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Mozilla Labs Game Gallery

40 points by abraham 16y ago

pedanticfreak 16y ago
Renders wrong in Chrome for me. Seriously guys? Good thing it's not an HTML5 gallery showcasing the benefits of open standards.
- veemjeem 16y ago
  looks fine to me in chrome.
  - Groxx 16y ago
    Just tried it in all 4 Chromes, they all look fine to me. Identical to FF4b8. What's odd, though, is it seems the background and image borders load last. Which is crazy - load your macro styles first, then the two-hundred-odd thumbnails.
- ytNumbers 16y ago
  I ran into the same problem in Chrome. It seems like a font issue relating to the OrbitronMed font. I wonder if lots of computers have a messed up version of that font, or if something else is going on.
  - pedanticfreak 16y ago
    The font problem seems to be localized to Chrome on Windows machines. Chrome on my Macbook renders the font correctly. The page still renders unusually slowly on the Macbook though. Some of these games (e.g. Gates of Olympus) explicitly mention Firefox 4, so the stable build of Chrome might be "too old."
iwwr 16y ago
Freeciv.net, wow, never thought these people were so far into a web port.
icefox 16y ago
Tried playing a half dozen games. If this isn't a lesson in teaching users how to play your game I don't know what is. Before releasing a game you need to silently watch someone else try to play your game for the first time and take notes. All those cool features you added are pointless if they can't even figure out how to do the first level. Tank world is a good example. Wow does it look cool, but the instructions show up on the screen for just a few seconds and then go away leaving you to get frustrated and quit.
- ecaroth 16y ago
  I agree - I entered a game in the contest and was very worried that it wouldn't hold up to the rest of the entries because mine is very simple in comparison. I tried playing ~12 of them and couldn't believe how complicated many of them were!
Charuru 16y ago
Why did they choose an 8 bit look? While it's good for nostalgia, I'm not sure that's smart if you're championing the future of gaming. PS: I actually think the 8bit looks is kinda ugly.
- ecaroth 16y ago
  I am of the same opinion. It sure gets the point across that the page is about games. But for how long you can tell somebody spent working on those graphics, they just don't do it for me... I DO dig the trophy with the joystick though.. it's mainly just the little spaceships and guns that look out of place.
bd 16y ago
Requiring registration (or Facebook / Google / Twitter account) before seeing anything is a major fail for many entries. If some sort of account is indeed necessary (rarely the case), please give us single click demo account, or at least show us screenshots / videos from the actual gameplay.
- Dav3xor 16y ago
  Mine has a single click demo -- http://www.davesgalaxy.com http://www.davesgalaxy.com Oh, and it requires some form of sign in since it has a persistent world.
Groxx 16y ago
An impressive list... though the first one I actually enjoyed has been this impressively well designed one quite a ways down: http://sketch-out.appspot.com/ http://sketch-out.appspot.com/
p0nce 16y ago
Here is my entry (http://www.crajsh.com http://www.crajsh.com) and the related write-up (http://bit.ly/godroY http://bit.ly/godroY).

40 points by abraham 16y ago

Renders wrong in Chrome for me. Seriously guys? Good thing it's not an HTML5 gallery showcasing the benefits of open standards.

veemjeem 16y ago
looks fine to me in chrome.
- Groxx 16y ago
  Just tried it in all 4 Chromes, they all look fine to me. Identical to FF4b8. What's odd, though, is it seems the background and image borders load last. Which is crazy - load your macro styles first, then the two-hundred-odd thumbnails.
ytNumbers 16y ago
I ran into the same problem in Chrome. It seems like a font issue relating to the OrbitronMed font. I wonder if lots of computers have a messed up version of that font, or if something else is going on.
- pedanticfreak 16y ago
  The font problem seems to be localized to Chrome on Windows machines. Chrome on my Macbook renders the font correctly. The page still renders unusually slowly on the Macbook though. Some of these games (e.g. Gates of Olympus) explicitly mention Firefox 4, so the stable build of Chrome might be "too old."

iwwr 16y ago

Freeciv.net, wow, never thought these people were so far into a web port.

icefox 16y ago

Tried playing a half dozen games. If this isn't a lesson in teaching users how to play your game I don't know what is. Before releasing a game you need to silently watch someone else try to play your game for the first time and take notes. All those cool features you added are pointless if they can't even figure out how to do the first level. Tank world is a good example. Wow does it look cool, but the instructions show up on the screen for just a few seconds and then go away leaving you to get frustrated and quit.

ecaroth 16y ago
I agree - I entered a game in the contest and was very worried that it wouldn't hold up to the rest of the entries because mine is very simple in comparison. I tried playing ~12 of them and couldn't believe how complicated many of them were!

Charuru 16y ago

Why did they choose an 8 bit look? While it's good for nostalgia, I'm not sure that's smart if you're championing the future of gaming. PS: I actually think the 8bit looks is kinda ugly.

ecaroth 16y ago
I am of the same opinion. It sure gets the point across that the page is about games. But for how long you can tell somebody spent working on those graphics, they just don't do it for me... I DO dig the trophy with the joystick though.. it's mainly just the little spaceships and guns that look out of place.

bd 16y ago

Requiring registration (or Facebook / Google / Twitter account) before seeing anything is a major fail for many entries. If some sort of account is indeed necessary (rarely the case), please give us single click demo account, or at least show us screenshots / videos from the actual gameplay.

Dav3xor 16y ago
Mine has a single click demo -- http://www.davesgalaxy.com http://www.davesgalaxy.com Oh, and it requires some form of sign in since it has a persistent world.

Groxx 16y ago

An impressive list... though the first one I actually enjoyed has been this impressively well designed one quite a ways down: http://sketch-out.appspot.com/ http://sketch-out.appspot.com/

p0nce 16y ago

Here is my entry (http://www.crajsh.com http://www.crajsh.com) and the related write-up (http://bit.ly/godroY http://bit.ly/godroY).