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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Cuberino Platformerino

lil'Cube: inbetween Dimensions

1.2.3 Go Cube

Super Cube Story

Cube Origins

Cube's Planet

Cube The Square

Cube: hypersurface World

Tesseract

Isotoxal

hypercube

6Faces

cuboid

Quadrilateralized Cube

64 cubic inches

Cube: 125

edit: lmao i dunoo just going write bunch more xd

Cube's Path / hyperpath

Cube Mayhem

blockkid

Cube May Die

Retro Cube Platformer

Rush Cube

Cube's Fall

Cube Race

Project Cube

Yet Another Cube Platformer

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Several I have thought of:

Reacticube or ReactiCube ( depending on capitalisation preference)
Perspecticube or PerspectiCube
Platformible (Platform, Impossible)

It is definitley tricky, Thinking about it, and trying to make a name which is memorable, still sounds like a word, and maybe has some hidden meaning is quite tricky. Best of luck with the choices! I'll keep thinking anyway, and I'll edit/ reply when I think of more.

4 years ago
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Four Corners Full Of Hope. ;D

Actually had "Once More" in mind, but someone already uses that for a game in 2021. :(

4 years ago
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It changes dimensions inbetween (several 2D and 3D perspectives)

Cubetween

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Kinda obvious maybe, so I apologize for the apparent lack of imagination. But after reading your responses to some of the other comments, and how you stressed that you wanted something simple that conveyed the meaning of the game, I think it's pretty good. And not for nothing, but you kinda came up with it first in your list of criteria.

"Super Hard Cube"

4 years ago
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CubeHard: Mission Impossible

4 years ago
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No clue :( Spent 10 minutes thinking about it...

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After hours of research (not really) i came up with these names:

Quadrangular
To Many Spikes!
Jump Over Spikes!
Angular
A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles: The Platformer
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces: The Platformer
Cube & The Deadly Spikes
Cuboid: Parallel Dimensions
Parallelepiped
Hexahedron
Mark of The Cube
Hyperactive Cube
Cubeman
World of Spikes
The Legend of Cube
Spike Valley
Death of The Cube
Cubeventure
Cube Adventures
Just Another Cubic Game
Cubic
Cubic Struggle
Cubical
Six-Sided Die
Kyo͞ob
Spikezone
Cube/Spike
The Great Adventure of Cube
Kube
Cube: Tactical Platformer Action
The Chronicles of Cube: Spikes of Doom/Death
Full Metal Cube
Cubevania
Legacy of Cube
Twisted Spikes
Trial and Cube
Cube Quest
Cube Story
Cube: The Unfair
Cube: Dimensions Inbetween
C.U.B.E. Currently Unfair But Easy
Cube Must Die
Cube 64
Roll, Jump, Die!

Latin Words:
Triplicata
Cubus
Cybus

Greek Words:
Kúbos

Of course, some of them are nonsense and joke names:)

4 years ago
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Spiky hell for a cube

4 years ago
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Didn't really read any of the other posts and this probably isn't a great name... first random one that came to mind after waking up and reading this: Cubetrix

4 years ago
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Hard game: Cube edition

4 years ago
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In level 1 you encounter a grim reaper who makes a bet,
"Beat the level and I'll give you a new face, but lose the level and I'll take yours."
"Deal. Hey wait... in both scenarios I lose my original face!"
"At least having a face is better than none."
*Gives you 2 sec to beat level* *You fail* "Hey, that wasn't fair." "Fine, I'll remove the timers." Gives new look for beating the level, but you lose original for not beating the time.

The grim reaper *teleports* you to another realm (an excuse for change from 2d to 3d.)
Throughout the game, the character gets a new skin for beating the level. A timer will appear after beating a level for the first time.

Square Better or Square Face Off.

4 years ago
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Maybe something along the lines of Cube Squared, Square Cubed, 🔲^3

4 years ago
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If it's as wild as a hypercube in Hilbert space, I am sure you will find a fitting title. :)

4 years ago
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I'll have to come back after I have a coffee but as of now the only thing that comes to mind is Six Sides of Death but I will edit my comment when more come to mind:)

4 years ago
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It doesn't have personality? Let's give it one! Bojangles Gets Wrangled! Set it in the west and you're all set

4 years ago
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CHIP: Cube Hard Indie Game

4 years ago
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Ehr... An Impossible Game About a Cube? Deadly Cube of Death? Beat It! The Cube? Spiky Cube: You're Doomed? The Cube: Fast and Furious? Cube [That Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With That Movie]? Imagination is really not my strong suit :(

4 years ago
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Just looking at a giveaway, haven't you already released it as Almost There: The Platformer. Hardcore platformer with a square as the main character. Cool name.

:D

4 years ago
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Cubbed

(Because you are a cube and because you are inexperienced, a cub)

4 years ago
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Futility Cubed or Futilely Cubed - Perhaps with a 3 superscript for cubed rather than the written word.

4 years ago
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Curazy : Cube+Crazy
Imp□ssible
C.U.Be(Can U Beat?)

4 years ago
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Impossible Cube is too much on the face?
How about Impossicube? Someone already suggested that. Damn.
Well, if it's a cube, it can't roll, so... That isn't how I roll?

4 years ago
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Third Power
(hah!)

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