Hey guys,

I am thinking about this for weeks now. It's surprisingly hard and I am pretty desperate now. I am looking for a name for a platformer game. It is very simplistic and doesn't really have that kind of personality that makes it rather easy to find a proper name, like Cuphead or Shovel Knight simply describe the main character. My main character is a cube.

Well, since we have the best gamer community on the internet here, I thought I'll just ask you and hope that someone comes up with a nice idea. :)

The name should have at least some relation to the main properties of the game, which I will list here:

  • It is a super-hard platformer
  • It's probably almost impossible to beat a level on the first try (get the hint? ^^)
  • Main character is a cube
  • It has a lot of spikes in it
  • It requires precision and fast reaction
  • It has 2D and 3D elements
  • It changes dimensions inbetween (several 2D and 3D perspectives)

That's about it. Not a lot to work with. I have a list of rather generic ideas. I don't like any of them that much, really. So, I am hoping for your help.

So, please tell me: what would be a good name for such a game? I am thankful for every suggestion. If anyone here comes up with the name I'll use in the end, he of course gets a few copies of the game as soon as that's possible (meaning when the store page is set up).I will add him/her and make a note for that.

And if you came here and have no idea whatsoever, just like me, then at least you didn't come for nothing. So please have a bundled and a non-bundled giveaway:

Giveaway (level 1)
Giveaway (level 2)


Steam page is up now. I like this name the most so far, but I am still open to suggestions. Every wishlist is highly appreciated (as this seems to be the most important thing nowadays). To celebrate this I made a few more giveaways:

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3

Good luck! :)

4 years ago*

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Looks like Geometry Dash with a twist, how about Dimension Dash?

3 years ago
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Sounds good, but maybe a little too on the nose. ;) Also, Geometry Dash was already Impossible Game with a twist. Hm, Impossible Dash? ^^

3 years ago
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Congrats on taking this step towards publication! Good luck with everything that comes next!

3 years ago
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Thank you very much!

3 years ago
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Death Squared

EDIT: LOL my bad I didnt read eveything before I posted this. Congratz on finding a title

3 years ago*
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<3 !! ....the KA did it!

frank is my second name (not true), so: at first, looking at screenshots, wasn't that tempted to give it a try...
Dimension Shift sounds too ...normal, i would pick a shorter name like Shifter, or a kinda-latin Dimensio...
don't like the fonts you've used. especially the one on the video (but i like its effect)... i'd chose something less classic and more "dynamic", that could give a "sense of movement".

tho, the video made me wishlist it (i obv would have wishlisted nonetheless :P): it really shows the "shift" i don't get from screenshots. i'm "judging" it like i usually do, without reading the About this game part. but, a GIF, there, would be a good idea, imo (even if one don't plays the video, the gif would do the trick)

honestly, i really want to try it, KA!
hoping all the best for you, huge congrats and... keep on working it!

3 years ago
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Thanks for your feedback, Frank! xD

I absolutely agree that Dimension Shift is not that spectacular. Just haven't found a better one yet. Dimensio doesn't seem that bad, actually.

Regarding fonts, screenshots and so on: you're totally right. This is all made in a hurry. I spontaneously made the trailer including music in 2 hours. It was completely rushed. I thought on Fridy at work "could I even make a half-decent trailer?", came home, started working on it at 6, had to finish before 8 because I had a thing with friends then. The Steam page was even more rushed. I didn't plan to do it that day, but on Saturday we had a drunk discord session, and at some point after midnight I suddenly started on supplying all the info that Steam demands for a release. It's really quickly extracted screenshots from a video, more or less randomly selected, and even the game logo I just took from the trailer I made the day before. So don't worry, this is all temporary. This is all just a guy who is excited about his own game and couldn't wait to see his own Steam page. xD I absolutely know that I need to make a good logo later and re-do the trailer and everything.

And yes, a GIF is absolutely necessary. Funnily enough, what I was always thinking during the last months was that when I finally start with the presentation on Steam and on the web, I will start with a GIF, then do all the other stuff later. Now I have my Steam page up and still no GIF. :/

And you will definitely get the chance to play it later. But it will need quite a bit more time. It's far from finished. :)

3 years ago
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RediCubelous
Red Shift
Smooth Moon (just because it doesn't make sense and people will wonder forever where the title comes from)

3 years ago
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Cubed Revenge, The Impossible Reckoning.

3 years ago
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Petrix Totalis

3 years ago
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harded head, or hardspike head.

3 years ago
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