Was very confusing to see C++ and ActionScript until I realized this is VVVVVV and clearly not VVVV!

Incredibly fun game, I'm not a huge gamer but I remember buying the Humble Bundle just to get this. One of the few games that I've spent the time to finish. Awesome work, Terry, and thank you for the great times!

btw also fuck you for veni vidi vici, jeez that took me a while!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CtiY5D6HCs

tangentially related, great to see https://www.iiiiiiii.com/ is still going

Related. Others?

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Awesome game. Good to see the code is authentically bad for an indie game of that era.

Loved the game, sweet and short.

It's one of those twists that reward programmers that can think outside of the box and execute instead of downloading some generic libraries and making yet another platformer.

No way, this is very cool! I loved playing through VVVVVV. The first level music still lives and plays in my head from time to time.

I remember when a certain someone on an irc channel shared the vvvvvv flash demo with me and some others. That game, that period of time, the early Humble Bundles -- all of that was pretty formative for me. Crazy to think that was almost 15 years ago.