In 2014 I made a game about a broken arcade machine. I am planning to release an extended version of the game and am looking for abandoned pixel artwork to include. This might sound weird - but please let me explain it to you…

Ridiculous Glitching is a hell-spawn derived from the Flappy Jam challenge to “make a hard, almost unplayable game,” and damn if it doesn’t live up to the challenge

Brian from N3rdabl3

The Flappy Jam was initiated in 2014 after the creator of Flappy Bird received a lot of hate for his mobile hit Flappy Bird. Part of the outrage was due to the fact that he was successful with such a simple kind of game but he was further accused of having used stolen artwork (which I don’t think is actually true).

Trying to live up to the premise of making a hard ass rage-quit game not only by mechanic I became inspired by the infamous Pacman kill screen bug. This bug made the game unbeatable once you reached level 256.

I personally really love glitch aesthetics but maybe that is because I am extremely fascinated by the idea of entities inside computers imagined in movies like Tron or books like Otherland. The glitch is an anomaly and beyond it lies an unexplored land

This lead to Ridiculous Glitching being a game gone rogue after experiencing a hardware bug releasing it from the chains of determination set by its creator. From now on its only purpose is to try to punish the player for the humiliation it had to endure while being trapped in its (un)original game loop. Watch game trailer here. Its goal is to hurt the player with every dirty trick in the collective memory of all arcade games. It is glitching perspectives, bending known rules or surprising with sudden gravitational changes.

Ridiculous Glitching uses the established flapping mechanic but adds some variety by offering the player choices navigating through the world. It also features power-ups/downs and local multiplayer up to 4 players. Here is a chart with all the current gameplay elements

When the game was released on itch.io it received some interesting reviews and found a small but engaged audience - some of which recorded their failings.

Strangely enough I still enjoy playing the game after all this time and therefore started to work some more on it to release it for mobile platforms. The game already runs nicely on phones and it seems to be a good fit for touch controls.

That’s where the abandoned art comes into play. I could imagine using those neglected sprites in the game to help them get revenge for their years of deprivation.

Let them be a part of Ridiculous Glitching & fulfill their destiny by being hurtful to players. Please.

If you are interested, please contact me.