July 09, 2009, 21:55:24
yet another game/series that i've played but forgotten to post about  XD
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: Razzorman on July 09, 2009, 22:50:36
Quote from: googoogjoob on July 09, 2009, 16:08:14
I liked the game but I think there are too many games using/ripping off Portal's player-as-test-subject conceit. (Which Portal probably got from somewhere else anyway.)
Well, they aren't really ripping off portal with that. Any game can be about a test subject.
Its just the "now you're thinking with shifting", "the timer is a lie", and the ending that they are ripping off.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: googoogjoob on July 09, 2009, 23:32:55
And the concept of numbered rooms. (I mean numbered in-game, not like y'know levels which are numbered.)
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: inky84 on July 09, 2009, 23:59:38
I like shift 3 the best, but the concepts in shift 4 were cool.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: Sparks on July 10, 2009, 00:57:13
Quote from: inky84 on July 09, 2009, 23:59:38
I like shift 3 the best, but the concepts in shift 4 were cool.

/agree

Shift 4 ruined it with the countdown timer.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: minmay on July 13, 2009, 01:35:13
Since when is Portal the first game to use the player-as-test-subject concept?  :/
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: googoogjoob on July 13, 2009, 03:07:46
Quote from: minmay on July 13, 2009, 01:35:13
Since when is Portal the first game to use the player-as-test-subject concept?  :/

Quote from: googoogjoob on July 09, 2009, 16:08:14
I liked the game but I think there are too many games using/ripping off Portal's player-as-test-subject conceit. (Which Portal probably got from somewhere else anyway.)

In any case, Portal popularized it.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: victor12 on July 13, 2009, 13:20:11
Quote from: Sparks on July 10, 2009, 00:57:13
Shift 4 ruined it with the countdown timer.
The timer is fake. ;)THE COUNTDOWN TIMER IS A LIE
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: inky84 on July 19, 2009, 01:54:24
Quote from: minmay on July 13, 2009, 01:35:13
Since when is Portal the first game to use the player-as-test-subject concept?  :/
portal invented the concept of "playing along", you finding out about other test subjects, then they try to kill you and then you escape and run away and then... yeah. I won't ruin everything.
Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: StraightFlame on December 22, 2009, 18:27:37
Quote from: inky84 on July 19, 2009, 01:54:24
Quote from: minmay on July 13, 2009, 01:35:13
Since when is Portal the first game to use the player-as-test-subject concept?  :/
portal invented the concept of "playing along", you finding out about other test subjects, then they try to kill you and then you escape and run away and then... yeah. I won't ruin everything.
If you don't want to, use spoilers. That purpose is where the names come from.
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Title: Re: [Logic platformer]SHIFT
Post by: dave.germain on March 02, 2011, 15:51:51
Wow - Just found this game and it is AWESOME. And an editor, no less. Did anyone build any levels?