Week 8: Celebrity Jousting - The Board Game

There is no source flash file this week, because this is a cut-out-and-play board game.

The rules are simple. Each piece has some number of arrows on it. The arrows are both swords and shields: You can move any number of squares in the direction of the arrow (up to hitting another piece or the edge of the board), and if there is an enemy you can take their piece by landing on them. However, if they have an arrow pointed at the piece charging at them, they're shielded... you can't take them from that direction.

The king piece can move 1 square in any of the 8 directions, and can be taken from any direction. The game is won by capturing your opponent's king.

Take turns, play nicely. Let me know if the rules are unclear, or the game should be tweaked to be [faster, slower, more thoughtful, more bloody, etc]. And, of course, suggestions to BadGames@chriscanfield.net are always welcome.

- Chris

P.S. Advanced papercraft pieces are available for the serious Otaku out there, but are completely optional.

Week 7: A Love Letter in Game

Week 7: A Love Letter in Game



Source flash file is available here.

Before you play, be aware that you can steer the heart once you've fired it by putting the mouse above, below, or to the sides of it.

Some of you may not like this game. That's OK. I freely admit that it is way too hard and gives the player too little feedback about their performance. Specifically, close to the end of a firing cycle things become pretty random and difficulty to control pretty fast. All I can say is: this thing took a week, including my first handwritten pseudo 3D engine. That's pretty darned good, even though I'd love another week to polish it. I've trimmed and helped the player in all the ways that I can, but in general this one is just tough. If you get out to 150, you're doing really well.

More than that, though, thematically this game is just made as a love letter to one very special person. Hopefully she'll get the positive energies of dozens of people on the internet trying to kiss her. On second thought, that sounds creepy. Oh well, too late now. Anyway, if you don't like the theme of this week's game, you heartless troll, I'll probably be back next week with something meat-based or otherwise slightly creepy again. So stay tuned!

- Chris