|
Games in Flash and javascript that you can play online and/or download |
News
May 15, 2005
In the meanwhile, I should really update Mancala. Or at least provide my present email address in it. If anyone has any suggestions for a desired feature . . .
December 19, 2004
December 12, 2004
November 29, 2004
Online: Mancala is perhaps the oldest board game known. Its strategy is simple but allows many variations. If you unfamiliar with Mancala, I've a page of rules. Version 3.1 features all 48 stones, each animated separately.
Download: I also have a shareware version available for download that incorporates the rules into the game (dropdown text boxes). The registered version includes a pool of 26 individual stone types to make up the 48 stones in the game.
MiniGOLF: 36 Holes Plus
Online: The online version has the first nine holes from each of the two courses (plus each course's bonus hole).
Download: The shareware version has the first eleven holes from each of the two courses, and the registered version has the full eighteen holes. Both versions feature the bonus hole of each course. Screen shots.
MiniGOLF (original version)
Online: Here we have a 6-hole miniature golf course (plus a bonus hole if a single player scores under par or as a sudden-death playoff for two players) that you can play either by yourself or with another person. Notes and hints.
Download the game to play on your PC or Mac. (Freeware)
Online: Image a pond by which people fold paper sailing ships from their favorite newspapers. The paper ships (rated in terms of eighteenth-century warships and having from 100 to 12 cannons) are then launched to see which is superior. In this game, you choose and control one such ship and battle an adversary. The notes page describes the entire game and includes screen shots. The folded newspapers include the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and the Guardian.
Download: The shareware version is available for download, and the registered version of the game includes 16 different ship types, including ones folded from the National Review, Newsday, and the Helsingin Sanomat.
A couple of weeks ago I heard that Adobe will be buying Macromedia. I wonder whether Adobe will suppress (usual tactic) or develop Flash? I look forward to a version of Flash for which writing to disk is possible, since I've wanted to develop my own RPG for some time.
Now I remember why I seldomly update games: It's a lot of work to handle the six read-me's, in addition to testing the game in three OSs. However, I think it's finished. Paper Ships 1.7 is aboard. If you've registered the game, your password is still valid for this update; if it doesn't work, email me.
The online version of Paper Ships has been updated today: I've added two new ships and an additional enemy mode, as well as a few other odds and ends. The surprise is that the game is about 2K shorter (thanks to some housecleaning). Next week I should have the shareware and registered versions available.
The update to Paper Ships is nearly complete. It's only a question of testing. Besides four new ships and a new enemy mode, I slowed the steering to the player's ship; but I may return the steering to normal or leave it as an option.
Flash
Written in version 5, my Flash games also work in the Flash 6 player as well, on both the Mac and the PC, in both Internet Explorer and Mozilla.
Chicken Little Saves the Earth! (arcade)
Ten or so years ago, computer games flooded the market: They were simple and fun. Chicken Little allows its hero to blast away at incoming invaders whose evil purpose is to turn the Earth into one vast oilfield.
Mancala (classic board game)
MiniGOLF (putt for pleasure)
March 2004: Two versions are available both for online play and downloading.
Paper Ships: Journalism Ain't Yellow (simulation/strategy)
The Shell Game (classic)
The game opens with a pea being shot into one of three shells. The shells move around, and you have to guess under which shell is the pea. Guess correctly twice in a row, fantasy variations occur.
Javascript
My javascript dates back to 1997 when the main challenge was to guess which elements would work in both Netscape and Internet Explorer. Thus far, these games have held up to the latest updates of both browsers and play both on the PC and the Mac. They've also worked okay on web-tv.
[Mac note: IE 5 and 5.1 hang on the javascript mancala, whereas Mozilla and Netscape work fine.]
Mancala (classic board game)
Mancala is perhaps the oldest board game known. Its strategy is simple but allows many variations. If you unfamiliar with Mancala, I've a page of rules.
Tic-Tac-Toe
Since tic-tac-toe is an easy draw to anyone familiar with the game, I included several variations of increased and decreased difficulty.
Two chess endgame techniques
At the time, chess didn't have a large presence on the web, and the techniques here allow one to queen a pawn (with only two other kings on the board) and to create a passed pawn with three pawns versus three pawns. (I once saw a good player lose a game because he overlooked the latter.)