Go play the winnie-the-pooh flash game I wrote!

[jack]

I can't remember if I've pimped it before, but: go play the winnie-the-pooh flash game I wrote!:

It's set ten years later, when CR and Alice[1] are about 16, and due to a clumsy mistake CR buys a cursed present for Alice, sending them to an alternate dimension where they face unresolved issues from their childhood games :)

It's aimed to be squarely in the tradition of Chip's Challenge. ie. top-down-tile-based push-things-around action/puzzle, but with fewer more complicated enemies rather than many simple ones (also see Deadly Rooms of Death)

There are 10 levels so far. Apologies for flash, see the poll below. Move with the arrow keys, press space to continue from message screens. Click the buttons on the right to jump to a level. There is a reason everything's so violent, it's not *just* gratuitous.

Walkthrough for level one: Walk down, walk left into pooh. Read the text. Start again. Walk down, walk right, walk left.

I'm sure most of you (hi Simon :)) have more extensive computer games written, but I enjoyed writing this. It is very much, what I had time to do, and left when I didn't have any time. One thing I may do in the next few months is polish it up.

Which of the following would you most like to see me do? (Vote for one option, or more only if you want to).

My name is and I think you should:
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Replace flash with C (for windows andlinux), or another web language
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Optimise flash code making it smoother
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Make the game turn-based instead of real time. (Or give an option one or the other.)
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Sometimes you can't tell if CR is going to move. Show this visually.
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Add UI. Eg. an intro screen, score chart, instructions, level progression
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Design more levels!
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Design more characters (currently there are CR, Pooh, Small and Piglet)
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Rework the metaphysics to make it more consistent.
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Write more consistent flavour text. (More puns? Fewer puns?)
---DefinitelyIf you have timeNo, don't bother Add live action animation of characters Can I play Christopher Robin? Can I play Alice[1]?

Comment:

[1] Who is CR's kickarsier sensibler contemporary best friend, now sort of girlfriend, not nurse. Apologies for misreading canon.

Comments

[emperor]

I still think you should Just Use Livejournal Polls.

I also feel obliged to point out that this doesn't work on my mac (Safari) at all - I can click the RHS buttons, but pressing space does nothing.

[stephdairy.livejournal.com]

Just Using Livejournal Polls: involves giving money to LJ, which you might not want to do.

(S)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Indeed, thank you. That is, LJ have provided quite a good service to me for ages, I'm ok with donating them some money. But doing so by getting a paid account feels like I would be paying for just some fairly mediocre polls and some annoyingly stubborn part of me rebells and insists that it doesn't want to seem like someone who ties their identity to the lj company. *shrug* It doesn't make sense, it will resolve itself when I install a wordpress variant, or similar.

[mair_in_grenderich]

just some fairly mediocre polls

and icon space! and the ability to syndicate people's rss feeds! and ... and sms-to-lj! and other exciting stuff!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

ROFL. Yes. But... In two years I've so far adopted zero icons. I don't think I'll hit the limit for a while yet. And rss aggregators are free and easy. :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Thank you; I still intend to get good polling one day.

And thank you. Apparently flash in safari not receiving any keypresses has been a known problem :( Until I rewrite completely I don't think there's any fix. (I assume you've tried obvious things like trying to click to give it the focus. Does your computer have a flash viewer or anything?)

[emperor]

I did try clicking, yes. The only flash viewer is the one in Safari.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. Then I'm sorry.