Record Tripping

cute alice in wonderland scratch music game.
who would have thought it.

Chop Chop Runner!

My friend Guillaume made Chop Chop Runner. Its great fun! Its a single button game, which is just perfect for the iphone user on the go (which is all of you).

Guillaume was both the programmer and the designer on this project.

Here is the Web Version where you can test the gameplay, its fun with the mouse, but even better with a touchscreen.

plasma pong

unlike some game lists we dont usually post links to pong games. unless they are really extra special in some innovative way. plasma poing is not only very special, it looks absolutely fantastic plus its fiendish and compelling.

you play pong either against the computer or with a friend, but you play inside a box of fluid with the turbulance within the liquid rendere as a plasma. your puck can make turbulance and you can use it in play. needs a meaty pc though you mist have a nice graphics card.

fly guy

i first found fly guy a few years back, and promptly lost the link. its best to ignore this and intstead give this "dream simulator" the reverence it deserves.

its not a game its a toy and a wonderfully artful one at that. by which i mean its not full of art so much as a work of art.

everyone i know who has played it had an emotional reaction. its a mood enhancer if you are happy it makes you happier. if you are sad it makes you melancholy. still sad but in a nice way. so relax and enjoy, listen to the sounds because they are part of the experience and simplify your interactive experience. i promise you will come back to fly guy.

suitable for all ages children and grandparents. and its capable of running on any machine that can do shockwave files, its not open source, but it will work on most platforms.

Dwice

Alexey Pajitnov was for those who dont know the inventor of tetris, and whilst you may not know his name I'm pretty sure you know his game. He has a new game out with a playable demo available for download.

if you like falling block stylee puzzle games, this will appeal, however it seems a mite easy to me. tetris was better but this is still playable, and free.

Tux Racer

the excellent tux racer has been with us for a few years now. I dont know why i didnt put it on the list earlier.

you play as a penguin who is collecting fish by belly sliding down the side of a mountain.

each challenge has a time limit and a minimum number of fish to collect for each run. tux racer has a finely tweaked difficulty level, with each race taking 2 or three tries to advance to the next.

you can do jumps, and slow down and accelerate, each of these actions has an effect on the handling, if you slowdown you can turn much more sharply, but there is an obvious time penalty.

its a professional game with polish. it looks great and it plays great its non violent and suitable for all the family.

tux is the mascot of linux and the game is hosted on source forge so you can get the code and take a look inside, which also means its available for multiple platforms.
yay!

samorost 2

Matt pointed out that the excellent Samorost by amanita design has a sequel. yay!

the original Samorost was a work of art. i dont want to spoil it too much but i'm currently playing it and expect this one will be too.

this time your dog has been kidnapped by aliens, and your off to rescue it. the samorost games take the form of a sequence of beautifully drawn single screen puzzles which build into a simlpe story.

play it online today.