I haven’t had anything interesting to talk about in the last days, been über-busy with my new all-purpose editor (I’ll do a post on that when I have some screenshots to post that show interesting stuff) and getting ready for the 48-hour competititon of next weekend.
In the meantime, I have some links to share with you guys…
First up, two games from Jake Elliot: “Beulah & the Hundred Birds” and “Dog and Bone are friends“:
Like “I Can Hold My Breath Forever” (ICHMBF), “Beulah & the Hundred Birds” (BATHB) is a game that has a childhood dream story feel to it, based on exploration rather than conflict, with a nice twist in the end that explains the story… All the comments I’ve done before stand… BATHB is more “conventional” than ICHMBF from a gameplay standpoint, taking the form of a platform game, and it’s definately worth picking up (you should be able to finish it in 10 mins or so).
“Dog and Bone are friends” (DABAF) is a more “common” game, in the gameplay sense. You control two characters with different skills and have to unite them in each level. The Jake Elliotness of it comes down to the fact that it is a game about friendship, which is a human trait missing in most games… in most games, friends are just there for A) betray you; B) to save; C) as extra arms and legs for fights. It’s interesting to see what you can actually do with the friend concept in games, taking it a big further like in DABAF.
Was talking to a friend the other day and I remembered Towrl games. From the website:
Towlr are puzzles. Contrary to conventional design wisdom, the towlr games come without instruction and without explanation. Your job is to discover their secret, and score deliciousness. Yes, every Towlr game can be completed.
Towlr are complete audio/visial experiences. They should be played with sound at a reasonable level, and computer monitors turned on.
Towlr may frustrate you. This is normal.
These games are soooooooo frustrating sometimes, but they’re quite neat, check them out at www.towlr.com.
Another cool link is the wiki-based “PlayPen” game, a cooperative exploration game, where players can build on a story that’s being writen by them… Words can’t really explain what’s going on, so head on the website and try it out… It’s a fun experiment, albeit one that could really be improved with modern technology, i.e. give “players/authors” the tools to build better and more complex worlds and see what they’d come up with… If I was a decent Flash programmer, I’d go for it! 🙂
Finally, a touch of awesome… After the raging success of “Megashark VS Giant Octopus“, get ready for:
Yep, that’s a real movie… and if it’s not enough for you, head on to http://www.theasylum.cc/ , where you can see the trailers for more of their movies (which are totally full of awesome!).
And that’s it for me today… Have fun everyone!