So you want to be a real hardcore gamer™©??

Well, if you haven’t beat this game, your application is denied and the Weenie Hut Jr. Is over there!

Now seriously: this game is not difficult in the normal sense but outright hostile to the player. It is made with the intent to fuck with the player and get them to rage quit. I died 1500 times to the endboss alone and I think it was 7000 times for the whole game and no that is not a few zeroes too many. The reason why it doesn’t feel too annoying is that it restarts immediately without loading times, so you are never out of the action for long. And it is mostly one screen at a time, so you don’t have to hard-mode the game (you can of course enable that if you are a gaming god or suicidal).

Is this a bad game? I would say no. It is a punishing game that has fun tormenting and tricking the player, but it is beatable if you are stubborn enough and learn from your mistakes. Your thousands upon thousands of mistakes. And therein lies the “fun”: beating the game step by step and being determined to not let it beat you. But I can perfectly understand everybody who doesn’t need that in their hobby. It is certainly not for everybody. And while you die a lot, it’s not a long game. On average it takes 10h to beat.

The game is referencing/parodying a lot of old games from MegaMan to CastleVania or Tetris, fitting to it’s 8/16bit aesthetics. So if you are a fan of that gaming era, it might enhance your enjoyment.

It is free available on the linked website. Have fun dying! And if you have trouble with the first screen, you can come back and read ::: spoiler this spoiler to help you Try to go up, not down ::: .

And don’t feel bad, I also needed a guide already at the first screen.