Vorticube by BDS Flash and Tasty Lamp is a 3dish ball bouncer where you must collect blocks and avoid the mines.

While pretty, the art is fairly basic, with decent animation. I think if you would be going for something more pleasing to the eye, you might use road kill or baby arms. It would be more interesting then just blocks, but maybe that is just me. Over all the art is good but the look of the game could be better.

What kept me playing was the gameplay. Even with it on easy it’s like trying to steer a 3 wheeled stroller with a couple of retarded pit bulls in it. VERY CHALLENGING.

While frustrating at first, it does not take to long to master (and you better since more and more mines get added). With the game being timed for each level, it helps starting on easy first. Using the arrows to move around with W and S to go up and down is a good idea but I wish it was reversed, or have the options to customize buttons. Much thanks for the pause button, though.

The music and sound effects went well with the game, but it really could have used a sound toggle option, being it’s almost (or at least should be) a standard for flash games now-a-days.

With high scores and the addictive challenge of the game, the weak level art, and lack of sound toggles can be overlooked and you can spend a good amount of time cursing as you try to maneuver your stroller around in this “good but could be even better” game. Heres hoping for a part 2 to this.

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