Video Games – Moving Towards Infinity

Customize Your Nightmare

Posted on January 18, 2022

Five Nights at Freddy’s (also known as FNAF) is a horror game franchise created by Scott Cawthon. At the time of making this, there are eight games that have been released. Today, I’m going to be talking about the seventh game in the franchise: Ultimate Custom Night.

Ultimate Custom Night is a combination of pretty much all the games. The concept of the game is that you have the night shift as a security guard at a pizzeria. This pizzeria makes its money off of entertaining kids with life size animatronics. During the day, they are friendly and sing and dance for kids. But when you are in your office, the animatronics try to get in, and kill you. The goal of the game is to survive until 6 AM. Your office. have 2 doors, and a vent, all of which you can close. The catch is that to close a door or vent, it takes power, and you have limited of it. You also have a monitor with security cameras, to see what is approaching. This also takes power, but not as much.

Why THIS game?

The reason this game is different from the others in the franchise, is that you can completely customize what animatronics are in the game, and there difficulty. You can make it easy, to play around with the controls and get a feel for the game, and when you want a challenge, you can do that. The game is still very difficulty even when on easy mode, and is quite a challenge to complete.

Speaking of challenges, there area bunch of challenges to made by the developer. They preset certain animatronics to certain levels, and are designed to be challenging in different ways. Some are suppose to be chaotic, others are about being patent.

In the game, you’ve got to make sure everything is under control. There are lots of audio, and visual cues that you will miss if your not paying attention. The game is scary because you’re under constant stress. You’re never safe at any point.

Also, if your feeling lucky, try setting all fifty of the animatronics to level twenty. This is called 50/20 mode, and at the time of writing this, around 25 people how beaten it officially. So good luck!

Fear of the unknown

In the game, there is a random chance that an animatronic names DD will appear. She will summon a random animatronic from the game. This makes it so that you can’t just master an exact strategy. You have to account for the fact that your strategy might have to change.

Learning from experience

As you play the game, you’ll learn more about each specific animatronic. Each one can be prevented with the right actions, and precautions. Like, for example, “Molten Freddy” will only attack you from the vents, and will let you know he is almost in your office, by cackling. The first time it happens, you probably wont know what it is, but later, you’ll be able to recognize the sound from a mile away, and you’ll shut the vent door immediately. Also don’t be intimidated by the seventeen controls. Most of them are specific for certain animatronics, and the rest you’ll learn really quickly. Horror games can be fun when you have no idea how to defend yourself.

Getting the game

FNAF Ultimate Custom Night is available on Steam for free, so knock your socks off. The takes like zero memory to run, so you can play it even if your computer isn’t very powerful. Also, I recommend at least some descent headphones. The game is more immersive if you feel like you’re actually in the game. WARNING: Use this game at your own risk. FNAF Ultimate Custom Night contains jump scares, flashing lights, and is build to be scary. Remember, I am only talking about the game, not forcing you to play it.

Here is the download page. (you will need steam installed to play it). https://store.steampowered.com/app/871720/Ultimate_Custom_Night/

Last words

FNAF Ultimate Custom Night is a really fun game, wait, I’ll be right back. I think I hear something in the vents…

Geometry Dash, The God of Content

Posted on January 14, 2022

Geometry Dash, also called GD for short, is a rhythm based platformer where you jump, fly, and use other methods to avoid obstacles. The game is famous for only using one button when playing. Unlike other platformers, the movement is at a set pace. Instead of using arrow keys or WASD to move, your avatar moves automatically. The layout of each level is predetermined, and different from others. When you open the game, your greeted with 22 levels that are part of the main game. These levels, (also referred to as the Official Levels, or Main Levels,) are a great because they gradually introduce you to all the features, and help you progress. Each level is more difficult then the one before it, and has its own song. Once you’ve had some fun with the official levels there is a whole other barrel of fun that awaits.

The Editor and Online Levels

Most of the content the game has to offer is made up of online levels. In the game, there is a level maker, for people to create there own levels. You can build and play test your levels, and if you like them enough, you can verify the level and post it to the servers for people to play. You have to beat it to verify it, to prove its not just impossible. If the moderators (people who play and moderate the game), think that your level is good enough, they might rate it. A rated level gives players start when completed, that show on there stats. Some super good levels might go beyond just getting rated, and get featured or epic featured. you can tell if a level is rated, if there is a star number under the difficulty symbol.

Run By Community

The reason these game is has so much content is because as long as talented creators are making new levels, people wont get bored. Creator are also not getting bored because people are always taking on massive design challenges, and pushing the editor to its very limits. Lots of people use GD as an art form. There are also the people who are constantly trying to create and beat the most difficult levels possible. Games that are run by the community are always such great success because gamers don’t have to rely on developers coding more updates to have fun.

Perfect for Projecting

Eventually, you’ll want to beat a level that’s out of your comfort zone. Goal setting is important, and dedication is key to success. Sometime its stressful when your right at the end of a level and you have the chance to beat it, but as you play the game more, you’ll learn to regulate this, and you’ll become more controlled as a human being. The way the game works makes it perfect for goal setting. The way the projecting works is quite similar to bouldering (climbing), incase you’ve done that before.

This is a level I’m currently trying to beat:

Terms and jokes you may hear

As all large games have, GD has a terms, and some inside jokes that people who don’t play the game might not understand. Here is a guide through some important ones.

Buffer: this is a type of timing based jump when you click as early as possible.
Spam: this is what people might call an annoying part of a level that just requires you to click fast, and nothing else.
2.2: this is more of a topic than term, but you will probably hear terms related to this. 2.2 is the anticipated update to the game. It was said to be released 5 years ago, but it has been delayed so much, that has became a joke that even the developer himself takes part in.
Modern, Glow, or Effect: these are different styles of decoration that creators use. Some players may prefer one over the others, or like them equally.
Nine circles: this is a style of level that people now think was overused. A creator made a level called Nine Circles, then it became so popular that a lot of people started making levels that look Identical. Fortunately, that trend has died down now, but its still something players remember.
Demon: There are six different difficulties for levels to fall under. Easy, Normal, Hard, Harder, Insane, and Demon. Since Demon levels have such a wide range of difficulty, they have five sub types: Easy Demon, Medium Demon, Hard Demon, Insane Demon, and Extreme Demon.

Getting the game

Geometry Dash is available on both Appstore, and steam. It is around 2.50$ CA on the Appstore. If your wanting to play in your computer, its 5$ CA on steam.

Getting better at the game

If you haven’t read my last post, its all about how to get better at hard games like Geometry Dash. You can read it hear: https://www.blog44.ca/danielb/2022/01/12/getting-the-most-out-of-games/

That is all for today, hopefully you’ve been enlightened on why you should give Geometry Dash a try. The game takes practice, so don’t expect to be really good on your first day. With all said and done, you’ve the end of this post. Feel free to come back any time!

Getting the Most Out of Games

Posted on January 12, 2022

Ah, video games. The recent contender for entertainment. They have swiftly taken over the world, and brought themselves into the lives of many. Its impossible that you haven’t heard of them by now.

This post will be one of five, all on the subject of video games. Branching from games I personally like and why, to healthy routine, to the genius behind some of them.

Staying healthy

Games can be fun, but they can be way more so, if you maintain a healthy lifestyle, and monitor how much you play them. Its important keep yourself in shape, and get lots of sleep. Eating a healthy diet, and working out can really help your mental state. I know it must seem like I’m just a random adult speaking to a kid, but these can really effect how much you get out of games. If you start playing with energy, and ready to play, its a healthy habit and mindset. But, if your just playing on your pointlessly phone, or if you are getting board, its a good idea to turn if your device, and do something else.

These are a pair of blue light glasses that I use when playing games. They help protect your eyes from the light of a screen. (This is something I use personally, not something I think that everyone needs.)

Getting Good at difficult games

I’ve been playing games like geometry dash, and if you start playing it, you may think that its a chill, simple game. But, to experienced players, its a difficult and is perfect for. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to try and improve my skills in this game, using the technics in the post. Here is the download page for Geometry Dash: https://store.steampowered.com/app/322170/Geometry_Dash/

How to use your time is important. Playing more is not as helpful as playing smart. Only play when you are feeling it. Set goals for yourself. If you are playing to achieve a goal, you’ll do better than if your mindlessly clicking. Setting goals can also help you limit how long you play, because you can stop once you hit the goal. Since your brain forms most new connections at night, its not that useful to grind and practice for 16 hours a day. Whenever your not at your full potential, take a break. this will limit how much time you spent without achievement.

That’s all for this post, but four more await, so see you again soon!