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Use Boxmen

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:21:53 +0000

Use Boxmen is just what you need if you want a puzzle platformer made of pure art. Gameplay, graphics, and MUSIC are all there just waiting for you to …well… use them. Combining concepts of Chronotron and Seppukuties this game is really a mashup of so many games, still maintaining the profund simplicity and accessibility of a simple game. Try this.

Headspin: Storybook

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:33:54 +0000

A game that looks magnificent and plays very simple. Headspin: Storybook takes spot the difference games to the next level with the more intuitive and fun “turn to match” method and moving, live animations instead of static pictures. Also, I suspect that levels are generated dinamically from little puzzle pieces so this may be an endless spot the difference game (great for high score fanatics)

Powergolf

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:17:53 +0000

I hate golf games. I like this one however! Instead of a top down view Powergolf is a side scrolling golf game with floating platforms and great powerups. Levels are cleverly designed and powerups are helpful and intuitive, they really change the game. Like the sticky ball. You’ve never seen a golf ball stick to the ceiling right?

How to make Death vs. Monstars style explosions

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:07:56 +0000

A couple of developers asked me about how I made the explosions in Death vs. Monstars. I decided to share the original flash source of the bigger of the two explosions used. Death vs. Monstars explosion download. When you open the file you can see that it is a rather simple timeline animation that uses gradient fills and shape tweening. This however cannot be used in a game in this form as it consits of too many shapes, so I converted the whole thing into a sprite sheet, and used it as a bitmap. That’s about it. However, if you’d like to know what really makes it look good…read on.
When making explosion animations you face a very big challenge. An explosion is like liquid with very complex movement that you should understand. Have a reference video that you can examine such as this one. It has a great slow motion about a big, fat explosion with smoke, just what we need. Try to reproduce the phases of the explosion in your animation. These are:

1.: Ignition: A bright flash. You can simply put a big white spot on the first frame of your animation.

2.: Fireball: The fuel of the explosion is burning in an expanding sphere-shaped form. The ignition phase gives you the overall size of your animation, the fireball phase grows just a little.

3.: Collapse: The hardest to animate. The fuel of explosion is depleting and without energy the fireball collapses into itself. It’s split up into multiple smaller puffs of fuel which are still burning. At the end of this phase our explosion looks more like a flame than a fireball.

4.: Burnout: Fire gradually turns into smoke (black or grey) as all the fuel burns away. You can give “body” to your smoke by applying some shades on it like it has mass.

5.: Fade: You have to get rid of the sprite in the game so the smoke just dissolves.

Good luck! And please comment

me and the key

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:36:29 +0000

Bart Bonte is one of the most creative flash games designer out there, and my absolute favorite when it comes to “poke around” style games. The creator of Factory Balls and duck, think outside the flock is here with a brand new adventure where you have to find keys. Pretty simple isn’t it? Well, it isn’t. Try it and please leave a comment

Astro Chaser

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:15:44 +0000

Remember IWBTG! ?, this game is just the same but in the vertical shooter genre. Get frustrated and punish yourself by crashing into walls, getting shot, rammed etc. I like the way you have to constantly risk your life for that extra bonus or coin. It adds new depth to the otherwise simplistic gameplay.

Music Catch 2

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:29:50 +0000

I was very sceptical about Music Catch 2 but if you really…I mean really want to calm down This is the absolute prefect flash game for you. With unlockable different game modes and songs, mc2 takes it to the next level of wel…catching. Really nice graphics, soothing music, altough it made me sad! Not kidding. I stopped playing because the second song just made me so sad!

Death vs. Monstars

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:49:20 +0000

Is a super-frantic, super-intense manic arena shooter. Death vs. Monstars introduces two unique things. First the not-so traditional control scheme. Don’t worry, You’ll get used to it and after that it’s much better than the old “wasd + mouse”. The other is the engine. It can move up to 1000 stuff on-screen with ease on a decent pc. Well I never saw anithing like that before in a flash game anyway

MatchBlox 2 - Abrams Quest: Puzzle Pack 1

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:24:38 +0000

Wow that’s a long title! Anyways, Mb2 is a great block sliding puzzle game with many features giving it a great depth of gameplay. Pushing around things has never been so much fun (okay I lied). Here’s the author’s description about this game: bram’s Quest: Puzzle Pack 1, a twist on the match making casual game. What’s in store? New numbered tiles, stone blox, unlock greater challenges, 3 different modes of play, and hours and hours of brain crankin’ fun!

Brick Yard

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:09:03 +0000

A brick stacking game that works great! Everyone dreams of building something magnificent and Your chance is here right now. What you build won’t be pretty I can promise you that but it will surely be tall. Do this and more in five different game modes to become the ultimate master of high and ugly towers. Collapsing stuff is also great fun in this flash game.