Paintball game.
November 1, 2006 7:42 PM   Subscribe

Paintball Paint a path. Get the red ball to the red block. Warning: Addictive, devilishly simple.
posted by loquacious (27 comments total)
 
It's all fun and games until level 3.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:47 PM on November 1, 2006


What is level three supposed to depict?
posted by caddis at 8:06 PM on November 1, 2006


A little too simplistic. Throw in some anti-gravity orbs or pendulums or fiery death hooks or something.
posted by aliasless at 8:07 PM on November 1, 2006


Or crude drawings of veiny penises, as it were.
posted by aliasless at 8:09 PM on November 1, 2006


I want to get my red ball in a vagina, not a penis!
posted by anthill at 8:10 PM on November 1, 2006


A little too simplistic.

Aye. If the red box is below the starting point of the ball, you can just draw a tube and gravity will win it for you.
posted by smackfu at 8:12 PM on November 1, 2006


Even when you get it right, the ball tends to bounce back and forth forever before going in, which is annoying. That, and there's a penis. Classy.
posted by obvious at 8:15 PM on November 1, 2006


There's 100+ levels. Some of them are quite difficult. Some are deceptively easy - beware of overthinking the problem, as some levels will solve themselves or require only one well-placed line. And some levels are just terrible.

Oh, and remember, speed is a factor in your final scoring, as well as the amount of "paint" used.
posted by loquacious at 8:17 PM on November 1, 2006


I liked it a lot better when it was called Kirby's Canvas Curse.
posted by neilkod at 8:18 PM on November 1, 2006


I got as far as "hill," whichever level that is. It's a ways in, I know that...
posted by stenseng at 8:55 PM on November 1, 2006


In options, I clicked "quality: high" but it didn't seem to improve the game any
posted by jepler at 9:00 PM on November 1, 2006


My wife walked in on Penis Level. That was great -- she was like "Dude! What are you doing?!"
posted by rolypolyman at 9:01 PM on November 1, 2006


You know at first I thought this would be a fun game for my kid. Then I hit Penis Level. How idiotic.

Not everything needs a big veiny cock in the middle of it.
posted by beth at 9:09 PM on November 1, 2006


The physics of this game are so completely screwed up.
posted by malthas at 9:13 PM on November 1, 2006


Honestly, I hadn't even seen this penis level until the second time through just now. I guess I was too focused on problem solving.
posted by loquacious at 9:13 PM on November 1, 2006


I got a 6257060. Wouldn't be hard to beat, if anyone actually liked the game!
posted by pinespree at 9:35 PM on November 1, 2006


Fun... but incredibly easy. Tube works every time.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 9:56 PM on November 1, 2006


Not everything needs a big veiny cock in the middle of it.

I couldn't disagree with you more.
posted by treepour at 11:00 PM on November 1, 2006


I probably did sixty or sixty five levels. The only tricky ones were when the ball started perilously close to a flat surface, forcing you to freehand a lengthy, subtly downward slope. There were even one or two levels where you didn't have to draw anything.

It's similar to the drawing game from a few weeks ago--the one where you created a line for your little guy to run along, only in that one you had to avoid all sorts of spinning blades that would end your meagre animated life.
posted by The God Complex at 12:54 AM on November 2, 2006


I want a CAD version :-)
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:47 AM on November 2, 2006


In ten years' time, when all games have a Penis Level to go with the Snow Level and the Water Level, we'll look back on Paintball as the ground-breaking gaming experience it is.
posted by BobInce at 4:38 AM on November 2, 2006


Metafilter: Not everything needs a big veiny cock in the middle of it.
posted by mendel at 6:18 AM on November 2, 2006


I got through dozens of levels before getting bored, but I never noticed the cock.

I feel cheated.
posted by hutta at 9:00 AM on November 2, 2006


Maybe if there was a running tally of my score I would care. As it stands, this game is boring.

And yeah, too much dick.
posted by kyleg at 11:14 AM on November 2, 2006


Yes, without score feedback there is no incentive to use an elegant approach instead of just drawing a brute-force channel from the ball to the exit. Interesting concept, though.
posted by Mars Saxman at 11:33 AM on November 2, 2006


I got to one where it just had a slant to the left with the box on the bottom right. How the heck am I supposed to do that? It was called "Get it? III" or something.
posted by Cyclopsis Raptor at 2:10 AM on November 3, 2006


I suppose none of you noticed that one level was flipping you the bird?
posted by IronLizard at 2:33 AM on November 3, 2006


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