I spotted Incredipede last night on RPS: an indie puzzle by Colin Northway featuring Quozzle, an incredipede on a journey to rescue her sisters. Quozzle can grow new arms and legs as she goes, with muscle and leg positions determined at the start of the level.
Movement is caused by the push/pull of muscles, controlled by keypresses of A and D.. a little like QWOP, but where I find QWOP is too frustrating to actually enjoy, Incredipede has at least a feeling of some control.
Though.. I feel sorry for poor little Quozzle. I faceplanted her across the first level, thrashing her across the ground through the next.. and then there was the rather icky deleting and pulling at her legs to change her shape.. in one level, removing all the legs so she could roll through the gaps in the rocks.
How can something be both cute and repulsive?
Spider-Quozzle..
Incredipede is available now, with the demo available to play in the browser. It’s also up on Steam Greenlight, looking for votes to be released on the platform.