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The Impossible Game is a newly released indie game developed by Grip Games and published by FlukeDude. The Impossible Game was released on May 8, 2014 through Steam for Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Originally, the game was released for the Xbox Live Arcade, but it's now available for almost all video game platforms. As the title suggests, it is a game that seems pretty impossible to beat. However, this game is pretty hard to put down. The Impossible Game is a co-ordination platform game with only five very difficult levels. Also included is a level editor which lets you create your own levels.
Getting and Playing The Impossible Game
The Impossible Game is available on Steam for a regular price of $4.99, and it's also available through the Humble Bundle Store for about the same price. The Humble Bundle Store gives you the option to redeem it in the form of a Steam key which is what I did and what I recommend. At the time of this writing, I actually paid $2.99 for The Impossible Game from the Humble Bundle Store. If you haven't checked out the Humble Bundle Store, I strongly recommend doing so because they have a very large selection of games for Linux, and, best of all, they're usually on sale for a much lower price than from other outlets.
The Impossible Game is very easy to understand, yet very hard to master. Your one and only control is the jump button. With the space bar (or a left mouse click), you control an orange square that has to avoid obstacles as it moves from left to right until it reaches the end of the level. Tapping the space bar makes your orange square jump over spikes or onto square blocks – both of which have the potential to destroy your square if you don't avoid them at the right time. Holding the jump button makes your orange square jump for longer if needed. It's all about timing your jumps just right. You can also place flags in the game as sort of check-points. Automatically, when you drop the first flag, your game switches to “practice mode” and becomes much easier to advance. In fact, this is the only way I've been able to complete any levels, in practice mode.
The soundtrack is another key element of the game. As you advance in the game, the soundtrack is synced with your movements – which makes the game even more enjoyable. If your square happens to be destroyed, the music is also killed and unfortunately you have to re-spawn from the beginning of the level which can be very frustrating, especially if you were almost at the end of the song – which is also the end of the level. All in all, there's nothing too fancy, it's pretty simple but also very effective.
If the game's five levels are too “impossible” for you to beat, then you can create your own level. The Impossible Game also has a built in editor that lets you create your own levels any way you want. You can even use your own music for your own custom levels.
My Gaming Setup & Minimum Requirements
I played The Impossible Game with my custom made desktop PC consisting of an AMD FX-6100 3.3GHz CPU, an Asus M5A97-EVO motherboard, a Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, 8GB of Kingston Hyper X RAM, and a 1TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive. The software used was Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Unity desktop and AMD 13.35 proprietary graphic drivers.
The minimum system requirements for The Impossible Game on Linux are: OS: Ubuntu 12.04 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL 2.0 Support Hard Drive: 150 MB available space
Conclusion
Although the game is actually called The Impossible Game, you still wouldn't expect it to be as “impossible” as it is. I honestly do feel that it might be impossible to beat which can be pretty frustrating for someone like me who likes a feeling of accomplishment after working on something for a long time. I encountered some very minor glitches, but overall it was a very rewarding experience. It's a great game and I definitely recommend it, but I cannot give it a perfect score.
Pro's • Easy to understand and easy to play (only one button) • Challenging and entertaining, makes you come back for more • Only five levels (usually this would be a con, but not for a game in which it's impossible to complete even one level) • Level editor for you to create your own levels • Soundtrack is an integral part of the game • Easy to install • Low price (only $4.99 regular price)
Con's • I think it may actually be impossible to beat (I have been able to complete only the first couple of levels in practice mode) • A glitch in the game awarded me a medal for playing over 500 consecutive attempts after only 108 NON-CONSECUTIVE attempts • Graphics are not that appealing, in fact they're pretty basic; maybe some interesting backgrounds would have been nice
Competition
I've got Humble Bundle gifts to the first three readers who can email me the answer to this question:
what do you press to jump in The Impossible Game?
Email your answers to: 7bluehand@gmail.com