February Link Clearance - some cool games
Link rolling wheels together with sticks and water bars to create a contraption that will carry the ball to the goal.
It’s harder than it looks. Once you finish the game you can play and create custom levels, and you can see the outlandish solutions submitted by addicts.
I finished the game (eventually), including one I solved the hard way because I didn’t realize I could scroll to the right.
Let me know if you can finish it too!
The concept is simple. You get to make a certain number of cuts to make the happy face roll into the goal. You must have a light sabre, because it cuts everything!
I finished this on in about an hour - let me know in the comments how long it takes you.
Flow started as Jenova Chen’s MFA thesis exploring Flow Theory in games.
It’s a beautifully simple, addictive game that adapts to your skill level. Extra credit for playing without looking at any instructions
Flow has been further developed for the Playstation. I recommend you download the game from one of the mirror links (1, 2, 3) as the online version seems to be a bit skippy. You can just run the program - it does not need to be installed.
Lemmings is an old classic, now implemented in dynamic HTML so you can play it in a browser.
The lemmings just walk - off a cliff, into lava, … - unless you can save them.
This game is an entrepreneurial icon. The author of this game posted it on his website, and it caught on. It spread like wildfire and the author made a fortune from the ad revenue on his site. He quit his programming job and started The Casual Collective (see Splitter above) to encourage other independent game developers.
