SAVE THE UNICORN

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote] SAVE THE UNICORN is a Digital Homicide style asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated a few Unity asset store packs, dumped them all in a blender, and submitted it to Valve as if they're real game developers. It's important to also note the "developers" here didn't credit any of the artists and real, actual game developers who created the assets here, so this is plagiarism, as well as cash grab shovelware. The "developers" here took a basic template for a hybrid 1-button "Flappy Bird" game coupled with a 2D arcade shoot 'em up aspect, and slapped together some unfortunately popular panda bear and other assets to make it look like an original game, but this is just asset flip garbage. Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality. Without …

Something about this game feels like an asset flip. A big hint is that they didn't replace the word "survivors" with "unicorns" on the stage completion screen. Another is that coconuts become coins and bananas become gems on the stage completion screen. It's also clearly a mobile port. But whatever the original was, it's a unique mix of a jet-pack runner game (NOT flappy-bird) and a side scrolling shooter at the same time, all while also being a one-button game. It may be the only one-button side-scrolling shooter I've seen (unless the original asset was used somewhere else as well). There are some other problems. At least one level does not register the "destroy all enemies" achievement. There isn't much reason to avoid damage because you can retry for free and you can accumulate achievements separately. The "money" keeps accumulating and prices show up even when you can't "buy" any more. I found it amusing for a while, but I wouldn't bother unless you have time and can get it for 49 cents.

If you play this game on the highest video setting, it will give you full on epilepsy. If you drop the video settings considerably, it's a fairly run-of-the-mill shooter with mouse controls and a few upgradeables. It's almost worth playing, but not quite.

Fun game, good music.

This is quite simply one of the best games i have ever played.