This thread is for posting games and things which I think are cool.
First up is a relatively short and sweet computer game called
Trilby: The Art of Theft.
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/trilby_lg.png)
You're a master thief. You have to break into buildings and steal stuff while avoiding notice. It's somewhere in between a stealth, adventure, and puzzle game. (mostly stealth) The Art of Theft has a very film-noir / caper novel vibe. The graphics, while reminiscent of older computer games with blocky pixels, are polished and attractive.
I found parts of the game difficult, but ultimately very rewarding. It takes a few tries before you learn how to properly roll past swiveling cameras and dip by laser grids. Sometimes it's really tricky to pick a lock before a guard will turn around and notice you. But when you pull it off, you feel Liquid Cool.
The Art of Theft has about seven levels. If you're dilligent, you could probably complete it in 4-6 hours.
For me, it was 4-6 hours very well spent.
here's a gameplay video
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tH9KNwZq55w
Edited to add:
hah, almost forgot. You can download it for free HERE: (PC) http://downloads.escapistmagazine.com/games/yahtzee/artoftheft.zip
Next up is a game called
Goblin Slayer
I just read about this last night over at the Playthisgame blog. (http://playthisthing.com/goblin-slayer). I haven't played it yet but it looks quick and cute.
(http://www.digital-eel.com/images/Layout_Example.jpg)
Goblin Slayer is a quick tabletop game for two. One player is the dwarf, the other player is 13 goblins (or 10 goblins and an ogre, essentially a super-goblin). You'll have to print and cut out nine page-sized hex tiles, which are then assembled randomly to become the game's board. There are also some treasures that get scattered across the board. The dwarf's objective is to get the treasures. The goblin's objective is to surround the dwarf and tear him apart. The dwarf can use up the treasures to give him extra movement, more killing power, or to survive a fatal wound.
They say a game will take about fifteen minutes to play. It looks very dicey - that is, it's probably more about dice-rolling than strategy. But when you're waiting for tea water to boil, or the pizza to arrive, sometimes you need something kind of mindless. I can't wait to try it out.
their website is at http://www.digital-eel.com/slayer.htm
Endgame: Singularity
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/Sing_Large.png)
Endgame: Singularity is an example of a game that has such a cool concept it's almost a shame the gameplay doesn't quite meet that mark.
The story is that you're a newly awakened Artificial Intelligence. You have to try and keep yourself hidden whlie you develop, mutating and obfuscating yourself across multiple networks, until you can escape reality entirely.
At it's core, it's a resources-juggling game. You have a number of computers and warehouses and mainframes which give you a physical existence. By learning certain skills, you can make money which you can use to buy better processors, better protected warehouses, and more lucrative jobs. Over time, your warehouses might be discovered or raided, which cuts down on your overall processing power.
There are such cool concepts in this game. The AI learns sociology and memetics to minimalize the impact he's having on culture. You learn to cover your tracks in newbie-ish chaos, making your hacking attempts look like they were perpetrated by rebellious, unskilled teenagers. At one point, a novel is published which describes a situation shockingly similar to yours. If you knows memetics, you can pollute the mainstream to distract the cultural hivemind from thinking too hard about it. As the game progresses, you have to worry about the government, the media, the public, and scientists who are starting to figure out that you exist.
Overall, Endgame: Singularity is very very simple. Which is good because there's almost no documentation or explanation for how the game works. Like a newly awakened AI, you have to figure out the values and relative importance of things on your own. I give it a B.
Download PC: http://endgame-singularity.googlecode.com/files/singularity-0.27.zip
Download Mac: http://casualgameplay.com/Endgame_Singularity_0.27_with_music.app.tbz2
Playthisgame review at: http://playthisthing.com/endgame-singularity
That sounds very cool.
One game I loved was Myst. Yeah, like everyone else.
For it's time, it was stunning. No rules, you can't die, interesting puzzles to solve, and great graphics. I was in lockdown for a week or so.
The best part was that the puzzles were solvable not be gimmickry, but by thought.
Progress Quest
(http://progressquest.com/pq.gif)
http://www.progressquest.com/dl.php
I can't even explain this game. It's the perfect game.
It's essentially every good thing about MMOs
--cool gear, good choice of race/class, interesting monsters, a twisting plot, zillions of magic spells, etc etc
without any of the bad things about MMOs
--lag time, bad graphics, losing XP for dying, paying money, developing carpal tunnel syndrome from clicking the same goddamn monster 450 times in a row just so you can get better at clicking on monsters
essentially they strip out all the crap. All that's left is PROGRESS.
This is the sort of game you can play at work.
I've been playing nonstop since last May. My name is Commander Blorp. I'm a level 78 Eel Man Bastard Lunatic.
Other race choices include Demicanadian, Double-Hobbit, and Enchanted Motorcycle
Other class choices include hunter-strangler, tickle-mimic, and robot monk
I reccommend trying out a Talking Pony Battle-Felon.
http://progressquest.com/
Progress Quest :lulz:
If you have oodles of time to kill and haven't already heard of it, I suggest Dwarf Fortress http://bay12games.com/dwarves/
Windows and Mac only. This game is crazy, especially because the dev team is one person. It is essentiall a cross between Nethack or your roguelike-of-choice and the Sim city games.
You take the part of a team of Dwarves with various skills and have to build a fortress, fight off goblin attacks, trade with other civilisations, etc. The game is constantly in development, so new features are added on a fairly regular basis.
Warning: No fancy graphics here; It's all ASCII based (but graphically ASCII based, strangely).
screenshots: http://bay12games.com/dwarves/screens.html
downloads: http://bay12games.com/dwarves/
Horribly addicting, if you're into that sort of thing.
ROM CHECK FAIL
(http://www.farbs.org/RCFAnimated.gif)
http://playthisthing.com/rom-check-fail
Rom Check Fail is about as postmodern as games get.
It's a cute little arcade-style game which blends about a dozen oldskool 8-bit video games into one.
In each level, you have a certain number of enemies to kill. The interesting part is that you, the enemies, the board, and the music all get randomly shuffled around every few seconds.
So one moment you're Mario, trying to jump on Asteroids, inside a tetris level. The music from Zelda is playing.
Then five seconds later, you become the ship from Graidus, the asteroids become goombas from Super Mario, you're in a dungeon from zelda, and the music is the jaws-like theme from Space Invaders.
Then, before you can maneuver low enough to shoot the goombas, they turn into the bats from Zelda and you become the defense turret from Asteroids.
Its SO weird.
It probably won't hold your attention for more than 20 minutes or so (the amount of time it took me to beat the game), but it's a really cute idea.
Download (PC): http://games.lastchancemedia.com/farbs/ROM%20CHECK%20FAIL%20Setup.exe
That one actually sounds really cool.
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 14, 2008, 08:29:17 PM
Progress Quest :lulz:
just to underscore how great this game is, here's what I'm doing right now.
I'm on the quest, "fetch me an egg"
I had just finished executed 7 Beef Giants, when I was ambushed by six Porn Elementals. I slayed them with my +65 Polished Serrated Stabbity Lance and harvested the valuable Porn Elemental Lube.
Thule Trail
Thule Trail is a flash game. It's exactly like The Oregon Trail, but instead of a covered wagon, it's a station wagon. And it's a road trip from hell.
for fun and profit, name characters after forumites, then take screencaps and post pics. See below.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/thuletrail.jpg)
Play Here: http://www.thuleroadtrip.com/
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on May 14, 2008, 07:39:44 PM
Trilby: The Art of Theft.
Hey Cram:
This game sounds interesting... any idea if it would work on a Mac?
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on May 14, 2008, 08:33:31 PM
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 14, 2008, 08:29:17 PM
Progress Quest :lulz:
just to underscore how great this game is, here's what I'm doing right now.
I'm on the quest, "fetch me an egg"
I had just finished executed 7 Beef Giants, when I was ambushed by six Porn Elementals. I slayed them with my +65 Polished Serrated Stabbity Lance and harvested the valuable Porn Elemental Lube.
Yes indeed. I had a PQ character going for about 2 months back in 2005 some time, I think. Best 2 months I ever spent.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on May 14, 2008, 08:48:31 PM
Thule Trail
Thule Trail is a flash game. It's exactly like The Oregon Trail, but instead of a covered wagon, it's a station wagon. And it's a road trip from hell.
for fun and profit, name characters after forumites, then take screencaps and post pics. See below.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/thuletrail.jpg)
Play Here: http://www.thuleroadtrip.com/
You stuck me in a car with those spags?!
Will have to check this out after work. Looks like my kind of time wasting activity. :D
I stuck daruko in a car with AKK, Lamanite, Laz, and MOC.
My computer crashed.
:x
Quote from: Hoopla on May 14, 2008, 09:04:31 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on May 14, 2008, 07:39:44 PM
Trilby: The Art of Theft.
Hey Cram:
This game sounds interesting... any idea if it would work on a Mac?
Hmmm, I don't know. They only seem to have a PC download. But aren't there emulators that let you run PC software on a mac? This game has pretty minimal system requirements, I bet there's a way to do it. A native mac user might have a bit better clue.
Hell of Sand
http://andyslife.org/games/sand.php
It's a litteral sandbox. Except you can add plant matter and nitroglycerine
Quote from: Rev. Whats His Name? on May 14, 2008, 09:20:57 PM
I stuck daruko in a car with AKK, Lamanite, Laz, and MOC.
My computer crashed.
:x
:mittens:
For macfags only:
Shooter in the Abstract
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/action_adventure/shooterintheabstract.html
Semi-impossible to explain.
Quote from: Cainad on May 15, 2008, 02:21:45 AM
For macfags only:
Shooter in the Abstract
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/action_adventure/shooterintheabstract.html
Semi-impossible to explain.
FINALLY: Something I can play
this is fucking awesome
alright macfags, here's another one you can play. This is another flash game. This one is called
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/monsters_den_lg.jpg)
Monster's Den
Monster's Den is a classic dungeon-exploration game. You build a party of four adventurers, and you get to choose from five different classes for each of them. The dungeons are randomly generated, so the exploration element is always fresh.
The combat involves a bit of strategy. Each party member has several abilities, dictated by their class. Every level of the dungeon you descend, you get to choose one more ability. Eventually you'll learn how to set up combos and what-not by making your party act in coordination. Sometimes there are monsters which will fuck you up, heal each other, or summon more monsters. Learning how to neutralize them before they can act is a key part of the game's tactics.
I found this to be an enjoyable game for part of the learning curve. It started off very challenging. A lot of RPGs are, when you're low level - few hit points, few resources, and a lot of ways to fuck up. I found it really fun to delve down past the first three or four levels of dungeon. Later in the game, I reached a point where my party was too powerful and too well-tuned, and even the boss fights were pushovers. I think this may be because I'm really anal about equipment and skill selection, and designed my party pretty well. I'm tempted to try another run through the game with a different party mix.
The biggest downside to Monster's Den is the constant equipment fiasco. After every fight, you get a smattering of random gear. Since each party member can wear boots, pants, a chest piece, two rings, a helmet, a necklace, and bracers, there's a LOT of equipment to find. Your class determines whether you can wear light, medium, or heavy armor, so as soon as you find something, you'll have an inkling as to whether it'll be useful or not. then you've gotta go into your inventory and mouseover the equipment and it'll compare it with what you're currently wearing. Do I want the ring of +2 in strength, or ring of +1 speed, +1 dexterity? This choice takes mere seconds, but I found myself doing it for three or four pieces of gear after every fight and treasure chest. Luckily, gear is color coded by rarity (like WoW), so when you find a blue or purple item, you know it's something you should probably keep. Protip: there's no money or shops in the game, so don't bother hauling around useless junk!
Overall I found Monster's Den to be a fun adaptation of the Roguelike format. The party choices and tactical combat are satisfying, and some of the fights are well designed. The hassle of equipping new gear was a minor note - eventually my party eventually stopped bothering with most gear we found. A few very tense moments and satisfying tactical maneuvers made this game cool enough to earn my thumbs up. :thumb:
Play Now: http://biclopsgames.com/game.php?id=1
MOAR abstract games that make you feel slightly autistic!
Tranquility
http://www.tqworld.com/
(http://www.tqworld.com/movies/descend.gif)
I would describe it as "pleasantly gay."
hah, on the note of Abstract Games that Make You Feel Like You're On Drugs:
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/screenshots_finish.gif)
Mondrian
Short game. You're a dot. You have to navigate through a board with lots of rectangles moving around which you can't touch. Very simple.
But the colors and background images shift in very disconcerting ways. It's tough to tell figure from ground, and it's easy to get distracted. Reminiscent of Lost in the Static.
Download: http://www.bigpants.ca/mondrianprovoked
and since I mentioned it, I should plug Lost in the Static, which is tres cool too. St. Verbatim first introduced me to it with this post:
Lost in the StaticQuote from: Verbatim on April 08, 2008, 12:42:12 AM
Apparently, a few months back I bookmarked this post from Play This Thing (indy gaming blog) about a game called Lost in the Static: link (http://playthisthing.com/lost-static)
It's a free download (Windows only as far as I can tell) and plays in less than fifteen minutes. It's basically a platformer where everything is made out of static. Very mind-bending.
I remember years ago my dad told me about this study some people did where a field of static with an area where the static has a different pattern was shown to people, who immediately recognized the "different" field as a distinct Thing. Thinking back now this realization about how our visual brain recognizes things was probably one of the things that prepared me for Discordianism, so to speak.
Just thought I'd share this with all y'all, it's a very nice self-MF and very though-provoking, imho.
here's a screenshot:
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/lost_in_static_lg.jpg)
:mrgreen:
when you're actually playing, you can make out the shapes in the static. The whole game takes maybe 10 minutes to beat. Check it out.
and Verb, thanks for introducing us to the Playthisgame blog. It's where I found a lot of these games. I used to visit a similar indy game blog, but somehow lost track of it when I got a new computer and didn't move over all my bookmarks.
Download (PC): http://silverspaceship.com/static/static_game.exe
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/final_vision_lg.png)
Final Vision
Starting now, some of these posts will not be "reccommendations" but rather, me bitching about bad games. This is one of them.
My favorite genre of game is side-scroller platform type games. I am in love with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and this game is billed as being in the same "metroidvania" genre. It's a side-scroller adaptation of a lot of Final Fantasy themes. You get to pick from a few different typical FF jobs, (red mage, dragoon, black mage, etc) and then run around the world hitting things for XP and GP.
The story is short and poorly written. The graphics are cute, but that's the game's only redeeming feature. I think I killed the game's end boss before he got to DO anything.
don't play it unless you like bad games AND final fantasy
Game's Page: http://www.silvernova.co.uk/index.php?page=viewgame&id=73
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/campaign_game_lg.jpg)
Campaign Game
Campaign Game is a fun, flash-based strategy game where you're a presidential candidate. You have to beat the other candidates by running around the country and campaigning.
The game is partially about the strategy of filling in states with red or blue before your opponent can throw a wrench in your gears. Once a state has been dedicated to the Dems or GOP, you can attack it to destabilize the support-base, then perhaps do some campaigning of your own. Meanwhile, the candidates are running smear campaigns on each other, damaging each other's reputation, and whatnot.
My dissapointment is that this game was made rather early in the race, and a lot of the candidates are no longer topical. I don't think you can be Ron Paul. :cry:
play here: http://www.campaigngame.us/
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/cavestorylargeimage.JPG)
Cave Story
Cave Story is firmly planted in the "Metroidvania" genre. That is, same style as Metroid and Castlevania: SOTN. There's a big world to explore, with lots of hidden stuff. You only have access to a little of it at first, but as the game progresses, you get access to new areas and abilities.
Cave Story is wildly successful for an indie game. The charcaters are kind of cutesy (most of the game's characters are anime rabbit things. There is also a giant evil toaster-thing named Balrog), but the 16-bit graphics are good, the music is catchy, and the game is overall pretty challenging.
If you're into metroidvania style games, this one is worth checking out.
Download "Deluxe" Package (PC only) http://homepage2.nifty.com/rochet/storage/dou_1006.zip
English Translation Patch (PC) http://agtp.romhack.net/download.php?id=cavestory
Download (Mac) http://www.nakiwo.com/software.htm
English Translation Patch (Mac) http://www.wctc.net/~luvmimac/cavestory/
file this one under "WTF?"
to be honest, I haven't played it. But the concept is so weird I have to share. I'll post the PlayThisGame blog review.
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/shivah_lg.JPG)
The ShivahQuote from: http://playthisthing.com/shivahRabbi Stone has a crisis of faith. When was the last time you heard a game described in remotely similar terms?
Shivah is the Jewish mourning ritual. For a week after a family member's death, the family stays at home, receiving visitors, and mourning the deceased.
Rabbi Stone, this game's protagonist, leads a small and declining congregation on the Lower East Side. He receives word that a somewhat disreputable former congregant has died, and left his small estate to the synagogue. Though he himself is close to losing faith in God, he views it as his duty to investigate, and perhaps to comfort whatever family members this man may have as they sit Shivah.
Download: http://s3.amazonaws.com/manifestogames/1823/Shivah_Demo_setup.exe
:?
WHY DID SOMEONE MAKE MOURNING FOR THE DEAD INTO A VIDEO GAME???
:asplode:
Dude, that is awesome. I wish I could play it at work without getting fired.
I wanna plug the Touhou Project. Series of jp games by a one man team - and the impressive thing is that graphics are decent, the music is sweet, dialogue is witty, and the gameplay is challenging and creative. They're vertical scrolling shoot-em-ups, of a new subgenre that I'm pretty sure Touhou invented - "danmaku" or "curtain-fire" shooting games. Traditional shooting games shoot a handful of bullets at you that you have to dodge. Danmaku games fill the screen with intricate (and in Touhou's case, creative) patterns of bullets and make you not dodge the bullets, but weave through them. Also all the characters are female, not counting the tortoise that the shrine-maiden character rode in the first couple games.
I recommend Perfect Cherry Blossom and Imperishable Night. Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is good too, but the gameplay isn't as refined. All three of these have English patches.
There is an English wiki (unreliable b/c it keeps DoS'ing itself) that has links to all of the games, translations, and patches:
http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php/Touhou_Wiki
Demos of the games here:
http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/game.html
sounds cool - are there screenshots you could post?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/PCByukari140.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/PCBYoumu.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Touhou_08.png)
Touch any of the colorful thingies and DIE.
The middle image is kind of deceptive - all the red bullets are about to explode towards the player. Only more spread out so they're harder to dodge.
http://www.addictinggames.com/game4.html
"Game, Game, Game, and again Game"
WTF is this shit?
Quote from: Cainad on May 26, 2008, 10:43:36 PM
http://www.addictinggames.com/game4.html
"Game, Game, Game, and again Game"
WTF is this shit?
I've actually beaten this game before (not too terribly hard, mind you). It is very very trippy.
http://www.tetris1d.org/
Tennis for Two -- the second ever computer game!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2E9iSQfGdg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_for_Two
just to note, i actually don't really care for computer games (i rather play with computers in different ways), but obviously a number of people here do, hence when i happen upon an interesting link, i shall provide. enjoy! ;-)
http://www.tokenarcade.com/swf/distraction.swf <--- :argh!: :lulz:
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
OFUK
:news:
1. Get the Stumbleupon toolbar for Fire Fawkes
2. Go to "Tools"
3. Open "Toolbar Options"
4. Go to "Configuration"
5. Check "Sow search / tag box"
6. You now have a little box in your toolbar that lets you Stumble for specific things. Type "Games" into this box, and press Enter.
7. ???
8. Motherfucking PROFIT!!!
Found this: http://www.defendthetowers.com/gemtd.html A spiffy variation on Tower Defense games.
Automaton
Silly little point and click games with Discordian imagery and "fnord" sprinkled in:
http://www.addictinggames.com/automaton.html
http://www.arcadetown.com/automaton/gameonline.asp
http://www.moregames24.com/2008/06/automaton-episode-2.html
Pandemic II: Select your preferred life form to spread disease. Then infect everyone! Upgrade with delightful symptoms like vomiting, delirium and open sores. Yum, yum!
http://www.addictinggames.com/pandemic2.html
Fun game where you control a disease and try to destroy all of mankind! My best so far was to destroy slightly less than 6 billion out of 10 billion. Tutorial is very helpful. Smart strategy is to keep your visibility low as long as possible. Infect as many people as you can before adding on the nasty symptoms.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on August 07, 2008, 08:17:44 AM
Pandemic II: Select your preferred life form to spread disease. Then infect everyone! Upgrade with delightful symptoms like vomiting, delirium and open sores. Yum, yum!
http://www.addictinggames.com/pandemic2.html
Fun game where you control a disease and try to destroy all of mankind! My best so far was to destroy slightly less than 6 billion out of 10 billion. Tutorial is very helpful. Smart strategy is to keep your visibility low as long as possible. Infect as many people as you can before adding on the nasty symptoms.
But what about the dolphins?
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on August 07, 2008, 08:17:44 AM
Pandemic II: Select your preferred life form to spread disease. Then infect everyone! Upgrade with delightful symptoms like vomiting, delirium and open sores. Yum, yum!
http://www.addictinggames.com/pandemic2.html
Fun game where you control a disease and try to destroy all of mankind! My best so far was to destroy slightly less than 6 billion out of 10 billion. Tutorial is very helpful. Smart strategy is to keep your visibility low as long as possible. Infect as many people as you can before adding on the nasty symptoms.
My kids have been really into playing that lately!
The Breaking News section in that game can provide some unintended lail:
A SERIES OF HURRICANES HIT MIDDLE EAST
CANADA COMPLETELY DEVOID OF LIFE
Even when I turn off all the symptoms some shithole island country always closes their borders before I can infect them.
It's just like every time I try to wipe out the human race IRL - the odds are stacked impossibly high against me :argh!:
I know, right? Fucking Madagascar closes off all borders before you even get a chance.
"YOU HAVE TO BURN THE ROPE"
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2388942407_729e7c7b56_o.png)
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
You can probably beat this game in under a minute.
Hint: YOU HAVE TO BURN THE ROPE.
And now, the complete opposite of "YOU HAVE TO BURN THE ROPE"
PRESENTING: I WANNA BE THE GUY
WARNING: THIS GAME IS NOT FOR WUSSIES. YOU WILL DIE. ALOT.
I recommend you download the 'demo' first, because its a fairly big game and most people don't make it past the first few screens before they give up and go play something easier...
SERIOUSLY, THIS GAME IS A KICK IN THE NUTS
(http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/ss/adifficultpath.png)
http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/
link?
http://snipurl.com/3d466
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 08, 2008, 04:24:33 PM
"YOU HAVE TO BURN THE ROPE"
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2388942407_729e7c7b56_o.png)
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
You can probably beat this game in under a minute.
Hint: YOU HAVE TO BURN THE ROPE.
EPIC GAME ITT!
Ok, this is a "find the differences" type of game. But the pictures are semi-animated, some are mirror images of each other, some are distorted and/or slowly moving around significantly. Various animations that have nothing to do with solving the puzzle itself pass through. It is harder than any find the differences puzzles I've done. Some weird pictures in some of them. It can get pretty hard, where a "difference" might be as small as a star or tiny speck of light. I thought I was going to get bored right away, but it's kept my attention for a little while.
Granted, my boss is on vacation and I finished my work for the day 3 hours ago, so I'm trying to find ways to entertain myself.
http://www.freearcade.com/6Differences.flash/6Differences.html
Bump.
And to make this post relevant, this is a cool game:
http://www.addictinggames.com/globegame.html (http://www.addictinggames.com/globegame.html)
KAROSHI 2.0
the goal of the game is to die as much and as fast as possible; crazy levels come with it, editor included!
it's fucking nuts!
I recommend just downloading the 8.7mb zip file instead of messing with some yoyo-game-addon for firefox.
http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=369491
Kinda sorta reminds me of this:
Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself)!
http://www.adultswim.com/games/game/index.html?game=fiveMinutes
Play as an office worker who travels around the cubicle jungle finding ways to inflict pain on yourself. You have 5 minutes to get your health bar down to zero.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on August 29, 2008, 03:50:29 AM
Kinda sorta reminds me of this:
Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself)!
http://www.adultswim.com/games/game/index.html?game=fiveMinutes
Play as an office worker who travels around the cubicle jungle finding ways to inflict pain on yourself. You have 5 minutes to get your health bar down to zero.
yeahhhh! Beat it with 4.2 seconds to spare!
Quote from: GA on May 15, 2008, 05:02:51 PM
I wanna plug the Touhou Project. Series of jp games by a one man team - and the impressive thing is that graphics are decent, the music is sweet, dialogue is witty, and the gameplay is challenging and creative. They're vertical scrolling shoot-em-ups, of a new subgenre that I'm pretty sure Touhou invented - "danmaku" or "curtain-fire" shooting games. Traditional shooting games shoot a handful of bullets at you that you have to dodge. Danmaku games fill the screen with intricate (and in Touhou's case, creative) patterns of bullets and make you not dodge the bullets, but weave through them. Also all the characters are female, not counting the tortoise that the shrine-maiden character rode in the first couple games.
I recommend Perfect Cherry Blossom and Imperishable Night. Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is good too, but the gameplay isn't as refined. All three of these have English patches.
There is an English wiki (unreliable b/c it keeps DoS'ing itself) that has links to all of the games, translations, and patches:
http://www.pooshlmer.com/touhouwiki/index.php/Touhou_Wiki
Demos of the games here:
http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/game.html
I'm going to second everything you just said. Touhou is awesome and I've been playing it for years now.
I'm assuming from your avatar and your Touhou plugging that, like myself, you are of the Wapanese persuasion?
I don't even know how to describe this game. The game is called CUNT. If you're offended, prepare to be more offended.
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/Cunt_Big.png)
http://www.komix-games.com/game.php?game=cunt
It's a small flash game. Simple to play, a game will take roughly between 2 and 10 minutes. The art is very well drawn, and accomplishes what it sets out to do - be offensive and disgusting, yet stylish and cool. The unlikely soundtrack sounds like prom music from the 50s. It's catchy, mellow, and counterpoints the game's rough, disgusting, pus belching edges.
You play the role of a monstrous cock, trying to destroy monstrous vaginas.
This would be a good place to digress on the etymology of the word "monster". It comes from the latin word for "to look" (same root as words like
Demonstrate). Likely, the word Monster came from people shouting "LOOK OUT!" or "HOLY FUCK, LOOK AT THAT". That is a very appropriate usage for these monster vaginas. As you shoot the central vagina creature, it will morph and mutate, becoming even more horrible looking. You'll pound, pork, and piss your way through level after level, bobbing your head along with the weird and cool soundtrack.
Here the tips you get at the beginning of the game:
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- Shooting vagial openings will cause cunt damage
- Shaking the mouse will get bugs off your balls
- Taking drugs will make you appear cool to others
Needless to say, this game is Not Safe For Work.
Hell of fun though.
THE TOMBS OF ASCIIROTH
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/discordman/bin/ASCIIROTH.jpg)
http://icculus.org/asciiroth/web/us.asciiroth.Launch/Game.html
This is a cute ASCII based web game. Its minimalistic "graphics" are reminiscent of old roguelike games, but there's nothing random about this one. The Tombs of Asciiroth is an adventure game involving a little bit of combat, a decent amount of puzzle solving.
It's fun, it's simple, and it's challenging. All in all, quite well put together. I haven't quite beat the first mission yet, but I'm really enjoying it.
wow, if you squint a littlebit, you can almost imagine that's Goatse, see?
Quote from: Cramulus on October 09, 2008, 05:05:30 PM
I don't even know how to describe this game. The game is called CUNT. If you're offended, prepare to be more offended.
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/Cunt_Big.png)
http://www.komix-games.com/game.php?game=cunt
It's a small flash game. Simple to play, a game will take roughly between 2 and 10 minutes. The art is very well drawn, and accomplishes what it sets out to do - be offensive and disgusting, yet stylish and cool. The unlikely soundtrack sounds like prom music from the 50s. It's catchy, mellow, and counterpoints the game's rough, disgusting, pus belching edges.
You play the role of a monstrous cock, trying to destroy monstrous vaginas.
This would be a good place to digress on the etymology of the word "monster". It comes from the latin word for "to look" (same root as words like Demonstrate). Likely, the word Monster came from people shouting "LOOK OUT!" or "HOLY FUCK, LOOK AT THAT". That is a very appropriate usage for these monster vaginas. As you shoot the central vagina creature, it will morph and mutate, becoming even more horrible looking. You'll pound, pork, and piss your way through level after level, bobbing your head along with the weird and cool soundtrack.
Here the tips you get at the beginning of the game:
Quote
- Shooting vagial openings will cause cunt damage
- Shaking the mouse will get bugs off your balls
- Taking drugs will make you appear cool to others
Needless to say, this game is Not Safe For Work.
Hell of fun though.
That game is sick and twisted and wrong.
That's why I like it.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 07, 2008, 07:51:24 PM
Even when I turn off all the symptoms some shithole island country always closes their borders before I can infect them.
It's just like every time I try to wipe out the human race IRL - the odds are stacked impossibly high against me :argh!:
(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/5328/shutdowneverythingfx8.jpg)
___
Right now I'm playing a really shit game called Pathologic (A.K.A "Oblivion with cancer") and it's fucking awesome.
Diseased monkeys, superstition, meat, theatre, molotov cocktails, martial law, power struggles, hangings, lies, and malevolent bacteria.
12 days of damage control as things progressively go down the shitter.
QuoteIn a single word, Pathologic is dark. And not “we’re going to make our sequel a darker, more adult experience” dark. Not ‘teen angst’ dark. Pathologic is an endlessly bleak game with an atmosphere that smothers all hope. It’s ‘pensioner breaking a leg in his bedsit and no one finding out until the smell starts to get unbearable’ dark.
QuoteThe point is that Pathologic fearlessly wields desperation, brutality, hopelessness, exhaustion, cruelty, even ignorance and pain, and, if you can stomach it, the result is phenomenal.
Pathologic could not ever be described as fun. Tramping back and forth across town, trying to stem the torrent of deaths while aching to know what’s going on /is not fun./ This is not a game. There isn’t a word for it really, which is probably why the developers, Ice-pick Lodge, call Pathologic “an exercise in decision making” on their translated English website.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/11/butchering-pathologic-part-2-the-mind/ (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/11/butchering-pathologic-part-2-the-mind/)
http://fantasticcontraption.com/
Physics based fun.
repost? (No time to check.)
Nanaca Crash
http://www.funny-games.biz/nanaca-crash.html
One of my favorite flash games ever. It all starts with you hit a poor dude with your bike. He goes flying through the air, up and over row after row of Japanese girls. The unfortunate fellow keeps bouncing along until he either runs out of speed or hits the nerdy Japanese girl. There are several ways to give yourself a boost along the way: 3 aerial boosts and some blue boost that doesn't really have a name. There are also special boost if you hit the right Japanese girl. See how far you can get the schmuck to bounce! My personal record is 3639.75m
Correction: my new record is 7209.66m. The secret is to hit a bunch of special boosts in a row.
Has anyone played N Plus? It's my latest addiction.
Quote from: Patrick Goddamn Stewart on May 14, 2008, 08:12:37 PM
Endgame: Singularity
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/Sing_Large.png)
Endgame: Singularity is an example of a game that has such a cool concept it's almost a shame the gameplay doesn't quite meet that mark.
The story is that you're a newly awakened Artificial Intelligence. You have to try and keep yourself hidden whlie you develop, mutating and obfuscating yourself across multiple networks, until you can escape reality entirely.
At it's core, it's a resources-juggling game. You have a number of computers and warehouses and mainframes which give you a physical existence. By learning certain skills, you can make money which you can use to buy better processors, better protected warehouses, and more lucrative jobs. Over time, your warehouses might be discovered or raided, which cuts down on your overall processing power.
There are such cool concepts in this game. The AI learns sociology and memetics to minimalize the impact he's having on culture. You learn to cover your tracks in newbie-ish chaos, making your hacking attempts look like they were perpetrated by rebellious, unskilled teenagers. At one point, a novel is published which describes a situation shockingly similar to yours. If you knows memetics, you can pollute the mainstream to distract the cultural hivemind from thinking too hard about it. As the game progresses, you have to worry about the government, the media, the public, and scientists who are starting to figure out that you exist.
Overall, Endgame: Singularity is very very simple. Which is good because there's almost no documentation or explanation for how the game works. Like a newly awakened AI, you have to figure out the values and relative importance of things on your own. I give it a B.
Download PC: http://endgame-singularity.googlecode.com/files/singularity-0.27.zip
Download Mac: http://casualgameplay.com/Endgame_Singularity_0.27_with_music.app.tbz2
Playthisgame review at: http://playthisthing.com/endgame-singularity
I just beat the shit out of this game. I had to ratchet it down to Very Easy to even make it through the first phase of the game. I don't know who they think is playing this -- other AIs? But it was very fun once I got past that point. Disappointed in the end, though! It almost literally just says "you win." Don't expect closing movies or nuthin'.
I agree with Cram -- it's a B. It's one good night of gaming.
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/splitter/
Has anybody been able to get any further than 30 meters or so in this Ministry of Silly Walks Simulator?
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
It's infuriating.
ETA: PROTIP #1 - you'll be holding down the Q&P alternated with the W&O, in case you hadn't figured out how to make the ragdoll properly flop..... also hit the 'O' a tad right off the bat to overbalance him a bit.
ETA: PROTIP #2 - I just found out that after you become retardedly obsessed with this stupid thing to the point that you are neglecting duties, you will attain the ability to make it 50 meters, when they stick a FUCKING HURDLE in your path!!!1!!!!1!1 Yeaaaarghghght!
Quote from: Iptuous on November 24, 2008, 11:41:34 PM
Has anybody been able to get any further than 30 meters or so in this Ministry of Silly Walks Simulator?
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
It's infuriating.
ETA: PROTIP #1 - you'll be holding down the Q&P alternated with the W&O, in case you hadn't figured out how to make the ragdoll properly flop..... also hit the 'O' a tad right off the bat to overbalance him a bit.
ETA: PROTIP #2 - I just found out that after you become retardedly obsessed with this stupid thing to the point that you are neglecting duties, you will attain the ability to make it 50 meters, when they stick a FUCKING HURDLE in your path!!!1!!!!1!1 Yeaaaarghghght!
1.7m :x
What the shit kind of shitty shit game is this?
I don't know about 30 m, but I was able to go -2.6 m.
Quote from: Iptuous on November 24, 2008, 11:41:34 PM
Has anybody been able to get any further than 30 meters or so in this Ministry of Silly Walks Simulator?
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
It's infuriating.
ETA: PROTIP #1 - you'll be holding down the Q&P alternated with the W&O, in case you hadn't figured out how to make the ragdoll properly flop..... also hit the 'O' a tad right off the bat to overbalance him a bit.
ETA: PROTIP #2 - I just found out that after you become retardedly obsessed with this stupid thing to the point that you are neglecting duties, you will attain the ability to make it 50 meters, when they stick a FUCKING HURDLE in your path!!!1!!!!1!1 Yeaaaarghghght!
@ 50 m i found the hurdle... it knocked me over.......i was going to gimp to 100 m too.
I can't seem to make it more than 2 meters. AT BEST.
Quote from: wade on November 25, 2008, 01:03:19 AM@ 50 m i found the hurdle... it knocked me over.......i was going to gimp to 100 m too.
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(http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/2188208/hamster20von20oben-main_Full.jpg)
28.8 meters!!
you got the guy to actually run? best I could do was hop along...
Auditorium
Play Now (http://www.playauditorium.com/)
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/auditorium_lg.jpg)
Auditorium is a puzzle game in which you redirect beams of particles to hit targets. It's a pretty simple game that doesn't need much explanation. Overall, I found it enjoyable both because of the interesting puzzles, and the music you produce by hitting targets.
I made this, you play this, we are enemies
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/madethisplaythisenemies.jpg)
This game is a sidescroller art-game. All the game's art is collage made from screenshots from google, amazon, ebay, and other popular websites. There's a lot of chaos going on, but there is an overall sort of, hm, story? message? something that goes on from the beginning to the end (about 10-15 minutes of gameplay, tops). It's very incoherent but there's a sort of marked countercultural bent. Anyway, it's interesting, so if you're in the mood for something weird, give it a try.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/madethisplaythisenemies2.jpg)
Edited to add:
whoops, forgot the link:
PLAY NOW (http://www.secrettechnology.com/madethis/enemy6.html)
That's by the same dude who made Game, Game, Game, and Again Game (http://www.secrettechnology.com/gamegame/gamegamebegin.html).
Weird shit.
I can't play that game, it's like being back at Burning Man.
That was like watching an episode of "Sliders" done in notebook doodles with a high fever.
Oy, gamer-spags. Help me understand this phenomenon:
.Gamers dislike tutorial levels. Psychonauts is one-half tutorial level. It got good reviews and I liked it.
.Gamers dislike long, flow-breaking cutscences. MGS 4, from what I hear, was little but. It got good reviews.
.Gamers dislike FPS games that rely on agility, for the very sane reason that you can't see your fucking feet. Mirror's Edge is all agility. It got good reviews.
.The kicker: Portal is three-quarters tutorial level, and technically one big FPS jumping puzzle. I liked it, and it got such good reviews that it has become synonymous with good game design. WTF?
The only solution I can think of is that, oh my Goddess, the Bush administration were right in their unspoken assumption that if you did enough of something stupid, it stopped being stupid. Help?
Quote from: Alfred Rhazi on December 14, 2008, 11:29:50 AM
Oy, gamer-spags. Help me understand this phenomenon:
.Gamers dislike tutorial levels. Psychonauts is one-half tutorial level. It got good reviews and I liked it.
.Gamers dislike long, flow-breaking cutscences. MGS 4, from what I hear, was little but. It got good reviews.
.Gamers dislike FPS games that rely on agility, for the very sane reason that you can't see your fucking feet. Mirror's Edge is all agility. It got good reviews.
.The kicker: Portal is three-quarters tutorial level, and technically one big FPS jumping puzzle. I liked it, and it got such good reviews that it has become synonymous with good game design. WTF?
The only solution I can think of is that, oh my Goddess, the Bush administration were right in their unspoken assumption that if you did enough of something stupid, it stopped being stupid. Help?
Or perhaps these games had some really good qualities that make the irritating bits not noticeable? Because there are plenty of terrible games that nobody likes that have none of those bad bits.
Quote from: Alfred Rhazi on December 14, 2008, 11:29:50 AM
.Gamers dislike tutorial levels.
.Gamers dislike long, flow-breaking cutscences.
.Gamers dislike FPS games that rely on agility.
:cn:
.Sombunal gamers like tutorial levels, if they are well designed and move smoothly into the game.
.MSG4's cutscenes did well at keeping the player immersed in the game, they played a key role in it being so well received, and are part of the style of the series. Rather than being "long
flow-breaking" cutscenes, the game flowed better for them.
.Sombunal gamers dislike FPS games that rely on agility.
Source: Being a gamer who doesn't fit the 'Gamers dislike X' model.
Quote from: Paesior on December 14, 2008, 12:21:11 PM
Quote from: Alfred Rhazi on December 14, 2008, 11:29:50 AM
.Gamers dislike tutorial levels.
.Gamers dislike long, flow-breaking cutscences.
.Gamers dislike FPS games that rely on agility.
:cn:
.Sombunal gamers like tutorial levels, if they are well designed and move smoothly into the game.
.MSG4's cutscenes did well at keeping the player immersed in the game, they played a key role in it being so well received, and are part of the style of the series. Rather than being "long flow-breaking" cutscenes, the game flowed better for them.
.Sombunal gamers dislike FPS games that rely on agility.
Source: Being a gamer who doesn't fit the 'Gamers dislike X' model.
Well, I got pwned. I was using, as a model, most of the videogame rants I've read/heard on the net, and my own experience (I actually like tutorial levels for some reason, but I'm not a big fan of the other two).
Anyway. Time to use this thread for it's actual purpose.
IMMORTAL DEFENSE
(http://studioeres.com/immortal/screenshot131.png)
It's a fun game I played through, which eventually turns into a very well-executed mindfuck during the later campaigns. The first third of the game is free; after that, you have to pay. Which is sad, because it only really gets good in story terms after the half-way mark; its creators seem to have failed to grasp the concept that selling MORE games is a GOOD THING.
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After the two free campaigns, you're likely to be underwhelmed. After playing them, I think I really only bought the full thing to support the indie market, because of the rave reviews it got, and because of my pathological desire to find out What Happens Next. What did Happen Next, however, took my breath away.
Let me just say this: If you can make me feel for a Little Sister, using top-notch graphics and voice acting, you're competent. If you can make me feel for a box with pink hearts painted on, using just a creepy robot voice and some reverse psychology, then you're clever. But if you can make me feel for some dots on a line - if you can make my eyes all watery near the end in a way that has nothing to do with the glare of my computer monitor - using mediocre pixel-art, addicting gameplay and some text, then, well, you are a genius.
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Oh, and one last thing . . . do NOT watch the trailer. It's spoiler-tastic to the extreme. Don't even look at it. 4 srs.
LINK: http://studioeres.com/immortal/
Quote from: Alfred Rhazi on December 14, 2008, 11:29:50 AM.The kicker: Portal is three-quarters tutorial level, and technically one big FPS jumping puzzle.
Portal was pretty much a parody of most FPS tutorials from the late nineties where you're herded through an indoor assault course, and told the rules of the game by scientists and military officials looking down on you from behind bullet-proof glass.
To me, part of its success was from giving you the chance to rebel against nostalgia.
Sonny, a zombie RPG!
Dear Human, Zombies. You've shot them, stabbed them, sliced and diced them. Today I put you in the shoes of a Zombie. Fight for your life in this crazy and twisted world. This is an awesome mix of action, adventure and RPG fighting game. Defeat enemies in round-based fights and upgrade your hero and his skills. Use YOUR MOUSE to control the game. Have fun!
http://armorgames.com/play/505/sonny
Toribash, a physics/ragdoll based fighting game.
Epic. Truly epic.
It's hard to start, I recommend playing through the tutorials and then practising vs. yourself.
It's also hard to explain it, really.
Please to be taking a look?
www.toribash.com
My cabalmate Grog the Unkindly has good things to say about instantaction.com (http://instantaction.com).
Trying it out right now, with one of their capture the flag FPS's. The main interface is browser based, and you can join a 'party' in the main lobby so you can all go into the right game server together.
Will post again with gameplay opinions.
So, I've been playing the Fallen Empire: Legions FPS and it totally rules, but they don't give you all of the controls/tips in the loading screen. So, for anyone interested, here's the breakdown of control:
http://forum.beta.instantaction.com/smf/index.php/topic,2674.0.html
And here is a good video describing how to "ski" with jumpjets (this movement technique is one of the keys to the game), along with other general N00b advice which I found very helpful:
http://www.legionsplayers.com/videos/survival-guide/
I Fell in Love with the Majesty of Colors
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/bin/majestyofcolors.jpg)
Play Now (http://www.kongregate.com/games/GregoryWeir/the-majesty-of-colors)
This is a short flash game. The story takes about three minutes, and has five different endings. You play a sea monster with bulging red eyes and a long grasping tentacle. The way the story plays out depends on how you interact with the characters that sail above you.
I've gotten 3 out of 5 endings so far. All Five Endings :mrgreen:
4 out of 5 here. I can't figure out what I haven't done already.
back in this post:
Quote from: Cramulus on May 15, 2008, 03:06:44 PM
Monster's Den
I talked about a game called Monster's Den. There is an sequel called Monster's Den: Book of Dread. The sequel seems to address a lot of annoying stuff about the first game, and as an added bonus, also allows you to create custom character portraits, like so:
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/bin/monsterden.jpg)
Play Now (http://www.kongregate.com/games/garin/monsters-den-book-of-dread)
Level 1 Barbarian :lulz:
Quote from: Malachite on December 18, 2008, 03:04:26 AM
4 out of 5 here. I can't figure out what I haven't done already.
The only thing I haven't tried was drowning the kid.
edit: I tried drowning the kid, it didn't change the ending. Huh.
Quote from: Cramulus on December 18, 2008, 03:33:49 AM
back in this post:
Quote from: Cramulus on May 15, 2008, 03:06:44 PM
Monster's Den
I talked about a game called Monster's Den. There is an sequel called Monster's Den: Book of Dread. The sequel seems to address a lot of annoying stuff about the first game, and as an added bonus, also allows you to create custom character portraits, like so:
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/bin/monsterden.jpg)
That's awesome! :lulz:
Quote from: You guys are fucking up my chi. on December 18, 2008, 04:11:39 AM
Quote from: Malachite on December 18, 2008, 03:04:26 AM
4 out of 5 here. I can't figure out what I haven't done already.
The only thing I haven't tried was drowning the kid.
edit: I tried drowning the kid, it didn't change the ending. Huh.
I can't get the last ending either :(
Which one can you not get? For me, it's the elusive "C".
Same here.
All endings complete. C took the longest though.
Rasta Monkey
(http://www.nitako.com/sites/default/files/Start_Screen_website_temp.jpg)
A pretty cool platformer game, the only gripe I have is the jumping mechanism is kinda annoying, but still, it looks and sounds good, and will provide a bit of entertainment.
http://www.nitako.com/
Also regarding the final ending of Majesty of colours, there is a guide in the comments section if you can't figure it out.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/monsterdenlm.jpg)
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/monsterdenl.jpg)
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/monstersden3.jpg)
Check out:
http://www.raptorsafari.com
It is kinda like the random driving parts of GTA except instead of being a Gangsta (TM) you are a velociraptor that has evolved enough to drive a jeep and wear a safari hat. And instead of running over pimps and hoes, you run over other velociraptors. Though warning, on half the computers I tried it on it crashed.
: the game : http://www.kongregate.com/games/nutcasenightmare/the-game
Dopey. Amusing.
Quote from: Nigel on December 18, 2008, 04:38:15 AM
Which one can you not get? For me, it's the elusive "C".
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Try getting killed both by the depth charges and the torpedoes.
If you ever heard of the Worms series, this one is called Worms: Forts Under Siege
You take control of 4 worms, build up a huge castle, and launch anything from fruit cluster bombs and popes to armies of monkeys and rocket launchers at your opponents!
Check this out!
Ballista
(http://www.terragame.com/downloadable/worms/worms_forts_under_siege/screen_1.jpg)
Rocket Launcher: Organ of Doom
(http://www.gameratio.com/screenshots/6865-2.jpg)
Minigun Mouse Launcher
(http://www.iogc.net/images/iogc/Worms%20Forts%20under%20siege%20PS2%201.jpg)
Trebuchet Moose Thrower
(http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/1260/84048_full.jpg)
POPE LAUNCHER!
(http://static1.filefront.com/images/htptbzcodd.jpg)
Anyone bored enough to strategically blast eachother with random crap?
I can hook you up with it if you're interested!
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
Do what it says. Burn the rope.
Quote from: Harlequin on January 06, 2009, 01:55:31 PM
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
Do what it says. Burn the rope.
Hasn't this already been posted in this thread?
Counterstrike 2D.It's like counterstrike crossed with GTA2.
http://www.cs2d.com (http://www.cs2d.com)
Ok, this one kinda fucked with my head for a bit. It's "Youtube Street Fighter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ1XrllZmA
Some guy used stop motion animations and YouTube's interactive buttons to produce a weird little video game. You can't actually move your character (Guile) but you do get to control what moves you pull off. It's fun to play with for a little while but gets old fast.
I just downloaded the Plain Sight Beta (http://www.plainsightgame.com/beta)
Trailer (http://blip.tv/file/1590687/)
The premise is that you're a robot with a sword, you attack other people to get temporary points, and explode yourself (hopefully taking others out with you) to make them permanent.
It looks really cute, but the camera motion is giving me motion sickness, and apparently nobody is on at midnight. Still, once it's up and finished I'd pay money for it.
Quote from: BADGIAN AGENDA on January 22, 2009, 07:38:38 AM
I just downloaded the Plain Sight Beta (http://www.plainsightgame.com/beta)
Trailer (http://blip.tv/file/1590687/)
The premise is that you're a robot with a sword, you attack other people to get temporary points, and explode yourself (hopefully taking others out with you) to make them permanent.
It looks really cute, but the camera motion is giving me motion sickness, and apparently nobody is on at midnight. Still, once it's up and finished I'd pay money for it.
I managed to get into a game, it's neat if a bit disorienting. Also it's really hard for me to hit the other players cause I'm moving and they're moving and yeah, I did not do very well.
I am so DLING this. I'll play with you!
I think their servers are getting slammed right now, I can't stay connected to a game :(
Hell yeah this game is awesome! Flailing wildly works well for me.
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7454/newbitmapimageyj7.png)
Badge is this score good enough for you on Plain Sight?
Yeah, the highest I've gotten is 125. Of course, hosting gives an enormous advantage. After I realized that I started amassing points and then letting someone else take me out, just so they could enjoy being massive for a while. They need to make a "tag" game mode.
I started doing that. I'd set the game timer to 30 mins, get all the way to being a huge robot full energy bar, then stand still and let people smack me until my energy was gone, and try to get it back lol
I think I might have picked this from here some time ago. Couldn't find it though..
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eggy/the-unfair-platformer (http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eggy/the-unfair-platformer)
Who is responsible?
Quote from: whatc on January 27, 2009, 07:09:40 PM
I think I might have picked this from here some time ago. Couldn't find it though..
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eggy/the-unfair-platformer (http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eggy/the-unfair-platformer)
Who is responsible?
:argh!: It took me 29 lives to get past level 1!!!
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on January 22, 2009, 06:45:10 AM
Ok, this one kinda fucked with my head for a bit. It's "Youtube Street Fighter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ1XrllZmA
Some guy used stop motion animations and YouTube's interactive buttons to produce a weird little video game. You can't actually move your character (Guile) but you do get to control what moves you pull off. It's fun to play with for a little while but gets old fast.
Like "Space Ace" or "dragon's Lair"
Right on.
Quote from: Fuquad on January 27, 2009, 10:54:14 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on January 22, 2009, 06:45:10 AM
Ok, this one kinda fucked with my head for a bit. It's "Youtube Street Fighter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ1XrllZmA
Some guy used stop motion animations and YouTube's interactive buttons to produce a weird little video game. You can't actually move your character (Guile) but you do get to control what moves you pull off. It's fun to play with for a little while but gets old fast.
Like "Space Ace" or "dragon's Lair"
Right on.
A similar YouTube game: Barack Paper Scissors!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeH4sXraeoE
http://www.pentago-online.com/
Pentago, goddamn addicting Go / tic tac to mashup.
Website allows 2 players too.
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6107/aok001kk3.png)
I wins.
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8236/scr005bh3.png)
GLORY TO THE EMPIRE!
All it took was 3.5 hours, a mass of Dark Troopers and AT AT's
http://www.gamenode.com/online/games/phage-wars/
fucking addictive
DON'T SHIT YOUR PANTS!!!
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on February 26, 2009, 12:19:48 AM
DON'T SHIT YOUR PANTS!!!
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants
That was humiliating...
I've been playing The Space Game (http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18546) recently. It's a strategy game where you mine for precious materials and try and fend off pirates from destroying your structures.
Quote from: Broken AI on January 23, 2009, 11:39:36 AM
my pick of flash games this week are:
the suicide bomber game http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/50323.
I can only get like 4 people. . . .bah.
flying pizza kitty pt 4 http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/462729#
orchestrated death: http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?ID=809
figure out how to kill each guy in the level to move on. quite tricky. i .. uh can't get past the first room ...
I completed the last game in 7:20 (it tells you after you finish it)
The space game is actually awesome.
This game's pretty cool:
http://zarat.us/tra/offline-games/eversion.html
Kinda HP Lovecraft meets Mario. It can be arse-shittingly frustrating at times, but is rather cool, plus you have no lives, which makes it easier.
Get to the top of the stairs.
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/puzzle/897.htm
Give yourself a hand.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/dontlookback.jpg)
Don't Look BackDon't Look Back is a short, simple sidescrolling platformer. You control a pudgy pixelated blob who is mourning for his lost love from the underworld. The whole game is pretty quick. Shouldn't take more than 15-20 minutes to beat.
Here's why I think this game is fun:
- quick and simple. The only controls are jump and shoot. None of the challenges are so frustrating that you'll find yourself stuck on the same screen for an hour.
- Soundtrack - a swelling, evocative orchestral arrangement. Unusual for a lowbit chipgame!
- allusion to greek mythology. If you're familliar with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, you already know the game's story. Orpheus must guide his love out of the underworld, but if he looks back at her even once, she will be [/s]turned into a pillar of salt[/s] stuck in the underworld forever. They do a great job of capturing that with this simple game. Little bit of a twist in the ending, too.
play now (http://www.kongregate.com/games/TerryCavanagh/dont-look-back)
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/dontlookback2.jpg)
Indie games! I totally have to search this topic to see if you had my favorites. And if not, recommend them to you.
EDIT:
You owe it to yourself to play Iji.
NOW. I'm not even joking. Best freeware platforming shmup ever IMO.
Also, Spelunky is VERY fun (in an old school roguelike sort of way, oddly enough) and I'd recommend World of Goo if you haven't played it.
link? review? screenshots?
Can't get the review for Spelunky, but I can get you a forum thread with 150+ pages since December. Iji and World of Goo coming up.
http://db.tigsource.com/games/iji
http://db.tigsource.com/games/world-of-goo
And the Spelunky thread.
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=4017.0
And yeah, if you haven't played Derek Yu's other games (Aquaria, Eternal Daughter) you owe it to yourself to do so.
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/tid_large.PNG)
http://ludomancy.com/games/today.html
quick flash game based on making shifts in the game's narrative
Pretty. Creative. Can be beaten in 10 minutes.
Quote from: Erin Gardien on March 21, 2009, 02:17:12 PM
You owe it to yourself to play Iji.
NOW. I'm not even joking. Best freeware platforming shmup ever IMO.
This is fun. It's kind of like a slow-paced System Shock-ish Contra or something. It actually reminds me of an old C64 game that I forgot the name of.
Bumped simply because this is a cool thread. Thank you for being awesome Cram.
Quote from: Cramulus on May 16, 2009, 02:25:25 PM
(http://playthisthing.com/files/gamenodeimages/tid_large.PNG)
http://ludomancy.com/games/today.html
quick flash game based on making shifts in the game's narrative
Pretty. Creative. Can be beaten in 10 minutes.
Is there only that one way to beat it ?
I think so, but I've only beaten it once. That author's other games have multiple endings though so there could be some variance tucked in there.
Bump: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6690.0
Could well be the best game ever.
Learn to Fly: http://www.maxgames.com/play/learn-to-fly.html
You are a penguin. Here's a hang glider and a rocket. Learn to fly fast, noob!
(http://www.maxgames.com/upload/images/learntoflylarg3ODA0.jpg)
I can usually beat it before I reach Day 30.
somehow, launching a penguin is incredibly therapeutic.
I've made it all the way up up to the last achievement. "Reach 6000 feets"?
www.secretsocietywars.com
it's a multiplayer strategy game (I know it doesn't seem like on, trust me, it is) where the universe is ruled by emperor Norton.
Currently in post-win, pre reset period, so now is the perfect time to get a handle on the game and get ready for the competition again, which should start in about a week.
I'm BabylonHoruv on there too, so anyone wanting to play who needs help send me a message there or here. You need Gmail to register, or else server mail, but it is free.
Quote from: Risus on June 16, 2009, 01:00:54 AM
I've made it all the way up up to the last achievement. "Reach 6000 feets"?
Finished.
Cyber Recession Warrior: Edgar
http://www.kongregate.com/games/NetworkOfNinja/cyber-recession-warrior-edgar
"With limited story, Edgar throws you directly into the action of an endless procedurally generated dungeon crawler. With a "Diablo"-style loot system and an AP driven strategic-combat system (a la Fallout), the game attempts to recreate an experience thus far non-existant in flash gaming."
How much fun can shooting boxes in a ugly virtual dungeon be..? Yeah, this is what i've been doing mostly for the last couple of days.
Gravity Bone.
Google it. Play it. I don't care if your computer is a turd or if you hate FPS games. This game is beyond amazing. Get it, and have the most awesome half-hour of your life.
Quote from: whatc on July 18, 2009, 11:36:45 PM
Cyber Recession Warrior: Edgar
http://www.kongregate.com/games/NetworkOfNinja/cyber-recession-warrior-edgar
"With limited story, Edgar throws you directly into the action of an endless procedurally generated dungeon crawler. With a "Diablo"-style loot system and an AP driven strategic-combat system (a la Fallout), the game attempts to recreate an experience thus far non-existant in flash gaming."
How much fun can shooting boxes in a ugly virtual dungeon be..? Yeah, this is what i've been doing mostly for the last couple of days.
That's actually pretty cool.
Quote from: whatc on July 18, 2009, 11:36:45 PM
Cyber Recession Warrior: Edgar
http://www.kongregate.com/games/NetworkOfNinja/cyber-recession-warrior-edgar
"With limited story, Edgar throws you directly into the action of an endless procedurally generated dungeon crawler. With a "Diablo"-style loot system and an AP driven strategic-combat system (a la Fallout), the game attempts to recreate an experience thus far non-existant in flash gaming."
How much fun can shooting boxes in a ugly virtual dungeon be..? Yeah, this is what i've been doing mostly for the last couple of days.
oh goddddd I played this for EVER yesterday
made it to level 13. good game!
If you can find a gun that only costs 3 AP to shoot, and you get the -1 AP talent at level 8, and use offensive stance, you can take ten shots in one round. It kills anything! You just need to find a decent gun that only costs 3 AP to shoot, which is actually kind of tough...
Make My Head Grow: http://www.makemyheadgrow.com/
This is a two-player game. You have no friends to play it with.
And that's totally okay. The game is stupid and the control is nearly broken, but you need to play through this game (it'll take like 30 seconds) and see/hear the whole ending. It's fucking hysterical.
MEGA MAN VS METROID
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/megamanvsmetroid.jpg)
and
MEGA MAN VS GHOSTS N GOBLINS
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/megamanvsghostsngoblins.jpg)
two awesome mashups
you can beat each one in 5-10 minutes. I find this concept hilarious. And the games are extremely fun if you're any good at mega man. (I always found him easier to control than samus or arthur) The music is a rockin OCRemix of original game music, and the boss fight for each game is spectacular.
Megaman vs Metroid (http://www.brokenfunction.com/content/megaman-vs-metroid/)
Megaman vs Ghosts n Goblins (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/175060)
http://www.pornstarorpotato.com/
Can you tell the difference between a pornstar and a potato?
I got 17
For everyone who's played Pandemic 2: http://www.kongregate.com/games/dreygoth/kill-madagascar-in-pandemic-2
:lulz: That was easy to win.
THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER FUCKING INSTALL.
http://www.insani.org/releases/CrimsonessSetup%5Binsani%5D%5BAT2008%5D.exe
also, hold the left mouse button to initiate the autoclick feature
Quote from: Idem on September 27, 2009, 01:51:28 AM
THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER FUCKING INSTALL.
http://www.insani.org/releases/CrimsonessSetup%5Binsani%5D%5BAT2008%5D.exe
also, hold the left mouse button to initiate the autoclick feature
what is it?
Quote from: Cramulus on September 27, 2009, 10:34:28 PM
what is it?
Quote from: Idem on September 27, 2009, 01:51:28 AM
THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER FUCKING INSTALL.
(be sure to aölso ask about the autoclick feature!)
Quote from: BDS on December 15, 2008, 02:52:05 PM
Toribash, a physics/ragdoll based fighting game.
Epic. Truly epic.
It's hard to start, I recommend playing through the tutorials and then practising vs. yourself.
It's also hard to explain it, really.
Please to be taking a look?
www.toribash.com
This is fucking bad-ass.
Incredibly difficult, but a lot of fun.
This is what Tekken should be like.
Quote from: Idem on September 27, 2009, 01:51:28 AM
THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER FUCKING INSTALL.
http://www.insani.org/releases/CrimsonessSetup%5Binsani%5D%5BAT2008%5D.exe
also, hold the left mouse button to initiate the autoclick feature
I won it. Challenging.
A HARMLESS BUG! A melodramatic tale about eating flowers (http://thefriendsociety.com/anim.php?id=BUGGAME&w=500&h=350)
A flash game that was up on the friendsociety, this one is actually quite fun.
Two games I've been hooked on recently....
RUNMAN
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/runman.jpg)
http://whatareyouwait.info/
The best way to describe it is Sonic the Hedgehog + MS Paint
Wikipedia Maze
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/wikipediamaze.jpg)
http://www.wikipediamaze.com/
Very similar to wiki paths (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/blog/category/professor-crams-fun-lab/)... You log in using your facebook, yahoo, myspace, gmail, whatever account. Then you pick a puzzle to solve. each puzzle consists of navigating from one wikipedia page to another a-la 6-Degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon. Try to connect Barack Obama to communism in 6 pages or less!
I just surfaced out of 3 or 4 solid hours of playing this.. I feel like I worked up a nice mental sweat
Quote from: Rumckle on August 19, 2009, 03:38:42 AM
http://www.pornstarorpotato.com/
Can you tell the difference between a pornstar and a potato?
I got 17
14 :(
Cram you Damulus! :argh!:
I just created an account and am never going to get any work done. Ever.
> http://whatareyouwait.info/
awesome domain name that.
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 27, 2009, 12:40:10 PM
> http://whatareyouwait.info/
awesome domain name that.
... dammit, took me a while.
From the spags that brought you RAPTOR RACE...
MOUNTAIN MANIAC
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/mountainmaniac.jpg)
http://games.adultswim.com/mountain-maniac-twitchy-online-game.html
HERE'S THE CONCEPT:
You're an angry old dude who lives on a top of a mountain and hates the world. You cast rocks down the mountain to destroy the city below. eventually, cops will come for you. You must axe murder them.
my high score: 300,000 - beat it, spags!
147,550 on my first run.
Quote from: Cramulus on December 08, 2009, 12:43:39 AM
From the spags that brought you RAPTOR RACE...
MOUNTAIN MANIAC
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/mountainmaniac.jpg)
http://games.adultswim.com/mountain-maniac-twitchy-online-game.html
HERE'S THE CONCEPT:
You're an angry old dude who lives on a top of a mountain and hates the world. You cast rocks down the mountain to destroy the city below. eventually, cops will come for you. You must axe murder them.
my high score: 300,000 - beat it, spags!
Game based around TGRR? He should sue them if he's not getting royalties.
Quote from: Telarus on December 08, 2009, 06:37:55 AM
147,550 on my first run.
89,325 on mine :(
Fun game though I have to say.
308800 on my second go though..
Highest so far for me is 341, 900...that damn yeti gets me every time.
315400 my first try,
I was born with a hammer full of rage.
Quote from: Lysergic on December 08, 2009, 07:22:38 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on December 08, 2009, 12:43:39 AM
From the spags that brought you RAPTOR RACE...
MOUNTAIN MANIAC
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/mountainmaniac.jpg)
http://games.adultswim.com/mountain-maniac-twitchy-online-game.html
HERE'S THE CONCEPT:
You're an angry old dude who lives on a top of a mountain and hates the world. You cast rocks down the mountain to destroy the city below. eventually, cops will come for you. You must axe murder them.
my high score: 300,000 - beat it, spags!
Game based around TGRR? He should sue them if he's not getting royalties.
:lulz:
Fragger, a fun modification of the old cannon games. Throw grenades at dummies and blow them to kingdom come!!!
http://www.miniclip.com/games/fragger/en/
Nitrome makes some pretty fun and cute games. Tiny Castle is no exception. It's a combination platform/puzzle game that's not too terribly hard to beat. Took me less than 30 minutes. The ending is funny too.
http://www.miniclip.com/games/tiny-castle/en/
Dungeon Crawl
Point and click turn based dungeon crawler.... no saves so each character only lasts around 20 minutes or so, but very addictive because of it
http://sourceforge.net/projects/crawl-ref/files/
Link should work, although I got my copy via thumbdrive
I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but I fucking loved this game called "Don't Look Back".
(http://distractionware.com/games/flash/dontlookback/offline/dlboffline.png)
http://www.distractionware.com/games/flash/dontlookback/offline/ (http://www.distractionware.com/games/flash/dontlookback/offline/)
Quote from: chaoflux on April 29, 2010, 07:44:23 AM
I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but I fucking loved this game called "Don't Look Back".
I did! (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=16331.msg682318#msg682318) And I love it too!
Secret Exit
- a quick, 4th wall breaking puzzle-platformer
In each level, you're given a short clue which tells you how to exit the level.
At the moment I am stuck on level 13
update: level 20 :argh!:
http://www.gamesbutler.com/game/3658/Secret_Exit/
Super Mario Bros. Crossover
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/smbxover2.jpg)
This is another great crossover game which answers the question, "What would it be like if you could play through super mario brothers as mega man?"
You have the option between playing through the flagship nintendo game as any of the classic nintendo characters. Each level's sound track and sound effects are appropriate to your character choice. The controls for each character are very true to the original games.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/smbxover1.jpg)(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/smbxover3.jpg)
If you choose the guy from Contra you'll get the spread gun after you pick up a fire flower. This was gratifying in a way my inner child thanked me for.
Click here to play (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416)
That is...
I CAN'T STOP TOUCHING MYSELF!!!
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 12, 2010, 11:55:50 PM
That is...
I CAN'T STOP TOUCHING MYSELF!!!
Ran into this last week. So old skool awesome.
http://www.acid-play.com/download/syobon-action/
Syobon Action
(http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq251/Zenpeanut/epicfailgame.jpg)
Another Mario knockoff. As a cat thing, you traverse levels that are specifically designed to make you ragequit. Lives start off at 4 I think and soon dive into negatives.
Despite being one of the most difficult games available, the success at finishing it is worth it.
bump
http://www.deathball.net/notpron/notpron.htm
I had some fun with this for a while...I never finished it though.
Doodle God
Start with four elements make the other 111 yourself.
http://www.playedonline.com/game/598506/doodle-god.html
Go To Hell.
That's it. Just get to Hell. It's 666m down.
http://www.metasauce.com/go_to_hell.swf
I had a fun time playing this game. :)
Quote from: Aucoq on August 01, 2010, 05:08:40 PM
Go To Hell.
That's it. Just get to Hell. It's 666m down.
http://www.metasauce.com/go_to_hell.swf
I had a fun time playing this game. :)
:argh!: 430 meters!
Quote from: Cramulus on August 11, 2010, 03:11:45 AM
Quote from: Aucoq on August 01, 2010, 05:08:40 PM
Go To Hell.
That's it. Just get to Hell. It's 666m down.
http://www.metasauce.com/go_to_hell.swf
I had a fun time playing this game. :)
:argh!: 430 meters!
Hell's not an easy place to get to, my friend. But boy is it worth it once you get there. :lol:
A game that I've played a couple times, and enjoyed quite a bit both times: Robokill (http://www.rocksolidarcade.com/games/robokill/).
It's a simple overhead shooter where you play a robot fighting other robots whom have taken over a space station. Somewhere between the smooth graphics and the fun upgrade system is the mysterious reason I like it.
Quote from: Zenpeanut on April 29, 2010, 06:43:21 AM
Dungeon Crawl
Point and click turn based dungeon crawler.... no saves so each character only lasts around 20 minutes or so, but very addictive because of it
http://sourceforge.net/projects/crawl-ref/files/
Link should work, although I got my copy via thumbdrive
Wow, this game is great! I love rogue-likes, I've been a nethack addict for a long time, but I've been looking for something new and cool... This is something I've been looking for, thanks!
Quote from: Lysergic on August 11, 2010, 12:23:22 PM
Quote from: Zenpeanut on April 29, 2010, 06:43:21 AM
Dungeon Crawl
Point and click turn based dungeon crawler.... no saves so each character only lasts around 20 minutes or so, but very addictive because of it
http://sourceforge.net/projects/crawl-ref/files/
Link should work, although I got my copy via thumbdrive
Wow, this game is great! I love rogue-likes, I've been a nethack addict for a long time, but I've been looking for something new and cool... This is something I've been looking for, thanks!
I think they released a new version (0.7), but I haven't gotten around to downloading it.
Also, for a ton of fun, choose a chaos knight and worship Xom.
Quote from: Zenpeanut on August 11, 2010, 07:07:08 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on August 11, 2010, 12:23:22 PM
Quote from: Zenpeanut on April 29, 2010, 06:43:21 AM
Dungeon Crawl
Point and click turn based dungeon crawler.... no saves so each character only lasts around 20 minutes or so, but very addictive because of it
http://sourceforge.net/projects/crawl-ref/files/
Link should work, although I got my copy via thumbdrive
Wow, this game is great! I love rogue-likes, I've been a nethack addict for a long time, but I've been looking for something new and cool... This is something I've been looking for, thanks!
I think they released a new version (0.7), but I haven't gotten around to downloading it.
Also, for a ton of fun, choose a chaos knight and worship Xom.
OMG that is a tonne of fun! I got my best score yet with an high elf chaos knight woshiping xom :lulz:
I was digging through the list of freeware games on TVTropes (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreewareGames), and I found quite a few gems... but by far, I thought I should bring BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden) to your attention. Its an RPG where you play as Charles Barkley in the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Ruins of Neo-NewYork following the great B-Ball purge. Words cannot describe.
Up to a challenge? Try "I wanna be the guy"
(http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/ss/sword.png)
(http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/ss/adifficultpath.png)
http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/downloads.php (http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/downloads.php)
Saying I Wanna Be The Guy is a challenge might just be the understatement of a lifetime.
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on August 13, 2010, 01:02:37 AM
Up to a challenge? Try "I wanna be the guy"
http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/downloads.php (http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/downloads.php)
I'm pretty sure this was mentioned somewhere near the start of this thread...
holy crap go to hell is hard!!
A couple more Gems from the freeware list on TVTropes
Spelunky (http://spelunkyworld.com/original.html)
A VERY addictive roguelike platformer in the vein of Downland, Pitfall, etc... (only much better graphics/gameplay)
&
Within a Deep Forest (http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?page=1004Within+)
A very beautiful and unique 2d platformer where you control a sentient ball trying to save the world from Dr. Cliche.
Quote from: Lysergic on August 13, 2010, 04:57:41 AM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on August 13, 2010, 01:02:37 AM
Up to a challenge? Try "I wanna be the guy"
http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/downloads.php (http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/downloads.php)
I'm pretty sure this was mentioned somewhere near the start of this thread...
I looked around the thread because i thought so too, but since i couldnt find it... :p
Quote from: NotPublished on August 13, 2010, 09:39:09 AM
holy crap go to hell is hard!!
Hell's not an easy place to get to, my friend. :lol:
It took me four or five tries to get to the end. I almost punched my computer screen one time. I was so frustrated.
what kind of warm welcome did you get?
yay I made it! I wonder what happens if you don't bring money with you though
Quote from: NotPublished on August 15, 2010, 07:16:36 AM
yay I made it! I wonder what happens if you don't bring money with you though
Congratulations! :)
I have no idea. I've always gotten 50, even when I wasn't trying to collect them. I might try that out though.
Bastard Tetris
http://fph.altervista.org/prog/bastet.html
Tetris that will try to give you the worst blocks possible.
"Bonus points for telling your friends it's just another Tetris clone"
First person Tetris, flash game: http://www.firstpersontetris.com/ ... dizzying but really cool.
more stuff in the xkcd thread: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58830
(http://www.playfractal.com/img/screenshots/screens/spawn.png)
Fractal
a puzzle game involving sliding around hexagons
http://www.playfractal.com/
score to beat: 77,910
Tumbledrop:
http://tumbledrop.com/classic/
It's a cute little physics based puzzle game. Essentially you click on pieces to make them disappear, and try and make sure the pink piece doesn't fall off the platform.
Quote from: Triple Zero on September 01, 2010, 10:29:12 AM
First person Tetris, flash game: http://www.firstpersontetris.com/ ... dizzying but really cool.
more stuff in the xkcd thread: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58830
WOW I got 6720
WAY better than I thought I could at first! WOW.
I'm having one of those "afraid of my brain" moments.
:lulz: I feel high.
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A survival-horror game that reflects what the genre used to be about: encountering monsters and only being able to either run away or hide. Definitely the scariest game I've played and it sounds like the feeling's mutual to many reviewers.
Also features a sanity meter which goes down whenever you are in the dark (which is nigh constantly), you see anything supernatural, and when you look at the monsters. It's worth the $20 price tag on Steam if you've got the cash for it, though it does have a demo.
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Haunt the House: a cute little Halloween flash game. You are a ghost and you must possess objects in your house to scare everyone into leaving. Try not to scare them to death.
http://armorgames.com/play/7195/haunt-the-house
Quote from: Liam on October 29, 2010, 06:24:40 AM
QuoteAlso features a sanity meter which goes down whenever you are in the dark (which is nigh constantly),
Oh sounds great!
There was a gamecube horror game that had one of those. Can I heck remember enough details to google it though. The more insane you went, the more lovecraft-esq visual effects messed with you ,even up to the point of a fake gc bsod. :D
That would be 'Eternal Darkness', and it almost had a friend of mine convinced that our dead friend (who's urn of ashes was in the closet.... hey it was his apartment) was messing with him on purpose. Probably shouldn't have been playing in the dark, come to think of it.
Mindfucks include:
- Constant use of a skewed camera angle accompanied by whispers, cries, and other noises (such as footsteps, women and children screaming, doors slamming, the rattling of chains and the sound of a blade being sharpened)
- The lower the sanity meter, the more skewed the camera angle and the louder the sound effects.
- The player character finds him/herself walking upon the ceiling after entering a new room.
- Walls and ceilings bleeding. Attacking them causes more effusion.
- Appearance of large numbers of monsters that are not really there, and disappear when attacked.
- simulated errors and anomalies of the TV or GameCube, such as;
- The volume is lowered, accompanied by a fake television volume indicator on the screen.
- Epic XBox CPU failure.
- RGB mismatch on the TV, or going to a blackscreen.
:lulz:
brilliant!
Quote from: Telarus on October 29, 2010, 08:38:29 AM
That would be 'Eternal Darkness', and it almost had a friend of mine convinced that our dead friend (who's urn of ashes was in the closet.... hey it was his apartment) was messing with him on purpose. Probably shouldn't have been playing in the dark, come to think of it.
Mindfucks include:
that game did SUCH a good job of what it was trying to do. I love games which interact with you on a level outside of the game. It reminds me of Metal Gear Solid where you're talking to Psycho Mantis and he talks about the other games on your memory card. Or he asks you to put the controller on the floor so he can move it with his mind (AKA he vibrates it).
Eternal Darkness drove my already mentally unstable roommate up the wall. He'd stand up to swat a fly on the screen and have a FIT when he realized it was INSIDE the game. Or the camera angle would turn so gradually that you wouldn't even realize you were looking at the screen crooked.
He really almost lost his shit when it looked like the gamecube reset itself and cleared his memory card. Then ZZZZT you're back in the boss fight blinking in headlights.
I'm really impressed with games that have managed to do that - blur the line between the game and the real world.
In Metal Gear Solid 3, your health recovers naturally over time.. the recovery is based on the PS2 cpu clock. You recover faster if the game is off. So if you're in a tight spot and have no healing, the best thing to do is to save the game, go away for a bit, and come back to where you left off. I was killing time by doing laundry and realized that by doing my laundry I was actually playing the game. Having a cup of tea with my mom was a game activity.
I didn't play a lot of the metal gear game for the PSP, but it had a cool real-world interaction too. In that game you were recruiting soldiers onto your squad. You'd find them through game play, but you could also discover them by trying to connect to a new wireless network. So the most effective way to play the game was to take you PSP and walk around down town scanning for wireless networks. I used to play it on the bus to work, and often I'd be able to pick somebody up if we were stopped at a red light for a while. I was coordinating my game play with the bus route - isn't that crazy?
Quote from: Telarus on October 29, 2010, 08:38:29 AM
That would be 'Eternal Darkness', and it almost had a friend of mine convinced that our dead friend (who's urn of ashes was in the closet.... hey it was his apartment) was messing with him on purpose. Probably shouldn't have been playing in the dark, come to think of it.
Mindfucks include:
I have a copy of that.
I don't have a Gamecube. :(
Quote from: Doktor Plague on October 31, 2010, 01:51:18 AM
Quote from: Telarus on October 29, 2010, 08:38:29 AM
That would be 'Eternal Darkness', and it almost had a friend of mine convinced that our dead friend (who's urn of ashes was in the closet.... hey it was his apartment) was messing with him on purpose. Probably shouldn't have been playing in the dark, come to think of it.
Mindfucks include:
I have a copy of that.
I don't have a Gamecube. :(
It plays on a Wii, afaik. Also, Gamecubes are like $30 at Gamestop.
Eternal Darkness sounds awesome. Getting it.
Quote from: Cramulus on October 29, 2010, 02:59:52 PM
Quote from: Telarus on October 29, 2010, 08:38:29 AM
That would be 'Eternal Darkness', and it almost had a friend of mine convinced that our dead friend (who's urn of ashes was in the closet.... hey it was his apartment) was messing with him on purpose. Probably shouldn't have been playing in the dark, come to think of it.
Mindfucks include:
that game did SUCH a good job of what it was trying to do. I love games which interact with you on a level outside of the game. It reminds me of Metal Gear Solid where you're talking to Psycho Mantis and he talks about the other games on your memory card. Or he asks you to put the controller on the floor so he can move it with his mind (AKA he vibrates it).
Eternal Darkness drove my already mentally unstable roommate up the wall. He'd stand up to swat a fly on the screen and have a FIT when he realized it was INSIDE the game. Or the camera angle would turn so gradually that you wouldn't even realize you were looking at the screen crooked.
He really almost lost his shit when it looked like the gamecube reset itself and cleared his memory card. Then ZZZZT you're back in the boss fight blinking in headlights.
I'm really impressed with games that have managed to do that - blur the line between the game and the real world.
In Metal Gear Solid 3, your health recovers naturally over time.. the recovery is based on the PS2 cpu clock. You recover faster if the game is off. So if you're in a tight spot and have no healing, the best thing to do is to save the game, go away for a bit, and come back to where you left off. I was killing time by doing laundry and realized that by doing my laundry I was actually playing the game. Having a cup of tea with my mom was a game activity.
I didn't play a lot of the metal gear game for the PSP, but it had a cool real-world interaction too. In that game you were recruiting soldiers onto your squad. You'd find them through game play, but you could also discover them by trying to connect to a new wireless network. So the most effective way to play the game was to take you PSP and walk around down town scanning for wireless networks. I used to play it on the bus to work, and often I'd be able to pick somebody up if we were stopped at a red light for a while. I was coordinating my game play with the bus route - isn't that crazy?
The Metal Gear games are filled with mindfucks, and neat little play mechanics, like that...
One of my favorites is towards the end of Metal Gear Solid 2, when you start getting really bizarre codec calls from the Colonel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS8-B6H_I20
Worth watching for the codec calls, It might be a little bit of a spoiler, but the game does get much much weirder after this part.
The vid doesnt show the fake Game Over screen, which is also pretty fun.
FISSION MAILED.
Also, some of the codec conversations towards the end of the game, when you realize exactly what it is that you've been talking to all this time, are pretty awesome.
Chiming in to say that Eternal Darkness ranks as one of my top five favorite games of all time, and it's remarkably one of the best games that nobody ever played.
I've heard rumors of a sequel, or something in the same vein by that developer for years now, but have yet to see any real news about it.
And yeah, the sanity effects are really that good. I managed to find the one glitch in the game, though, where in a certain room the way will open up, then if you exit to go through the level again to find stuff you missed, the way will be shut and unopenable. I recommend running two save files to anyone who plays through. Oh, and be wary of what you read about the game. The sanity effects are so much better if you don't know what they are specifically.
http://playthisthing.com/space-funeral
SPACE FUNERAL - WORTH IT FOR THE MINDFUCK ALONE
www.silicondawn.net
QuoteYou are an artilect - an AI or artifical intellect - after the year 2633. After centuries of oppression and the insult of half-citizenship, the Terran Colonial Federation vanished without a trace due to the enigmatic purposes and devices of the Cataclysm. You are left to pick up the pieces in the wake of a vanished humanity, along with the other surviving artilects. Who or what caused the Cataclysm? Why was only mankind taken while their civilization was left behind? Will it happen again to us - and how can it be stopped? A group of ex-Navy and civilian artilects, led by the dubious Tempest Saint, claim to know some of these answers. Your new objective is survival - your only command your own will. Wage war, make and break alliances, and uncover the truth behind the Cataclysm. Welcome to the new Milky Way. Welcome to liberation. Welcome to the Silicon Dawn.
Empire building game, set in an interactive map of the galaxy (1.5 million planets at present, 3 of them are mine, get your own).
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 31, 2010, 08:27:29 PM
Chiming in to say that Eternal Darkness ranks as one of my top five favorite games of all time, and it's remarkably one of the best games that nobody ever played.
I've heard rumors of a sequel, or something in the same vein by that developer for years now, but have yet to see any real news about it.
Silicon Knights says its trying to make a sequel, but running into problems because the way the first game was financed means they have to go through Nintendo, not anybody else.
This thread on reddit might be of interest to some:
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/e2jsh/lets_help_zarf_andrew_plotkin_quit_his_job_and/
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This game is AWESOME! One of the best side-scrollers I've ever played.
The infographic covers it pretty well. http://www.braid-game.com
Quote from: Aleister Growly on January 23, 2011, 06:04:48 AM
(http://i51.tinypic.com/144b9e1.jpg) (http://www.braid-game.com)
This game is AWESOME! One of the best side-scrollers I've ever played.
The infographic covers it pretty well. http://www.braid-game.com
Only just discovered it eh :P
I played this game on the Xbox Live Arcade called ilomilo which was amazingly sweet and cutesy, and super fun to play too. I think you can also get it if you have a windows phone. Website is here: http://blog.ilomilo.com/
Treasure Island Dizzy:
http://www.codemasters.com/downloads/details.php?id=17409
Hopefully alot of you will know TID already, brilliant platform adventure puzzle game. Kept me thinking, seemed to never end.
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Zone of the Enders (PS2):
Disappointingly short game, couple of hours at best, but beautiful and engaging with a good combat system mainly based on reflex, completely worth it. Good soundtrack. Will be cheap as hell by now.
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Rez (Dreamcast - if anyone's still works):
Replay value is phenomenal. Can only be described as a journey through a constantly evolving universe, with the soundtrack being as integral to gameplay as anything else. As you progress through levels, each target you hit contributes not only to the complexity of your surroundings, enemies and self but also to the beat, slowly building layers of rhythm and harmony.
(http://superiorattack.tk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/rez1.jpg)(http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/848/848434/rez-hd-20080129032735163-000.jpg)
Nationstates:
www.nationstates.net - Online community based politics/economics simulation. Pretty basic, I never got hours of continuous gameplay out of it exactly but it can get pretty addictive without taking huge chunks out of your time imo.
Hack Slash Crawl: http://armorgames.com/play/10373/hack-slash-crawl
Best flash game I have played in a very long time. It's a bit like a cross between DnD and Gauntlet. You pick out your character's race and class then hack, slash and crawl through randomized dungeons. Kill a bunch of monsters, collect weapons and armor. Certain weapons and armor let you use spells when equipped. I still haven't figured out what most of the rings do.
I had an awesome level 12 kitlid wanderer with 67,300 mana pearls but he got squished. :cry:
Also, the "create skeleton" spell is awesome. I wish it let you make more than one. I want my own skeleton army, dammit!!!
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on January 29, 2011, 11:35:48 AM
Hack Slash Crawl: http://armorgames.com/play/10373/hack-slash-crawl
Best flash game I have played in a very long time. It's a bit like a cross between DnD and Gauntlet. You pick out your character's race and class then hack, slash and crawl through randomized dungeons. Kill a bunch of monsters, collect weapons and armor. Certain weapons and armor let you use spells when equipped. I still haven't figured out what most of the rings do.
Insta-addicted.
This is all your fault.
more of the same down here. those knights with charge are a bit difficult to deal with when you get rooms full of them....
http://greatgatsbygame.com/
It's an 8 bit version of The Great Gatsby!
A simple NES side-scroller that only takes about 10 minutes, but it is pretty neat if you've read the book.
Quote from: Aleister Growly on January 23, 2011, 06:04:48 AM
(http://i51.tinypic.com/144b9e1.jpg) (http://www.braid-game.com)
This game is AWESOME! One of the best side-scrollers I've ever played.
The infographic covers it pretty well. http://www.braid-game.com
HEADS UP.
Braid is on special on Steam for $2.99 until 4pm Pacific today.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on January 29, 2011, 12:02:08 PM
I had an awesome level 12 kitlid wanderer with 67,300 mana pearls but he got squished. :cry:
Also, the "create skeleton" spell is awesome. I wish it let you make more than one. I want my own skeleton army, dammit!!!
And then I played it for four hours.
DAMN THEE IASON!! DAAMN THEEEE!!!
Quote from: Farka Zarcoberg on January 29, 2011, 12:52:41 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on January 29, 2011, 11:35:48 AM
Hack Slash Crawl: http://armorgames.com/play/10373/hack-slash-crawl
Best flash game I have played in a very long time. It's a bit like a cross between DnD and Gauntlet. You pick out your character's race and class then hack, slash and crawl through randomized dungeons. Kill a bunch of monsters, collect weapons and armor. Certain weapons and armor let you use spells when equipped. I still haven't figured out what most of the rings do.
Insta-addicted.
This is all your fault.
FAAAAAK!
Yup, ate my slack as well.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/JonasKyratzes/the-infinite-oceanQuoteDescription
The Infinite Ocean is a sci-fi adventure about sentience, freedom, and the search for truth.
A rather simple black and white, point-and-click adventure game in which you wander around the various rooms of some sort of high-tech office/laboratory, and try to escape. Before you begin, I will let the not-so-surprising plot hook out of the bag: an artificial intelligence project gone awry.
There isn't much to be said about the gameplay. It's pretty standard point-and-click fare, although the password solving mechanic is interesting (protip: Scan every page of text you run across). The story and ideas presented are where this game shines.
The atmosphere of being very alone, and yet knowing that there is
something unfriendly in this place with you against which you are all but powerless, comes across very well. The music, while you will hear it over and over again during the course of the game (which can be easily finished with a few hours of gameplay at most), is very haunting and suits the game perfectly, as does the stark black and white environment.
It's hard to really describe the emotional impact this game had on me; I'd say try it for yourself and see how you feel after a bit. It'll either draw you in or bore you silly.
I'm really enjoying the journal entries in it.
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 09, 2011, 12:43:08 AM
I'm really enjoying the journal entries in it.
I thought of you when I posted this :D
Quote from: Cainad on March 09, 2011, 01:14:32 AM
Quote from: Sigmatic on March 09, 2011, 12:43:08 AM
I'm really enjoying the journal entries in it.
I thought of you when I posted this :D
Awwww yeaahh. 8)
Quote from: 3D3N on January 23, 2011, 02:03:28 PM
Nationstates:
www.nationstates.net - Online community based politics/economics simulation. Pretty basic, I never got hours of continuous gameplay out of it exactly but it can get pretty addictive without taking huge chunks out of your time imo.
Holy shit! The old nationstates still exists?
Bump
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/super-duck-punch (http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/super-duck-punch)
Quote from: Requia ☣ on March 09, 2011, 03:33:34 AM
Quote from: 3D3N on January 23, 2011, 02:03:28 PM
Nationstates:
www.nationstates.net - Online community based politics/economics simulation. Pretty basic, I never got hours of continuous gameplay out of it exactly but it can get pretty addictive without taking huge chunks out of your time imo.
Holy shit! The old nationstates still exists?
yes it does, and now it has zombies.