Trash TV Reviews

Pretty interesting game with brain challenging puzzles and at the same time straigh forward. However, there were several places were I felt stuck. If you do, just try an another approach. This game does not really require many skills. Pay attention to the level and you can easily walk it through in 2 hours.

[b]Smash TV is a unique platformer-puzzler where the tools you use are guns. Had a lot of fun while playing it, but there are noticeable flaws and bug.[/b] For starters, [b]even with all your guns, combat is pointless.[/b] Enemies then to be either sponges or you get a ton of them thrown your way. Then [b]when you get hit, you loose control and start running left or right until you hit a wall, then you change directions. This last for around 5 seconds and the only thing you can do is jump.[/b] While this does work very well for a platformer, the combat is kinda dull, which is fine since its not the main point of the game. Also the [b]losing control when you get hit could have been used in some really unique puzzles.[/b] (For the guns keep in mind that combat is pointless, so only their functionality matters.) [b]The games gives you 8 weapons: pistol, dual smg, shotgun, bolt gun, C4, archer's bow, machine gun, and tv remote.[/b] You start with the pistol, a simple pea shooter. The dual smgs are automatic weapons which you fire in both directions. This is literally used once and then its useless. The shotgun fires a spread of bullets and is 100% worthless. [b]The bolt gun can best be described as a sticky grenade launcher, and is also the most useful out of all the weapons. In this game you are imune to explosion damage but you still recieve the knockback. In the game, you use it for its aoe to destroy boxes and to jump over stuff with the aid of the knockback.[/b] [b]The C4 is like the bolt gun but it drops C4 on the ground which you can explode by holding down the fire button (which was not well explained). It allows the same freedom of movement like the bolt gun except you no longer need a wall.[/b] It can also obviously be detonated remotely, which is used in some puzzles. The archer's bow and the machine gun both seem to be optional. The archer's bow fires in an arc, powering up the longer you charge it, and eventually gains the ability to pierce. A feature that is only needed once in its area. The bow is also useless. The machine seems to be locked behind a puzzle that requires the archers bow, but it can be aquired with the bolt gun because of an obvious bug. The machine gun is an automatic gun that fires in one direction and constantly applies knockback when you fire. The knockback would be useful in a few areas to gain speed but the explosive weapons are much more useful. The tv remote is a weapon that lets you switch between two versions of the room. It is the last one you get and is only used in 2 sections. It's potential is kinda wasted since its is only really used to switch around the platforms in the room. [b]So, out of all 8 guns only the pistol, bolt gun, the c4, and the tv remote is ever used. The game would have been a lot better if it focused on weapons that expand your movement options instead of useless guns that are used for one puzzle.[/b] [b]There are also noticable bugs in the end portion of the game.[/b] Examples include: tv remote not correctly switching platforms is some areas off the beaten path; game literally crashing if you use the remote in what I think is a secret area; a in game QR code does not work, either becasue of poor contrast or some other reason; mechanical noise not cutting out during the ending. [b]Most of these are excusable since they easily avoided. Also the game ends abruptly. Overall, it was a very good puzzle-platformer and I wish there was more.[/b]

It's short and simple and really nothing special. Mediocre platfromer as it is. I am between recommending and not recommending it, but since there is no such option here - I would caustiosly say YES to it just because it is decently executed and I need to give some praise to a guy making it on his own.

Trash TV is a real short indie job. It's a good lookin' game with nice music and puzzles. My only problem, other than the length is that each level gives you a new weapon to solve puzzles in that level, and that weapon is used for puzzles in that level, and usually never again. There's a lot of good concepts that could have been elaborated on in this game, and some wasted potential. This game's good, but short, so wait for a sale or someth'n.

A very short and to the point puzzle/platformer. It's got a great feedback loop of always providing new areas and abilities. It only took me about an hour and a half to finish, but I enjoyed almost every minute of it! Good controls, wonderful sound design, and a cute story. This game is worth your time, and I'm very much looking forward to season 2!

Fun with the ambience of Half Life 2 or Portal & Portal 2, Except you play as a side-scrolling gun-slinging robotic vintage television set stuck in a Recycling center. This is a puzzle game and a fun one at that. Decent graphics, music soundtrack could've been a bit more inventive and engaging. You don't get the dubstep in the video all throughout the game. Unlike most indie games this is worth my money. Reminded me of the good old days on C= Amiga. Well worth watching this author because he has come up with a killer combination. Can't wait for Trash TV 2. - freax Experience: Been playing video games since the Commodore 64/16/VIC & Commodore Amiga 500/600/1200/3000. PC: 386-486-Pentium-Current Day.

I can't put my thumb on what kept me attached from beginning to end. I mean, that only took an hour and a half. There's no narrative, but there's just enough stuff going on to kinda make up a story as you go. The gameplay is easy, the puzzles not frustrating, and the music is something that makes you want to turn the SFX volume down low. The whole thing makes me think of old old old indie games, the freeware stuff made in MMF2, KnP, or Game Maker. Something like Within A Deep Forest or Knytt. It might even be worth the whole $7, if that's what spurs the devs on to actually make the sequel that was teased.

I had a lot of fun with this game. The controls are great, the art is on point, and the mood strangely has you fully absorbed in the life and perils of an old television set. If you like games that follow the same vein as The Legend of Zelda, Super Meat Boy, VVVVVV or Cave Story, this game is for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X6kPg4WX2s

this game almost got a thumbs up I liked the look and feel, but the puzzles are dumb, overly complicated with no help other then a annoying looping graphic that hopes you can get the idea from that, dumb 3.4/5

Trash TV is a short snack-like experience. It has a good mixture of puzzles, platforming and combat which is contained in an charming visual style. It feels a bit like one of those games that came from nowhere and nobody played before it returned to nowhere, which is a shame because I'd say it's a good experience and somewhat graceful in it's simple gameyness. It's lacking in frills and pretensions and what you see what you get. In some ways it is almost difficult to talk about because of how pared down the design is. Watching the trailer tells you everything about the game and while it's perhaps lacking in surprises it is a good example of a simple idea well executed. It won't change your life, but most things don't and that doesn't make them any less worth enjoying. Just as how with food sometimes all we want is a PB&J at home - sometimes we want a simple game to kill a few hours. Trash TV delivers a solidly satisfying PB&J.