Underrated Indie Games Part 76: Booloid [Mark Essen]

Mark Essen aka messhof has always been known for making unconventional, not to mention tough, games. Booloid (a sequel to Bool) is one of his earlier works and plays out like one big balancing act - you control a ship and must rescue stranded Boolians with your tractor beam, as well as sucking up purple liquid (when you see a pool of it) to keep your ship cool so that you may keep on flying.

You must also try and make sure you do not touch the landscape, which will bring your energy down significantly, although it will recharge after a certain period. Ship parts can be found (also sucked up with your handy tractor beam) and later used to upgrade your ship. You get three lives but fortunately there are save spots throughout the game.

Graphically, the game takes a sharp-lined, minimalist approach, using only a few bright colours to illustrate surroundings. It works.

http://messhof.com/booloid/

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Esos deben de ser los juegos de messhof

[Blahdabbadoo]

This just looks like a clone of Graviton & Lander but with the risk element reduced as you have your own infinite supply of fuel and also a damage bar. In the original game this is clearly based on, if you hit a wall 'bang' your dead, life lost. You also had to make do with the fuel you had, no top ups. Made for a cut-throat challenge gravity based game, based on really convincing physics. That ship felt heavy.

Lander 3D underrated, unique and awesomely hard to control, it's why I enjoyed it.

[gwailogavin]

hmm... a couple of the game i tried today, including this one, won't run for me (vista). i've tried running them in xp compatible mode, and with admin privileges, but it just says "process failed" and doesn't run!