This is a hard one...

January 22, 2004 6:08 AM

Twiddlestix
posted by Orange Goblin (8 comments total)

man, that's annoying.

I could get past the second level and that's about it.. couldn't even figure out how to control the thing with any reasonable accuracy
posted by psychotic_venom at 7:10 AM on January 22, 2004

it's a stick.... can I hit a Penguin with it?
posted by KnitWit at 8:16 AM on January 22, 2004

I shut it off to prevent the waste of time I don't have. But I bookmarked it. Thanks.

Just use the arrow keys to move the stick toward the next manhole. It's all about moving at the right time.
posted by yerfatma at 8:17 AM on January 22, 2004

It's basically a Flash version of Kuru Kuru Kururin & Kururin Paradise for Gameboy Advance, which offers powerups, springs, and whatnot. It's mostly a matter of timing. I still couldn't pass level 5, though.
posted by sysinfo at 8:24 AM on January 22, 2004

Yeah, but the skinnier places seem impossible, and there seems to be some places where you can't stop moving for quite some time, and you can't see where you're going..

OH THE HUMANITY!
posted by psychotic_venom at 1:01 PM on January 22, 2004

I thought I was the fish for the longest time.
posted by Outlawyr at 1:34 PM on January 22, 2004

I'm still screwing up on level 5 (billabong), but I did just consciously realize an important principle of play: while your twiddlestik is in continuous motion (i.e., while you are holding down the arrow keys), the rate of its rotation is slowed way down.
posted by Zurishaddai at 3:54 PM on January 22, 2004

I made it to level nine, and that's far enough. Apparently the key to success is to go home to a really slow computer.
posted by sysinfo at 3:58 PM on January 22, 2004