

Vectrix
Poco a Poco · September 3, 2019 · Free to Play, Action, Arcade, Retro, Top-Down Shooter
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About Vectrix
Based on John Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton, Vectrix is a techno dual-stick shooter that harkens back to arcade cabinets and pockets full of quarters.
Face a nearly unlimited difficulty curve as you blast away at chaotic and erratic cells whose behavior is mathematically unpredictable in most cases! Blasting cells causes others to wilt away if you're lucky, but can also cause massive explosions of new cells! Feel the upbeat rhythm energize you as you connect the shapes to unlock cross-shots, tri-shots and T-shots at enemies! Beware of new cell formations as the colors get hotter and the music gets more intense! Race to the top of the leaderboard and beat developer high scores. Challenge your friends! Are you the best cell eradicator in town? Leave your initials to prove it!
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- Dual-stick shooting
- Smash developer high scores on the leaderboard!
- Collect powerups for even better blasting power!
- Funky techno-synthwave soundtrack
- Predictable basic cell formations evolve into uncontrollable coagulations!
- Solve open questions about cellular automata?
- Color-changing, music crescendoing difficulty curve
- Challenge friends and family to trounce your massive high scores
- Revel in the beauty of particle effects
- Accidentally die while reveling in the beauty of particle effects
- Blast unpredictable cells out of this world!
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This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.
Vectrix — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
The bullets literally spawn right on you making it really unfair and annoying to play. I really liked everything else including the music and the power-up concept. I could have seen myself getting into the game if not for the bullet spawns.1 found this helpful
There's a great game trapped in here (or several of them) trying to get out. The RNG is brutally unfair, but if you're lucky enough that you're not executed early, the evolving gameplay hits just right.
Игра Vectrix – это захватывающий минималистичный платформер, который покоряет своей простотой и увлекательным геймплеем. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в духе векторной графики, создает уникальную атмосферу, погружая в мир, где геометрия становится ключом к выживанию. Управление интуитивно понятно, что позволяет быстро освоиться и сосредоточиться на преодолении препятствий. Уровни, кажущиеся на первый взгляд простыми, быстро бросают вызов, требуя точности, скорости и стратегического мышления. Каждый прыжок, каждое скольжение имеет значение. Сложность постепенно нарастает, вводя новые механики и элементы окружения, которые заставляют адаптироваться и искать творческие решения. Игра вызывает настоящее чувство удовлетворения, когда после нескольких неудачных попыток, наконец, побеждаешь сложный участок. Vectrix – это отличный выбор для тех, кто ищет короткую, но напряженную игру, которая заставит попотеть и проверить свои навыки платформера. Она идеально подходит для того, чтобы скоротать время в дороге или просто отдохнуть после долгого дня, погрузившись в мир геометрических фигур и головокружительных прыжков. Рекомендую всем любителям жанра.
Fun and unique challenge. I like it. Thank you.
I played my first couple rounds with keyboard, but given the name of the genre I suppose it necessitates getting my sticks out. Little did I know that the cheat toggles on the face buttons would cause me to feel much better about my groove than was actually taking place. Before and after I noticed this, it would seem quite often that a glider or parabola would spawn on top of me and kill me instantly. On the other hand, I was able to observe the different weapon patterns without as much stress applied to acquiring them; contrary to my expectations, the weapons don't gain extra power with each cycle, leaving this secondary objective mute once you get an optimal weapon pattern. The game isn't much more than the classic Nerve beater roots that it takes mechanical inspiration from, spruced up by the aesthetic of another icon for Gen-X computer nostalgia. Adherence to the rules of Conway's game would fundamentally come at the cost of Asteroid's rules. Because randomly spawning gliders are not only the leading cause of death, but it also makes them aesthetically incongruent. Asteroids can never really surprise you with anything except for the accumulation of your own consequences in th…
Unplayable. The ship, the hitbox, the place the shots come from, and the position of the cursor are all out of alignment. I presume it's something to do with the aspect ratio of my monitor and positions being hard-coded? No options menu, so unable to fiddle with settings to diagnose.
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