By Terry
VVVVVV is complete. You can now get it from its website https://thelettervsixtim.es/!
I apologise for how last minute this all was! I’ve just sent out the preorders to anyone who donated. If for any reason you haven’t gotten that, get in touch and I’ll sort you out.
I’ve just been told that the emails might have been marked as spam, since it got sent out to quite a few people. Be sure to check your spam filter, just in case!
I’d just like to remind you that if you like the soundtrack, Souleye is selling that separately on his own site here: https://www.souleye.se/
Want to talk about the game here? I recently added a forum!
Thanks for all the support and encouragement over the last few months. I hope you enjoy the game!
BTW”¦my preorder email (Gmail) went into my spam directory
Yay! =) Congratulations Terry, you can sleep now ;D
Mine went straight to my Inbox (gmail). Downloading now and plan to enjoy the hell out of it! Congrats on your first commercial release Terry!
yes! it’s here! (preorder went straight to my inbox,)
YEAH!!!
Good and good… now to bed with you man!
FRIST!!
Wait, no…
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It’s so epic and fun ;.;
Also that edge gaming trinket is tough >.>
I got mine. Can sleep now I know it will be there tomorrow morning 🙂
congratulations Terry !
I should have preordered it when I had the chance -.-
My order’ll be going in soon 🙂
Doing things the hard way…
Honestly Terry, I was thinking about being a bit jerky and pirating this game…. however I decided indie developers need the money, and I’d buy it…. if I didn’t like it, I’d just not play anything from you. However, this game is the most blissful game I have played in ages, and even though it’s hard, it sure as hell is fun. Congrat’s on making a great game, and I haven’t been happier playing a game in quite a while. Thank you for this masterpiece!
Congrats! This game is awesome!
Argh, I’ve got this huge pain in the ass bug that causes the screen to randomly freeze suddenly and irreparably, with no apparent cause. The amount of time it takes for it to occur is almost completely random. I can still play, judging by the sounds, but the screen will remain frozen in the same shot forever.
The full screen mode appears to cause all sorts of slowdown… try windowed, and disable backgrounds&effects if it still lags.
The thing is, it’s not slowdown, it’s just that the graphics will freeze entirely. Otherwise the game runs really well.
It’s not that big an issue right now. Seems like the more I play it the less it happens. Anyways, the game is really awesome.
could be your anti-virus?
THIS GAME IS AMAZING. Thank you, thank you! Bought it!
Glad I eventually went to bed last night disappointed. Got my pre-order email at 03:02 so I was well asleep by then. Not played it yet, I need some breakfast!
Quick question: Does the game ‘save’ only at certain points? I expected it to save at every checkpoint, but when I quit, I had to start from the beginning again.
it saves at teleporters and you go into the menu you can save it like that at a checkpoint
also if you use any program that removes flash cookies/cache it will delete your save. CCleaner is a popular piece of software that will remove it.
I JUST GOT “DOING THINGS THE HARD WAY”
PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I HYPERVENTILATE INTO THIS BAG
Just beat it with 19 trinkets and can’t find the bloody last one.
And I have work in 4 hrs. Terry, friend, you are a bastard 😉
must stop playing. must stop dying.
Congratulations Terry!
Get some rest. You’ve done well and you deserve it. meanwhile I will lose some sleep and play the crap out of this game. =D
I’d be interested in reviewing your game on my website/youtube. Contact me Jenna@JennaJaguar.com
Great stuff Terry. A difficulty level close to batletoads on nes though with much less frustration. I wont be rushing through this one
I was one of the many people who only found out about your game because of the leak. I was greatly impressed and I just bought the game to show my support! I believe many others will do the same.
Awesome job!
I just wanted to say that I love this game!
I only heard about it today because someone made a thread about it on NeoGAF and after playing through the demo three times decided to just go ahead and buy it.
I really hope that this works out well for you and that you make enough money to fund more fantastic games.
Also, the music makes me happy.
Loved the demo. Seriously considering a purchase, together with the soundtrack.
Any plans to pitch it to get a Steam release as well?
Hey Terry, great job!!
I’ve just bought the game because i couldn’t wait… but i want the linux version too! I hope there will be a way to obtain the download link when you will release it
without buying the game again 🙂
Terry, thank you. The wait was worth every second. VVVVVV is amazing, and can’t stop playing it. Thanks for it!
Souleye and Bennett’s contributions really help promote the game from very good to great. The soundtrack is a generous dollop of ice cream to go with the pie, and the room names are the whipped cream and cherry. Wonderful work all around!
This game is totally Vunderbar! This game is very different from most games out today, yes it’s a platformer, but it is a pleasant return to the inspired games of yesteryear while becoming something new and whole on it’s own. It’s a very refreshing bit of entertainment worth every single dollar of the $15 dollar asking price. I don’t care what anyone else thinks or says, but VVVVVV is probably the most refreshing and imaginative interactive entertainment since Portal. Yes I said it, and yes there have been other good indie games between then and now (it’s not a very long period of time), but this just gives me that same feeling I had when I played through Portal for the first time. To me, that’s impressive. All I knew before buying the game is that it looked interesting, kinda quirky, challenging, but fun. I’m pleased to say that I’m not disappointed but I also want to highly recommend this to anyone and everyone who loves video games! Whether you’re 4 or you’re 54, there is something within and about VVVVVV that will put a smile on your face each time you play it… I do agree with everyone else, the trinkets are Vriggin Hard to get! That just makes me want to get them all the more!
Thanks Terry! I wish you the best of success with this because I want and can’t wait for your next big game!
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Terry,
Just a heads up – I got you up on Joystiq 🙂
Hey, great game! Beat it in pretty much one sitting, with all the trinkets… going for the time trials now!
Any chance a later edition could add a faster way of restarting? As of right now the only way to redo a messed up time trial is to exit, navigate through the menus, and start once more.
Loving every minute of it, even the annoying minutes. Then I got to “Not As I Do” and now I’m stuck. I am amazingly rubbish!
Not sure if this will show up or not, might get deleted so no one can see the negative reviews. I don’t know why I bought this game, I beat it in an hour and have played so many other better games that were free. I wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone.
Shout-out on MetaFilter: https://www.metafilter.com/88200/VVVVVV
@Viking. Agreed, “Not As I Do” is definitely the hardest screen to figure out (in terms of actually puzzling out a solution, as opposed to reflexes and persistence). Don’t give up!
@JM. Not sure why you bothered accusing anyone of deleting negative reviews, since either a) you’d get deleted and no one would read it, or b) you wouldn’t get deleted and thus be proven wrong.
Also, not sure why you’re surprised that the people who read the developer’s blog are mostly fans of the game.
@JM: @JM: @JM: did you mean “beat” as in 100% ? Surely you just DL the demo and got frustrated after an hour. After playing all of your brilliant free games that rock surely you wouldnt pay $15 for a game you didnt like in the first place. As if you would not have followed the blog/forums before purchase! Just randomly stumbled on this game called VVVVVV and bought it for $15, beat it in an hour which no one else have done and now youre mocking it. Very naive tbh. Or then you just simply fail in comprehending the genre, AS DO ALL WHINERS WHO STILL SEEM TO HAVE HAD AN INTEREST IN BUYING VVVVVV. as for myself: been savouring this excellent piece of gaming for nearly three hours now and loving every annoying moment of it^^ Great stuff
@WalterD. Yeah, I finally figured it out, but had to have a break in playing it to finally see what I was meant to do. Still, took me I have no idea how many lives to do though!
Didn’t mean to cause a big commotion. 5 rescued, 11 circles found, 1 hour 20 minutes. I can see potential, I was just disappointed at the short play time and such a small story. My comparison is just coming from already doing 100% on Within A Deep Forest, the Jumper Series, MeatBoy, Spewer, Braid, MoneySeize, and some older smaller games. They are all of a similar style and all free. I guess a better way to put my previous reply would be that I would have liked to see a lower price on the game or a longer and deeper game.
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Congrats on taking this game further than originally intended! And its awesome to hear that it’s finally finished. It must be great to sit back now and say “I did that.”
congrats for the release; i remember when this blog was much more empty and posts had like one or two comments per post, like this one: https://distractionware.com/blog/?p=170 — nice to see you getting popular now 🙂
Oh god, this is fantastic. I’m not getting any sleep tonight. Thank you so much!