Tag: GAMEPLAY

I just spent way too long (about 10 minutes) blasting a polar bear on a sled into a bunch of penguins using bombs and land mines. Can you say that? Well, you can now. Check out Polar PWND, an online physics game where the aforementioned polar bear on a sled is essentially a bowling ball, and the penguins are your pins. The game uses a left-to-right platform view, and though the control scheme for ...

Gnilley is a game by Glen Forrester that was made in two days for Game Jam Sydney 2010, an event that brings experimental game designers together to try to make some interesting games. While the game's graphics are certainly not going to wow anyone, the gameplay is, shall we say, unique. The game looks like any other top-down adventure game from the late 80's or early 90's, and you move around in ...

Pong is such a classic game, what could possibly be done to make it feel fresh and creative? How about using browser windows as game elements? This version of Pong by Stewdio launches three pop-up windows when you press the P (for play) button -- two paddles and a "ball". You can play against the computer using the arrow keys to move your paddle up and down, or you can choose to play against ...

Paper Cannon is a fairly typical physics-based bomb-shooting cannon game. If you enjoy this sort of game, it has enough charm and challenge to be worth your time; if physics shooting games are not your cup of tea, you'll probably want to take a pass. The goal in Paper Cannon is to kill all of the creepy one-eyed bunnies in each level with the fewest number of shots possible. Thankfully, unlike ...

Pandemic 2 is a strategy game where you play the part of a virus, bacteria, or parasite. The goal of the game is to infect and then kill all of humanity. At the start of the game you choose to be either a virus, bacteria, or parasite. Each has their own unique characteristics, like being more or less virulent, and mutating slowly or quickly. Once you've chosen the type of pandemic you represent, ...

Rope 'n' Fly 2 [iTunes link] is an example of a casual iPhone game done right. The gameplay is incredibly simple: you tap on a building to shoot out a rope and attach it, then tap again when you want to release it. The goal is to use your swinging momentum to move forward in the game, but also to increase your altitude since you are constantly falling. For such a simple game, there are a ...

Icycle is a "capture the stars" style game where you control a naked (yes, naked) character. Instead of stars, your character is trying to collect frozen bubbles. Since he's missing his clothes, and if you ride him into a hazard and he falls off his bike, he freezes, or dies in numerous entertaining ways. While the game play is solid, the physics of the game are pretty limited when compared to ...

Savanna Blocks is a falling-blocks puzzle game created by Clockwork Monster that uses a fresh take on a tired genre. In Savanna Blocks your goal is to draw a line through groups of blocks that are touching either horizontally or vertically (not diagonally) to clear them from the board. As soon as you release your mouse button, the blocks that you've drawn on will disappear, but if you draw outside ...

While I've written about plenty of great online games, sometimes a Time Waster really surprises me. That's the case with Fig 8, a very stylistic and unique game. In it, you control an old-fashioned bicycle as it rides along a page of old-style diagrams. Your tires trace lines as you go, and the goal of the game is to get as far as you can as the window scrolls over more and more of the page while ...

While pretty graphics are nice, my favorite time wasters are those that have a great concept, and I'm particularly partial to physics games. Color Infection is definitely one of my favorites. I was therefore very happy to discover that there is now a sequel, Color Infection 2. The concept and game-play is all the same, but this iteration is a little more challenging. In particular, the later ...

Redstar Fall is a game that falls into the "balancing games" genre of time waster. The goal of the game is to carefully lower the red star onto the main platform without letting it fall off the side, by carefully removing the blocks that are supporting it in the correct order. The game is definitely a no-frills affair, with an almost spartan look, but that's not a bad thing; the game play is very ...

Question...what is only 72MB, downloadable, free, fun, and fraggalicious? Why OpenArena, of course. This little game (with excellent graphics I might add) is built on the FOSS Quake 3 engine. There is a single player, as well as multiplayer mode you can play with. The latest version is 0.6.0, and is really a lot of gameplay packed into a small download (for what it is). If you are a gaming fan, ...