[Enviromental/puzzler] Glum Buster

Type:
Its has nice graphics and its mainly to do with puzzles

Description:
Glum Buster is an absolute amazing game. For me it was like playing knytt for the first time. Glum (i dont want to keep saying buster) is about an mysterious person in a labcoat who somehow gets transported to another world. You mainly use the "w,a,s,d" keys and left and right click of the mouse. Aparently people thought this would be like seiklus and got let down  (i found this at indiegames, and i looked at the coments) so stop wasting your timne reading this and play!


Download:
Direct Download
http://www.glumbuster.com/GlumBuster/GlumBuster.zip

Website
http://www.glumbuster.com/?page_id=35

This really is a great game; I played it the day it was released. I really like how each section of the game is defined so well. The constant introduction of new concepts prevents the game from ever getting boring. (I don't want to make any explicit comments about the nature of the game; discovering them is much of the fun.)

Also yeah I don't think the protagonist is wearing a labcoat. Given the context of the "real world" sequences, I think it makes more sense to assume it's a raincoat.

This really is a great game; I played it the day it was released. I really like how each section of the game is defined so well. The constant introduction of new concepts prevents the game from ever getting boring. (I don't want to make any explicit comments about the nature of the game; discovering them is much of the fun.)

Also yeah I don't think the protagonist is wearing a labcoat. Given the context of the "real world" sequences, I think it makes more sense to assume it's a raincoat.

Raincoat *slaps self in the head* thats the word i was looking for! (labcoat? laughs at myself  )
and yes this game is brilliant and deserves reconition
on my top five explorers/enviromental 
1.Knytt
2.Glum Buster
3.Cave Story
4.Kaipuu
5. *trying to think of a number five*

Very nice game yeah but... hej! I like Seiklus =D

I wouldn't really say this game has much exploring in it. Parts of it are open enough to give the impression of nonlinear exploration, but at any given time, there's pretty much only one thing you can (usefully) do, with only a few branches- all of which eventually return to the main game. (Unlike, say, Knytt, where you can get the ship parts in any order you like, and no major game mechanics are introduced after the game start. Or like Kaipuu, which only sets limits on the player based on what powerups they happen to have, and lets the player see potential objectives long before they're reachable. ...and like again the same for An Untitled Story.) Cave Story has the same sort of feeling of pseudo-openness, but it has a straight, conventional plot, so the feeling is more limited.

Actually, I think it would be neat to compare and contrast Knytt and Glum Buster. Or Knytt and any other game. Or Glum Buster and any other game. But now just Knytt and Glum Buster.

Knytt	Glum Buster
No dialogue	No dialogue
Totally nonlinear	Quasi-nonlinear
Very basic game mechanics; remain constant throughout game	Each area has several new game mechanics
Tutorial features text explaining game controls and mechanics	Brief graphics showing what the controls do; no explicit explanation of mechanics
Collect several ship parts; needed to win	Collect 250-odd grins; nonessential

Et cetera.

I wouldn't really say this game has much exploring in it. Parts of it are open enough to give the impression of nonlinear exploration, but at any given time, there's pretty much only one thing you can (usefully) do, with only a few branches- all of which eventually return to the main game. (Unlike, say, Knytt, where you can get the ship parts in any order you like, and no major game mechanics are introduced after the game start. Or like Kaipuu, which only sets limits on the player based on what powerups they happen to have, and lets the player see potential objectives long before they're reachable. ...and like again the same for An Untitled Story.) Cave Story has the same sort of feeling of pseudo-openness, but it has a straight, conventional plot, so the feeling is more limited.

Actually, I think it would be neat to compare and contrast Knytt and Glum Buster. Or Knytt and any other game. Or Glum Buster and any other game. But now just Knytt and Glum Buster.

Knytt	Glum Buster
No dialogue	No dialogue
Totally nonlinear	Quasi-nonlinear
Very basic game mechanics; remain constant throughout game	Each area has several new game mechanics
Tutorial features text explaining game controls and mechanics	Brief graphics showing what the controls do; no explicit explanation of mechanics
Collect several ship parts; needed to win	Collect 250-odd grins; nonessential

Et cetera.

i like it how they both have no dialogue.. it makes it feel....nice (there is no word which explains it)
also you made your point about the exploration thing  quite descriptive 

I actually saw this on TIGsource first.

This game is surprisingly great!

i got this from idiegames when it came out, its really good.

i got this from idiegames when it came out, its really good.

Ditto
Indiegames is my source for all the good indiegames 

This is a very nice game.  It does begin to get rather tedious during the second half, but overall it's very nice.

I like the game, and I also like the message the creator is trying to get out, and that's basically to help other people. Thanks for the link.

Cool game! I'm at the second last level but have kinda given up due to it sucking in hours of my time at a time!

This game doesn't make sense at all...

this game is awesome!