
If you're like me, it's time for a distraction from Mario Kart Wii. This week's collection of Link Dump Friday games successfully stole me from kart steering just long enough to allow me to drive a real car without reaching for my stack of turtle shells in the back seat...
Floaty Light - Did you enjoy Nitrome's Hot Air games? Ha, trick question! Of course you did! Floaty Light is a similar affair involving a bubble, an arrow, a goal, and pokey sharp things you must avoid. Plus, everything is lavender and white, which is very soothing to look at.
Roku - A rather large (15MB) implementation of two puzzle games based on cellular automata written in Processing. Roku's modes play like your typical "lights out"-type game or a matching puzzle title where you hop from hexagon to hexagon. The full description goes into a lot more detail.
Ultimate Online Checkers - Almost true to its name, Ultimate Online Checkers presents a pleasing interface complete with multiplayer support and even a few game-changing power-ups. As you capture pieces you earn cash that can be spent to king checkers, destroy, or even buy new pieces. A subtle twist on an old game makes it fun all over again, and the single player computer opponents are surprisingly tough.
Comboll - Control the bouncey ball with the [arrow] keys and try to keep it on the moving platforms. Score extra points for stringing together combos of the same color!
Seascape - Explore underwater levels in search of treasure and solve a few simple puzzles along the way. Features some adventure-style gameplay along with hidden object finding and some photography for bonus cash.
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Ultimate Online Checkers Is a fun idea, but the single player version has some bugs:
1. The game does not detect if the computer player has no available moves. Instead you must wait until the timer runs out.
2. The Computer player does not use power ups, which gives you a huge advantage, especially since the computer is not very smart to begin with.
I haven't been able to try multiplayer yet. I'll be interested in hearing how the game fairs with an opponent who is more balanced.
Posted by: nalyd
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May 1, 2008 10:15 PM
I really enjoyed Seascape. I wish it hadn't been so short.
Posted by: wendy
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May 1, 2008 10:24 PM
I agree that Ultimate Online Checkers is a fun idea but also that it has some bugs.
I tried out Multiplayer which was more challenging and fun but around the middle of the game when the my multiplayer opponent tried to jump one of my pieces his went under mine instead and got stuck. When I tried to move my piece it starting jiggling around and wouldn't move from the spot, but kept counting up my moves . Had around 100 from that one piece when I left the game =P
Posted by: Otterish
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May 1, 2008 10:28 PM
ooh i love comboll
Posted by: jubaba | May 2, 2008 2:06 AM
I get a "Service Unavailable" message when I click on Comboll.
Posted by: Shostie
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May 2, 2008 8:56 AM
Ah. Here's a link on Kongregate:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Jhelle/comboll
Posted by: Shostie
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May 2, 2008 8:59 AM
Comball is awesome.
The only thing that detracts from it, is that after you play a while (in my case up to 100000) when you stop, the images on your browser seem to move to the right. (anticipated movement and all that)
Posted by: Reozul | May 2, 2008 9:49 AM
Is it just me, or does speeding up actually make Comboll easier? Harder to make combos perhaps, but easier to keep yourself alive.
Posted by: zxo
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May 2, 2008 10:39 AM
Hey anyone ever play Flyff. It's a free MMORPG. Anyways, I'm pretty positive that comboll took the music straight out of it.
Posted by: Connor | May 2, 2008 6:46 PM
hmm, I can't get the Seascape chest open with anything, and I can't seem to leave the magnified view after I click on the chest.
Posted by: octochan
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May 2, 2008 7:46 PM
@zxo:
Yeah, I was enjoying Comboll for a while until it sped up to the point where it became difficult to get combos >5 or 6, but also became really, really difficult to die.
Posted by: Ribs
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May 3, 2008 4:32 AM
Octochan, I've got the same problem. Tried the knife, tried the plasma cutter but no joy! Can anyone help please?
Posted by: vogonviking | May 3, 2008 6:50 AM
to use the plasma cutter,
Posted by: why_ra_ra
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May 3, 2008 11:11 AM
SeaScape Walkthrough (Area 1, due to time constraints. will get the other three areas up soon)
Posted by: Immortal_Z
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May 3, 2008 7:14 PM
SeaScape Walkthrough (Area 2)
Posted by: Immortal_Z
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May 3, 2008 11:21 PM
If you think Ultimate Checkers is innovative, try Quadradius - it will blow your socks off!
Posted by: OncoByte
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May 4, 2008 3:33 PM
On the Ultimate Checkers game, I started by making my entire front row kings, and the proceeded to win without losing a single piece. It's just too easy.
Posted by: Picard | May 4, 2008 6:14 PM