Shadow Complex
A 2D side-scrolling action adventure game.
Where Shadow Complex comes up1 episode or test
- Two-dimensional space
- Limits added objects
- Keeps objects manageable
- Physical, standable blobs
- Harder version of the idea
2D is the limit that keeps added objects manageable
From Shadow Complex page note
What was said about Shadow Complex
Shadow Complex's foam gun adds objects to the world by staying two-dimensional. The game has a foam gun similar to Prey's Gloo cannon, and it works because Shadow Complex is a 2D game. The two-dimensional space is the technical limit that keeps added objects manageable.
Adding objects can hurt frame rate and exceed memory, which is why bullet holes vanish in many games. Minecraft constrains creation with a voxel grid and Dreams with a creation budget. Prey's Gloo blobs are physical and standable, which makes its version harder. Quote: "adding new things is something entirely more difficult."
The Genius of Prey's Gloo Cannon
It has a foam gun similar to Gloo, which works because the game is only two dimensions.
Shadow Complex's foam gun adds objects to the world by staying two-dimensional. The game has a foam gun similar to Prey's Gloo cannon, and it works because Shadow Complex is a 2D game. The two-dimensional space is the technical limit that keeps added objects manageable.
Adding objects can hurt frame rate and exceed memory, which is why bullet holes vanish in many games. Minecraft constrains creation with a voxel grid and Dreams with a creation budget. Prey's Gloo blobs are physical and standable, which makes its version harder. Quote: "adding new things is something entirely more difficult."
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