Pteroglider game released for free

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 21st May 2008
Comments (17) Stumble
Pteroglider only sold 32 copies total, but is now available for free. Yay?

Pteroglider only sold 32 copies total, but is now available for free. Yay?

Polish game developer Codeminion has announced that it has released it's DirectX 9 PC arcade schm-up Pteroglider for free after consideration of the games future and, though we'd never heard of Codeminion before, free games are something we never sniff at - even when the developer is the first one to say how bad the game is.

Codeminion has released a short analysis of the game to go hand in hand with the free version of the game, in which they openly admit that the game is badly made and a disappointment from the sales perspective.

“Basically the game was a commercial failure.” they say, ”It sold an outstanding number of 32 copies worldwide and simply (from today’s perspective) was a bad game in our opinion.”

"The game turned out much too difficult for casual gamers, at least for those who had DirectX 9 installed. In fact it was even too difficult for most hardcore players. Of course we didn’t realize it at first. Pteroglider was very easy for us since we’ve been playing it every day during the whole 3 months of development," continues the analysis.

"This is the only one of our games that was completed on time and on budget...But some things must have gone right. Despite of all the mistakes we made even today we tend to get emails and phone calls from people who want us to resurrect the game. Still after many years the game graphics look good and quite fresh."

If you want to have a look at how not to make a game then you can download the full version of the game here and let us know what you think in the forums.
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Quote kylew 21st May 2008, 09:18
I wonder who actually bought it then? :D I may as well try it since it's free though.

p.s. it's = "it is" :)
Quote Mister_X 21st May 2008, 09:19
ok for a freebie ..well not Pterrible

oh dear
Quote liratheal 21st May 2008, 09:24
They sound like they love their game!

Can't fault their honesty though.

Might check it out when I get home. For the sake of it being free and all.
Quote The Chugnut 21st May 2008, 10:03
Sounds like my kind of game. Definitely going to give it a bash.
Quote Krikkit 21st May 2008, 11:08
It's actually pretty good tbh. I'd be annoyed if I'd paid more than a couple of quid for it - nothing is explained. But I can't see how it's far too difficult... Maybe I'm just l33t? :?
Quote Cupboard 21st May 2008, 11:36
I have just downloaded an played this and I can see why no one paid much for it.
And it is rather hard. And has no story/explanation.
Rather fun for ~3 minutes but that is about it.
Quote DXR_13KE 21st May 2008, 11:52
i payed for it and i would not pay for it.
Quote iwog 21st May 2008, 12:21
I love it, its has a classic old school shooter feel about it, instead of just waggling side to side to kill everything you move in a circle to not get hit and waggle your mouse everywhere to kill. Still haven't figured out why you health and shield bars flash randomly and only got to the end of stage 1 difficulty 2 before I got wiped out.
Quote rDr4g0n 21st May 2008, 14:31
Mmmm old school shmups are the best. I got addicted to the japanese ones cause theyre so much harder and more rewarding. I swear the japanese games keep asking "are you american?" everytime I die.
Quote HourBeforeDawn 21st May 2008, 16:18
FREE is FREE ^_^ so I will download this as well when I get home and give it a shot.
Quote MrMonroe 21st May 2008, 16:34
I think I know why they came in on time and on budget thinking it would have mass appeal:

They never showed it to any testers.
Quote FaSMaN 21st May 2008, 17:05
Well at least it is a 11mb download :P ,nothing to lose by giving it a go...
Quote pendragon 21st May 2008, 18:07
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Martin

DirectX 9 PC arcade schm-up Pteroglider

just curious...is "schm-up" a new slang that I wasn't aware of?
Quote CardJoe 21st May 2008, 19:37
It's a arcade shoot-em up genre involving space ships. Like Tyrian. They are also known as bullet avoidance games.
Quote rollo 21st May 2008, 19:51
got to stage 4 difficulty 2 before been whiped out

Gets hard as you progress upwards
Quote Cabe64 22nd May 2008, 00:31
I love shmup games, Ikaruga on the DC is my favorite.

It's not 'bad' per say, I wouldn't pay money for it, unless it was only a couple quid for a download.
Quote rhuitron 23rd May 2008, 09:11
32 People world wide, are very, very, super LAME!
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