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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It's probably almost impossible to beat a level on the first try - a COVID game ?
Just make 19 levels and you are good.

4 years ago
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It's difficult but in an exciting way, right?
Cube Panic

4 years ago
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How about 'Just another impossible platformer'?

4 years ago
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It's like those games like Thomas Was Alone. Seem abstract, but with a simple story or a simple difference, they become something else. Make your cube somewhat different... A couple of dots (eyes), stripes, a missing part in a corner, and then you have:

  • The Hardships of Being a Cube
  • Trials and Deaths of Name-of-character
  • Die There, or Die Squared (wasn't this some saying of the 70's or something in the USA?)

Personally I also like cumbersome, quirky, original made-up words too, not needingly related to the game like variations of cube (cubetronic, cubetastic, cubekill, etc.) As an example, I love the name and the game Glorkian Warrior, The Trials of Glork. Depending on the exact tone of your game you might find something in the same vein.

4 years ago
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Cubealot

4 years ago
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how about: "the two dimensions of a cube"?

4 years ago
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MeatCube? xD

4 years ago
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5 LB block of government cheese....OF DOOM!

4 years ago
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Have a round villain and make up some story about the evil round creatures... Then you can name it "Rounded Off", "Run a Round", "Wrap A Round" or something.... :D

(Actually, having the hero being a round hog and calling it "Round Hog's Day" would be cool... :D :D :D)

But I still like best ET3D's idea: "Difficult Spikes".

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I'm terrible with naming stuff, but I'll have a go all the same. How about:

Project Cube ~ So edgy you'll cut yourself :s

Cube Hell ~ Because why not.

Cube your Enthusiasm (ok ok I'm sorry).

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Hmm, how about...
Qb (or Q.b, Q-b, Qbb, etc., might be hard to search though)
The Many Deaths of Cube
Super CubeJump
Dimensions of Pain (on second thought, perhaps not. I think there's already a NSFW game with that name)

It's a pity the main character isn't a sphere. If it was, you could go with DO NOT MIX O WITH ∆ ! (Why yes, I'm the sort of guy willing to throw away material success for the sake of a bad pun, especially if it's also a tribute to Iconoclasts!)

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You've been cubed
Cube you!
Cube this!
Gonna cube them all!

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Name should be simple:
Easily Impossible 🤘
Just another dying cube

or some crazy funny long name:
My cube and its impossible hardcore platform adventure with lot's of spike, metal music(?) and more spikes

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It's probably almost impossible to beat a level on the first try (get the hint? ^^)

"Next Time I Will Succeed"
"I Will Make It In The End"
"Persistent Cube"

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Cubedirect
Cube, because that is the protagonist
direct, because steam direct allow us to see daily 5 new cube games:-)

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spiked³

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What are the story themes?
Or, if it's purely abstract, what is the art style?

Either way, you want something easy to remember that comes up first in search results, that gives a sense of the type of game it is, and the mood.

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Die

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Kinda obvious but explanation just in case:
Die = you're gonna die a lot
Die = cube

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World of Spikes

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Box Boy

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Cubey Spikey Thing

:D

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I really wish I could help, but my mind goes blank when it comes to naming something :D

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Die-mensions
Changing Die-mensions
Cubey McDieface
Die Trek III: The Search for Spots

You could call the character or the game something to do with John McClane or a thinly veiled copy of that, like Spot, Dot, or Dice McClane because the game is about a 'die' and it's a "hard" game = Die Hard

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