Calamity Annie

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This game by dessgeega is original enough that there’s not much to compare it to — basically it’s a mouse-controlled cowboy dueling game, where the first shot is the only shot.

In effect it’s a test of your reflexes: when the game says “draw” you need to quickly move your mouse up from your holster to your opponent and click. You have a decreasingly short time to do that in as the game goes on, sometimes just a fraction of a second. It’s challenging and will force your brain to wake up and pay attention.

Beyond those mechanics, the story and setting of the game are also very positive, it has a nice brown-beige sandy aesthetic, although the sprites are a little too much like “programmer pixel art” for my tastes.

I never managed to get to the end: my 30-year-old reflexes are just not fast enough. I did manage to get far enough to enjoy the game, but I imagine I need to be a few years younger and lose my arthritis before I can beat the game. Or else have a lot of luck.