@EdwardTheMagnificent It's like Tempest but you can also get points by ramming enemies once they get to the outer rim where you are. You're on like a tube shooting at creatures coming from the other side.
okay...I seriously typed in space whales and then I was like okay why not space giraffes...and there was seriously something called space giraffe....wtf....
ZOMG!! Thank you for uploading this!! So many people have asked me "what is a Space Giraffe??" and now I can show them this!
I have loved this game since it first came out! I don't understand why so many people dislike it. I'm not sure which is more fun, the gameplay itself or the comments at the end of each level (I don't think any other game has told me, "you are meh" before! XD)... maybe the people who don't like it just don't get it...?
Space Giraffe has some of the most contrasted reviews I've ever seen for a game. It stems from the fact that many people simply don't understand the game and thus judge it poorly (and unfairly). "I can't see what's happening!" "The graphics are terrible!" They don't understand the twitch gameplay elements; They never experienced the subconscious "click" when the all those crazy colors and shapes suddenly make sense.
Haha, how true. How true. Although, given the way urban legends can get exaggerated, I'm still of the belief that it was a badly-constructed early demo of tempest.
I had to find out what this "Space Giraffe" game was after hearing about it. What's going on? All I'm seeing is a ton of colours, all I'm hearing is a ton of stock noises, farmyard animals and a smattering of welsh numbers on the title screen, and all I'm reading is a bunch of faux-Engrish. I get the feeling it's trying to pander to the internet and failed spectacularly.
I like Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar better but this is a lot like it and its from the same guy, Jeff Minter. Cool techno soundtrack and sound effects.
If any game has ever needed a big EPILEPSY warning sticker on it, it was this one. Tripiest game since the original Tempest and gauranteed to give you, your neighbor, and anyone within a 4 mile range an instant seizure by level 4. Loved the game with all my heart.
@starstarstar42 This game shouldn't cause an attack. It's not flashing bright colors that could trigger it. The opening for the Dethklok show is a big danger for flashing red.
@starstarstar42 Could someone explain to me why this needs an epilepsy warning? I could understand a photosensitive seizure warning, but not epilepsy.
@LocutusIsBorg But less than 1% of epileptics are affected by strobe lighting. Therefore, 99% of those with "EPILEPSY" won't give a fuck about such a warning sticker. Not to mention, even those without epilepsy can be affected by strobe/flashing lights in different ways. It's a preposterous generalisation. Not that I'd blame the person. Even I myself used to believe that seizures were mainly caused by flashing lights. I'd blame Hollywood and TV in general.
@GeneStarwind09 The one person I ever knew with prominent epilepsy was mainly triggered by flashing lights. That and low blood sugar, from what I remember. She was a weird person.
I haven't figured out if I like this game yet. I love the presentation and audio. Is sometiems hard to see whats going on though. Nice video. I really like the child's voice on the title screen too - is very different.
I think less "acid trip" and this game would have sold a LOT more copies. Don't get me wrong, there's something "artsy" about the whole presentation, but as far as gameplay is concerned, the acid trip visuals actually detract...
Shame they couldn't do better on the soundtrack. Alister Lidsay works for Sony tho. So I suppose he owns the rights to the Jag TK2 soundtrack. TELEVISION IS THE RETENA OF THE MINDS EYE!
when i first played this game i thought it was one of those shitty games that had no point to it...but i actually played the tutorial and it finally came to me....this game actually has strategy! this game is great, i just wish u can see the bullets easier, still fun nonetheless
"The concept is lost on most that play this and it's shame considering how satisfying it can be when you understand the rules.Huge scores come more from tactics rather than mindless shooting."
Well gee, how can ANYONE miss how to play properly with such a clearly presented set of instructions in the tutorial and all the helpful comments and popups on the screen?
This game is terrible and if you've spent hours trying to figure out how to play it you are a tool it's a fact scientists in a lab have actually discovered that Space Giraffe is played by tools what will they think of next?
The concept is lost on most that play this and it's shame considering how satisfying it can be when you understand the rules.Huge scores come more from tactics rather than mindless shooting
It's really not like Tempest and the biggest problem people have with this is they play it the wrong way
Clear Tempest from your mind when you play this otherwise you will end up disapointed
The concept is lost on most that play this and it's shame considering how satisfying it can be when you understand the rules.Huge scores come more from tactics rather than mindless shooting
It's really not like Tempest and the biggest problem people have with this is they play it the wrong way
Clear Tempest from your mind when you play this otherwise you will end up disapointed
??? This looks really trippy. Flashing colors in the background while you're shooting weird shapes while internet memes spew out of you and appear onscreen.
game looks fun but cant stand this dance music. generic beat, digital sounds. hire some people who own analog music gear and know what to do with it :/ sadly people seem to eat up crappy dance much, and have no knowledge of analog. so its mute for that! thx for sharing video
I've been playing Minters games from the early 80's. They guy is a tripped out genius. He looks at stuff from a totally different view point. The tripped out Pink Floyd/The Orb type music with the visuals and "out-there" themes are brilliant. This is gaming from "outside of the box".
jeff claims its not a clone but looks similar. I was a huge fan of his work in the C64 days. congratulation Jeff Minter on this brilliant trippy ass game
This game actually made me and my friend angry, and we were just watching it! I give it a 1.5/10. I couldn't even tell where the enemies were, where my ship was, or what the i was firing and at who. Imagine playing this on the button laden Xbox360 controller. besides, heroin and beer are much cheaper.You could spend 1 hour playing this game for $60 or just go to the bar, and get a loaded tab with the same effect.
Dude you are an idiot. You should learn about the developer and the creator of both games. Have you even bothered to play it? It's an evolution to the similiarities of Tempest but way better! How about variety in the game arcade?
Well, no, actually, I think being a total dick was *your* call. And it's "way *too* many colours", you illiterate mingepiece. And "basically". And I'd actually be interested to hear your explanation as to how the design of Space Giraffe is equivalent to Space Invaders. Not seeing a lot of parallels myself.
From what I can se you are lined up at the bottom of a line and shoots stuff that comes down from the top of the box, only it comes in different shapes instead of the quadrant box. How is this not similar to Space Invaders? And are you a dev or something? Seing as you seem to take it so personal.lol.
You're on the edge of a surface. There's more dynamic available than simple left-right motion. In Space Invaders you have to shoot stuff before it reaches the bottom, in SG you *want* to accumulate stuff at the "bottom", etc, etc...
In short, don't go anywhere near game design as a career because you suck at the most basic level of even identifying what a game *is*.lol
With that shitty vid, no way I could figure out what the hell was going on, like tons of other people who watch this game on video. I recon you are a one of the game designers, huh.
btw, I dont give a rats ass what you think of me as a game designer cause I have never intended to be one.
I'm sorry. I am not english and like most other people on the internets I dont waste space on aspostrophes. If youd rather take it in Norwegian we can do that. Can't stop loving your ad hominem "arguments", though.
And you should be smart enough to understand when the consumers doesnt get what your product is its not because there is something wrong with the consumers.
Good, maybe you'll simply not bother making inane comments then. I really don't see the point. Especially since you posted to moan about the compression when if you actually read the description it actually mentions that yes, there are unavoidable compression artefacts.
And I don't understand what you are on about with respect to "consumers", "product" and a compressed YT video. I'm not charging anyone to watch it, you know.
I'm sure I read you as quoted that this wasn't Tempest again.
Your most original play mechanic was the seperate X and Y controls in Hellgate, I reckon. I haven't played that since the days of my VIC20 but I recall invisible enemies later on and an infinitely long final level.
Ahhhh... I so loved Tempest 2000 on the Jag. So many games are addictive and frustrating at the same time, but not Tempest 2000. I read Space Giraffe is going for the same friendly style. :)
That Space Giraffe's "MOOOOOO!!!" stands out so much I think is going have people's neighbours going "Seriously, WTF?" as that'll be the major sound to go through walls. :D
Ahhh, lovely Giraffey. Can I have one? PLeeease!? Soooooon? I promise to feed it's foes all the electric death they handle! Then a little bit more. Then a lot more.
nah the sfx are fine, in fact many of the alpha team went out of their way to praise the sound design. And a Llamasoft game without animal noises would just be stupid.
That was exactly in the spec I sent to MS when we first proposed the game. Nothing *else* in that original spec doc is even relevant now, but I did state exactly that I wanted people to feel that it was the best points they ever spent }:-D.
I think we've done that. Really pleased with it }:-).
...am i dying?
Veggieman87 3 weeks ago
Someone explain what's happening
EdwardTheMagnificent 1 month ago
@EdwardTheMagnificent It's like Tempest but you can also get points by ramming enemies once they get to the outer rim where you are. You're on like a tube shooting at creatures coming from the other side.
gamul312 4 weeks ago
Viva Llamasoft !!
jagoujagou 5 months ago
I was hoping this was gonna be like DDR...until it stopped making sense. Which was around the first five seconds after the menu.
munkymp3 5 months ago
Kind of reminds of the game that brain washes the Enterprise crew on that one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Utterly indecipherable but incredibly hypnotic.
Influx27 5 months ago
What The Fuck Did I Just Watched?
codveteran1337 6 months ago 4
So, is this what became of the (sadly) unreleased Unity for GameCube? Or am I mixing things up and this was a completely different project?
DecoySquirrel 6 months ago
Any one remember Llamatron. It was coded by the same dude this, as well as the music visualizer for XBOX 360 . Jeff Minter Rulez
sphinxstone 8 months ago
POLYBIUS!
TheGullibleParrot 1 year ago
Mindblown. Fin
Loponstorm 1 year ago
"CONGRATULATION! YOU SUCCESS!
A WINNER IS YOU!
BUT OUR GIRAFFE IS IN
ANOTHER CASTLE!"
I lol'd
TheEnjoiPandolin 1 year ago
The first time I ever saw space giraffe was also the first time i'd ever done Salvia. Tripped the F*CK out.
samjam9911 1 year ago
okay...I seriously typed in space whales and then I was like okay why not space giraffes...and there was seriously something called space giraffe....wtf....
MasteroChieftan 1 year ago 2
@MasteroChieftan why the hell anyone would search for space whales? space giraffes are much more cooler
Alenthas 9 months ago
What is this I dont even!
bulletheone 1 year ago
I...I...don't.........WTF?!?!
Chilllaxxinn 1 year ago
im confused
cod5x 1 year ago
ZOMG!! Thank you for uploading this!! So many people have asked me "what is a Space Giraffe??" and now I can show them this!
I have loved this game since it first came out! I don't understand why so many people dislike it. I'm not sure which is more fun, the gameplay itself or the comments at the end of each level (I don't think any other game has told me, "you are meh" before! XD)... maybe the people who don't like it just don't get it...?
ヽ(⌒∇⌒)ﾉ W00T SPACE GIRAFFE!!
BotMistress2k8 1 year ago
This got a perfect 100 by hardcore Gamer but a 20 by UK something.
wat
MrMakeman 1 year ago
Space Giraffe has some of the most contrasted reviews I've ever seen for a game. It stems from the fact that many people simply don't understand the game and thus judge it poorly (and unfairly). "I can't see what's happening!" "The graphics are terrible!" They don't understand the twitch gameplay elements; They never experienced the subconscious "click" when the all those crazy colors and shapes suddenly make sense.
They just don't know.
kruks 1 year ago 6
@kruks It's because they weren't gunning down polygon people littered with texture maps. That's why.
Nettikturbo 1 year ago
@kruks I'm sorry, WHAT ARE YOU ON!?
James18998 3 weeks ago
this game looks awesome!! i hope it comes to the playstation store
joshbot360 1 year ago
Play it high and you will unlock the innermost secrets of the universe.
bseymour14 1 year ago
Remember the Polybius legend? How much am I willing to bet that there could be a connection between that and Space Giraffe? I mean, it's possible.
Akriloth2160 1 year ago
@Akriloth2160 Nah, apparently polybius had fucked up shit in it (dying screams, corpse pictures, luciferianism)
This doesn't seem so... mind warping.
n00bzorman 1 year ago
Haha, how true. How true. Although, given the way urban legends can get exaggerated, I'm still of the belief that it was a badly-constructed early demo of tempest.
Akriloth2160 1 year ago
this game is great for when your high =D
ShAdOwFoLlOwErS898 1 year ago
Someone ...is getting a seizure playing this game.
MarveIed 1 year ago
Worst game Minter has ever made ,It's just a bunch of flat Tempest levels . I downloaded this from Xbox live and was very disapointed
superzapper 1 year ago
It's not surprise that the guy behind this is the one who made llamatron.
realisticHomeboy 2 years ago
I had to find out what this "Space Giraffe" game was after hearing about it. What's going on? All I'm seeing is a ton of colours, all I'm hearing is a ton of stock noises, farmyard animals and a smattering of welsh numbers on the title screen, and all I'm reading is a bunch of faux-Engrish. I get the feeling it's trying to pander to the internet and failed spectacularly.
MrSmegheneghan 2 years ago
Jeff Minter is great, this game is incredible.
phenixsaint 2 years ago
I like Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar better but this is a lot like it and its from the same guy, Jeff Minter. Cool techno soundtrack and sound effects.
ViciousAlienKlown 2 years ago
Is this like Tempest 2007?
hugothenerd 2 years ago
is dat sum Polybius?
MetalMagnaCarta 2 years ago
its like tempest if you took a shit on it.
Usgo1 2 years ago
If any game has ever needed a big EPILEPSY warning sticker on it, it was this one. Tripiest game since the original Tempest and gauranteed to give you, your neighbor, and anyone within a 4 mile range an instant seizure by level 4. Loved the game with all my heart.
starstarstar42 2 years ago 19
Ever tried REZ? :D
me1ne 1 year ago
@starstarstar42 ...and then beat hazard came along. Love these trippy old school type games :)
zigzagtoes 1 year ago
@zigzagtoes space giraffe is more epilectic-unfriendly
tabbyaboutroots 1 year ago
@starstarstar42 This game shouldn't cause an attack. It's not flashing bright colors that could trigger it. The opening for the Dethklok show is a big danger for flashing red.
kikook222 8 months ago
@starstarstar42 Could someone explain to me why this needs an epilepsy warning? I could understand a photosensitive seizure warning, but not epilepsy.
GeneStarwind09 7 months ago
@GeneStarwind09 Probably because of all the flashy lights.
LocutusIsBorg 6 months ago
@LocutusIsBorg But less than 1% of epileptics are affected by strobe lighting. Therefore, 99% of those with "EPILEPSY" won't give a fuck about such a warning sticker. Not to mention, even those without epilepsy can be affected by strobe/flashing lights in different ways. It's a preposterous generalisation. Not that I'd blame the person. Even I myself used to believe that seizures were mainly caused by flashing lights. I'd blame Hollywood and TV in general.
GeneStarwind09 6 months ago
@GeneStarwind09 The one person I ever knew with prominent epilepsy was mainly triggered by flashing lights. That and low blood sugar, from what I remember. She was a weird person.
LocutusIsBorg 6 months ago
im tripping balls
StrikerTheLizard 2 years ago
this game... it looks ox-cellent.
Jaklub 2 years ago
So it's tempest, but you don't shoot certain targets, and it's combined with WMP11 visualizers and techno. Cool.
sygnus5 2 years ago
I haven't figured out if I like this game yet. I love the presentation and audio. Is sometiems hard to see whats going on though. Nice video. I really like the child's voice on the title screen too - is very different.
MirageCult 2 years ago
@MirageCult All it's saying is nought, two, one, three, three, one, three, two... in Welsh. Not all that mystifying.
MrSmegheneghan 2 years ago
The soundtrack was done by The KLF.
ssssroryssss2 2 years ago
Cool looking game, like Tempest on acid. Will have to try it at some point.
sniffymcsniffington 2 years ago
Amazing game... -True spiritual successor to the Tempest.
MIXSTARPRODUCTIONS 2 years ago
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tell you the truth guys, this is the worst 360 game of the year 2007, the xbox people announced it.
DiGiTaLREJEKT 2 years ago
not really.... but if u get high and play tis game then..... idk ull fuck ur self up
SN1PAB0Y 2 years ago
OW FUCK MY SEIZURE
t22bc 2 years ago 4
XD i watched a friend play the demo and laughed lots. its so stupid and theres just random moo-ing and saying giraffe tastic :p lol its so stupid :p
kittendarkness 2 years ago
I think less "acid trip" and this game would have sold a LOT more copies. Don't get me wrong, there's something "artsy" about the whole presentation, but as far as gameplay is concerned, the acid trip visuals actually detract...
SashimiX 2 years ago
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I don't want to sound like a snob... but god, this game looks awful.
Are people in denial or something?
thisnameisuniq 2 years ago
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its just for stoners to have fun! noormal ppl dont understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
SN1PAB0Y 2 years ago
Shame they couldn't do better on the soundtrack. Alister Lidsay works for Sony tho. So I suppose he owns the rights to the Jag TK2 soundtrack. TELEVISION IS THE RETENA OF THE MINDS EYE!
therealKINDLE 2 years ago
when i first played this game i thought it was one of those shitty games that had no point to it...but i actually played the tutorial and it finally came to me....this game actually has strategy! this game is great, i just wish u can see the bullets easier, still fun nonetheless
dantheman23312 2 years ago
Blink-timing, yak-tastic, klf'ing to animal noises. For those of us brought up on Defender, Tempest and Gyruss.
I wonder if Julian Rignall still plays games.
reverendcutterx 2 years ago
this DOES remind me of tempest
makes me wanna play it even more
DarkkMistt 2 years ago
wtf
Apoc5055 3 years ago
any game that samples the KLF is ok with me!
benga500 3 years ago
I don't see either "space" nor "giraffe"; but I do see "acid" and "trip".
kermitdfrogz 3 years ago
how about you try playing it on acid, makes the game way better.
Kaleidoscalpula 3 years ago
Im pretty sure you wouldn't be able to play this on acid. I couldn't even finish a lap in Motoracer in 20 minutes.
iris030380 2 years ago
Jeff Minter is a genius but he takes too many drugs XD
phenixsaint 3 years ago
"The concept is lost on most that play this and it's shame considering how satisfying it can be when you understand the rules.Huge scores come more from tactics rather than mindless shooting."
Well gee, how can ANYONE miss how to play properly with such a clearly presented set of instructions in the tutorial and all the helpful comments and popups on the screen?
oh wait...
yonderyonder 3 years ago
this man sarcasm is truth.
This game is terrible and if you've spent hours trying to figure out how to play it you are a tool it's a fact scientists in a lab have actually discovered that Space Giraffe is played by tools what will they think of next?
Gearsapple 3 years ago
0_o this is supposed to be unbelievably to trippy right?
deryni21 3 years ago
The concept is lost on most that play this and it's shame considering how satisfying it can be when you understand the rules.Huge scores come more from tactics rather than mindless shooting
It's really not like Tempest and the biggest problem people have with this is they play it the wrong way
Clear Tempest from your mind when you play this otherwise you will end up disapointed
Adropacrich2 3 years ago
The concept is lost on most that play this and it's shame considering how satisfying it can be when you understand the rules.Huge scores come more from tactics rather than mindless shooting
It's really not like Tempest and the biggest problem people have with this is they play it the wrong way
Clear Tempest from your mind when you play this otherwise you will end up disapointed
Smart game once it clicks
Adropacrich2 3 years ago
What an awful looking LSD tripping spaceshit
OattiM 3 years ago
what an ugly game
THEAWESOMEGHOST 3 years ago
I am high. This game rocks. Thank you Jeff.
styx021 3 years ago 2
jeff minter is a drug addled furry faggot who should never make another game again.
magichatdetective 3 years ago
If this rates as the worst game you've ever played you need to buy more than two games.
pLemming 3 years ago
em i backed?
shadowkill4141 3 years ago
Yeah this game needs to be available for the PC !!!!!!!!
msc2002 3 years ago
Llamasoft just released a PC version if you're interested.
Be careful, though, you need a fast computer to run it.
RABBIDGamfan 3 years ago
neeeed foooor cooompuuuuteeeerrrr! :O
Frobblo 3 years ago
That looks like teh shit.
jamescfc1 3 years ago
Great game wasted on people that don't understand it's gameplay.Play it like Tempest and you're missing the point but also playing it wrong anyhow
Generally gamers don't take to stuff done differently and so if a game feels initially awkward they give up - Too Human is an example of this
Personally i couldn't go back to Tempest after playing this deightfull rush of a game
Well done mr Minter your style is quite unlike anyone elses
Adropacrich2 3 years ago 4
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It's obviously Tempest remade
ninelivecat 3 years ago
I like the multicoloured numbers. Reminds me of Defender.
samxx1x 3 years ago
??? This looks really trippy. Flashing colors in the background while you're shooting weird shapes while internet memes spew out of you and appear onscreen.
jhosobot 3 years ago
immagine playing this when ur backed??? (high) o.o
Achevement 3 years ago
Maybe get baked for once then you can comment
poogoblin 3 years ago 5
scary dream 4 stoners
TshrinkDwrapperL 3 years ago
where's the giraffe? all i see are a lot of colors
224109908 3 years ago 3
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dont buy this game, it is awful, its controls kick you in the balls, the innovativness is 0, and it seems like the game makers hate you...
NERDINinc 3 years ago
Well I've got NO idea what was going on there. It looked nice though.
cfarnelli 3 years ago
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I hate games like this. way prefer beat em ups on the arcade.
ScreenFlavour 3 years ago
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This game is p. shitty.
JohnnyLeetsauce 3 years ago
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To clarify i'd rather play Rez.
JohnnyLeetsauce 3 years ago
I need this game, so cool.
noodle1119xhalo2 3 years ago
game looks fun but cant stand this dance music. generic beat, digital sounds. hire some people who own analog music gear and know what to do with it :/ sadly people seem to eat up crappy dance much, and have no knowledge of analog. so its mute for that! thx for sharing video
ianandlucas 3 years ago
I've been playing Minters games from the early 80's. They guy is a tripped out genius. He looks at stuff from a totally different view point. The tripped out Pink Floyd/The Orb type music with the visuals and "out-there" themes are brilliant. This is gaming from "outside of the box".
The guy is genius!
kossnowbum 3 years ago 3
I'm old enough to remember playing Jeff's games on a Spectrum 48K. Nice to see he's still making weird stuff.
hrgiger 3 years ago
I dont know what the hell is going on, but i like the visuals and music
diegofrgc 3 years ago
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this game was voted for worst game of 2008 on a gamer magazine
wussup9 3 years ago
By complete idiots.
Retroid1975 3 years ago 15
as bad as this game may look its not like it looks bad as shaq-fu!
halomaster0404 3 years ago
jeff claims its not a clone but looks similar. I was a huge fan of his work in the C64 days. congratulation Jeff Minter on this brilliant trippy ass game
froobcity 3 years ago 3
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looks like a rip of of tempest
unsf8518 4 years ago
dude get lost....you don't know what ur talking about. Learn some history before you mouth off.
djprall 4 years ago 2
this game sux, it's just a display of how the developer could play with colors
sonicteam2k1 4 years ago
This game is not for wimps. It's a true arcade experience for the seasoned videogamer. Not you silly FPS phsychos
djprall 4 years ago
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translation: it's a game for people who can tolerate boring mediocrity
yourfatuncle 4 years ago
thank you! someone knows why this was released
halomaster0404 3 years ago
Jeff Minter the creator of this game is a light synthesizer visualization software pro. That is what he has been doing the last decade
froobcity 3 years ago
This game actually made me and my friend angry, and we were just watching it! I give it a 1.5/10. I couldn't even tell where the enemies were, where my ship was, or what the i was firing and at who. Imagine playing this on the button laden Xbox360 controller. besides, heroin and beer are much cheaper.You could spend 1 hour playing this game for $60 or just go to the bar, and get a loaded tab with the same effect.
yesyourman 4 years ago
This game kicks ass...it hurts my brain but it's so goooood lol
TheSonicNiGHT 4 years ago
the "mumu" sample is classic KLF - this game just rocks!
POSTHUMANPASK 4 years ago
I dont understand this at all
captainmystery 4 years ago
Love this game...Yak The Hairy did it again !
SunStare 4 years ago 2
This is Jeff's best work ever. I thank him for his hard work on this.
djprall 4 years ago 2
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Dude...its just Tempest 2000. How lame.
bonehead48655 4 years ago
Dude you are an idiot. You should learn about the developer and the creator of both games. Have you even bothered to play it? It's an evolution to the similiarities of Tempest but way better! How about variety in the game arcade?
djprall 4 years ago 2
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it looks like a very bad space invader game
rsbandbj1j2j3 4 years ago
Giraffes that fly through space or some kind of extraterrestrial matter that can give someone seizures, and shooting who knows what at random things?
Sounds kinky.
Hummerwar921 4 years ago
shoot, collect, ram. In that order always.
Over
and over
and over.
I thought Jeff was over Tempest... risk something new! This is just a tiny gameplay upgrade with acid VIS on top. Nothing new actually.
also: tutorials supposedly explain everything
I'm dissapointed.
MadsterV 4 years ago
tempest ripoff
acanthopleura 4 years ago
I like the sneezing sound effect
rotopope 4 years ago 2
Tempest 2007
FrakAttack 4 years ago 2
The music at 6 minutes was f##cking awesome,also this game is the BOMB!! love it!! is this for xbox live only?
Vtwinsp1 4 years ago 2
A winner is you!
fabiopl 4 years ago 2
*winnar
brodalco 4 years ago
winrar
earlofnim 4 years ago
sick if u r blazed
zack138525 4 years ago
best 400pts i ever spend on xbla
Menelec 4 years ago
anon approves
radioactivewraith 4 years ago
habeeb it.
Zionyde 4 years ago
fuckin awsome. especially with stoned condition XD
mokafoka1337 4 years ago
POD GET!
DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU DESU
djblueshift 4 years ago
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gay
bloodyknuckles87 4 years ago
bestial
stinkyox 4 years ago
So its basicly a 3D version of space invaders with way to many colors and shit?
saxojon 4 years ago
Yes, of course it is, fucktard.
stinkyox 4 years ago
Hard to tell since one cant see shit. I had to ask. But if you wanna be a total dick, its your call.
saxojon 4 years ago 3
Well, no, actually, I think being a total dick was *your* call. And it's "way *too* many colours", you illiterate mingepiece. And "basically". And I'd actually be interested to hear your explanation as to how the design of Space Giraffe is equivalent to Space Invaders. Not seeing a lot of parallels myself.
stinkyox 4 years ago
gay
bloodyknuckles87 4 years ago
uber gay
stinkyox 4 years ago
uber pwnage r-tard
bloodyknuckles87 4 years ago
south park haha im guna watch that now
bloodyknuckles87 4 years ago
From what I can se you are lined up at the bottom of a line and shoots stuff that comes down from the top of the box, only it comes in different shapes instead of the quadrant box. How is this not similar to Space Invaders? And are you a dev or something? Seing as you seem to take it so personal.lol.
saxojon 4 years ago
You're on the edge of a surface. There's more dynamic available than simple left-right motion. In Space Invaders you have to shoot stuff before it reaches the bottom, in SG you *want* to accumulate stuff at the "bottom", etc, etc...
In short, don't go anywhere near game design as a career because you suck at the most basic level of even identifying what a game *is*.lol
stinkyox 4 years ago
With that shitty vid, no way I could figure out what the hell was going on, like tons of other people who watch this game on video. I recon you are a one of the game designers, huh.
btw, I dont give a rats ass what you think of me as a game designer cause I have never intended to be one.
saxojon 4 years ago
well, you can't blame me for YT compression, that's just how it is.
(Oh, and it's "reckon". Goddamnit, is everyone in the universe illiterate these days?)
If you don't give a rat's arse (yes, there is an apostrophe in "rat's") then why bother commenting at all?
I don't understand the motivation of you creatures, I really don't. You comment but you really can't be arsed to think anything at all.
stinkyox 4 years ago
I'm sorry. I am not english and like most other people on the internets I dont waste space on aspostrophes. If youd rather take it in Norwegian we can do that. Can't stop loving your ad hominem "arguments", though.
And you should be smart enough to understand when the consumers doesnt get what your product is its not because there is something wrong with the consumers.
Thank you, and goodbye.
saxojon 4 years ago
Good, maybe you'll simply not bother making inane comments then. I really don't see the point. Especially since you posted to moan about the compression when if you actually read the description it actually mentions that yes, there are unavoidable compression artefacts.
And I don't understand what you are on about with respect to "consumers", "product" and a compressed YT video. I'm not charging anyone to watch it, you know.
stinkyox 4 years ago
looks like a bad windows media player visualization
aahpandasrun 4 years ago
looks like a bad youtube comment
stinkyox 4 years ago
What the fuck is happening?
travwtheguitarman 4 years ago 2
Can u not like die?? ur running into the enemies -.- ill just get the game and read instructions nvr mind :)
drblake 4 years ago
what?
fubar123456 4 years ago 2
i would love to see you tackle a FPS, I can imagine it would resemble the acid experiments on soldiers.
nice work fair Yak
alexinwatford 4 years ago 2
I can't tell what the hell is going.
justsumdude899 4 years ago
It's on XBLA now.
IAMNOTHUMAN 4 years ago
The music between 1.30 and 2.15 actually sounds like a Giraffe dying in space...
Pootnam 4 years ago
I'm sure I read you as quoted that this wasn't Tempest again.
Your most original play mechanic was the seperate X and Y controls in Hellgate, I reckon. I haven't played that since the days of my VIC20 but I recall invisible enemies later on and an infinitely long final level.
ukbloke28 4 years ago
Ahhhh... I so loved Tempest 2000 on the Jag. So many games are addictive and frustrating at the same time, but not Tempest 2000. I read Space Giraffe is going for the same friendly style. :)
That Space Giraffe's "MOOOOOO!!!" stands out so much I think is going have people's neighbours going "Seriously, WTF?" as that'll be the major sound to go through walls. :D
wipeout2098 4 years ago 2
An absolute must have I can play this for hours on end
terryred2 4 years ago
Brilliant Jeff.. Cat is well pleased as well. Thank you
sab424 4 years ago
Ahhh, lovely Giraffey. Can I have one? PLeeease!? Soooooon? I promise to feed it's foes all the electric death they handle! Then a little bit more. Then a lot more.
Come to me Giraffe... come... =)
SuperHuey73 4 years ago
Gawd... I have been wanting this since GDC. I wish I'd come to shake your hand. Oh well.
lefishy 4 years ago
lokks good but the animal sounds judt dont fit the type of game and seem stupid...just turns me right off the game
BossyBoy 4 years ago 2
nah the sfx are fine, in fact many of the alpha team went out of their way to praise the sound design. And a Llamasoft game without animal noises would just be stupid.
stinkyox 4 years ago
The SFX are awesome. Makes me wanna play some GR++
lefishy 4 years ago
That looks madder than a tiger in a leotard! I'm in :)
cosmicspanner 4 years ago
Me wantee
scissorkicks 4 years ago
This reminds of the game Devil Get Toilet Paper.
Attila226 4 years ago
oh noes - where's 'i love horses' gone?
i think this game is going to be the best 400 ms points i ever spent!
bmn100 4 years ago
That was exactly in the spec I sent to MS when we first proposed the game. Nothing *else* in that original spec doc is even relevant now, but I did state exactly that I wanted people to feel that it was the best points they ever spent }:-D.
I think we've done that. Really pleased with it }:-).
stinkyox 4 years ago
Jeff Minter is a fucking madman, and I love him for it. Looks like this is e