Cogs of War
I made this!
Microsoft are hosting a web design and development conference over in Vegas this coming March (MIX 09). As part of the build-up to this, Microsoft are running a coding competition - the 10k challenge.
Basically, they're asking developers to submit something using their new web technologies which is written in less than 10,240 characters - for reference, the US Declaration of Independence is approximately 8,000 characters, so that ain't much.
I've submitted a daft little game written in Silverlight (you might need to download and install this to play, but the site should offer to do this for you - it's pretty painless).
If you've got a spare few minutes, have a look at "Cogs of War" at http://2009.visitmix.com/MIXtify/TenKDisplay.aspx?SubmissionID=0088. Click the screen to get started, then use the left and right buttons to move your character - collect cogs, dodge skulls. Easy at first, but it soon gets hectic :)
Click "I like this" by all means, but note you can also vote on the site itself (voting is open until 4PM on Feb 16th).
You can see all the other entries (and there are some bloody impressive ones, considering the 10k limit) at http://2009.visitmix.com/MIXtify/TenKGallery.aspx.
Thanks for reading!
P.S. Personal best is 490 :)
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badg3r :: what are you insinuating, you equity ponce? last considered changing his board sig on, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 10:45,
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Well I liked it
Plenty of other timewasters on there too! The raindrops one is fantastic, although maybe he's cheating cos he's using sound from outside? I don't really like the current number 1 though, the last level is impossible!
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morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 12:17,
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