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GitHub Game Off Winners

79 points by remi 14y ago

bluetidepro 14y ago
Does it bother anyone else that to play one of the winner games ("Hotfix"), you have to download and install this "Unity Web Player" plugin? I also want to note that none of the other main winners had that. Downloading a plugin to play seems counter to what HTML5 web games are trying to do?
- sjmulder 14y ago
  It’s not about HTML5, it just needs to be playable in a browser: > All entries must be web-based, i.e. playable in a browser. HTML5, WebGL, Unity, Torque 3D, Node JS, Flash are all possible - just be sure the source is made available on your fork. https://github.com/blog/1303-github-game-off https://github.com/blog/1303-github-game-off
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- RyanZAG 14y ago
  Also the obvious security problems with installing more code surface into your browser. I'd much prefer a download to the game than a 'web player', thanks. Once I've installed the web player, any flaw in unity is now a flaw in my browser. Flash and Java applets are bad enough, please don't start a new terror.
  - bluetidepro 14y ago
    That was my thoughts as well, on why I didn't want to download the player.
- cmelbye 14y ago
  This wasn't an HTML5 game contest.
- lacosaes0 14y ago
  >Downloading a plugin to play seems counter to what HTML5 web games are trying to do? O RLY?
binarydreams 14y ago
This is our game guys - http://khele.in/pappu-pakia/ http://khele.in/pappu-pakia/ and we won! :D
- prezjordan 14y ago
  Great work. Yours was very cute. How'd you do the sound?
- BilalBudhani 14y ago
  Highly addictive game... Great work!
jlongster 14y ago
I really wish I had another week to flesh out my game. I spent a bunch of time developing the platform but didn't quite get enough game mechanics in there. My game was octoshot, a 3d FPS: http://octoshot.jlongster.com/ http://octoshot.jlongster.com/ I'm currently rebuilding it with missles and other types of guns, and actual levels.
- lee337 14y ago
  Pretty sure your company can give you an extra few weeks to work on it some more :) --> https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/
  - jlongster 14y ago
    That's true! Of course I can't actually win, unless I throw some money to a certain somebody (kidding). Maybe I'll see if they want it as a submission.
- Snail_Commando 14y ago
  I had fun messing around with your game! I'm not sure if I was playing against a person or bot (I'd like to think it was a person because I won.) I really liked the terrain you generated; I think it would be really cool if you could implement randomly generated tunnels through the hills. That way, you could use the hills as 'natural' walls instead of the large blocks in the center of the arena. Would it be possible to see the source? Cool work!
  - Snail_Commando 14y ago
    Hey! I played more and I found a bug. It's similar to a "no-clipping" cheat in a game like Doom. On at least two of the arena walls if you move backwards (via s-key) you can exit the 'game-verse' and shoot at players within the 'game-verse.' This allows players to exit the arena and shoot at players who remain in the arena.
    - jlongster 14y ago
tg3 14y ago
I'll admit it - I checked the source of "Rock Kickass" to figure out how to kill the boss. Luckily it was nicely commented.
- jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
  At least you didn't fork it to kill it with a simple move.

79 points by remi 14y ago

Does it bother anyone else that to play one of the winner games ("Hotfix"), you have to download and install this "Unity Web Player" plugin? I also want to note that none of the other main winners had that. Downloading a plugin to play seems counter to what HTML5 web games are trying to do?

sjmulder 14y ago
It’s not about HTML5, it just needs to be playable in a browser: > All entries must be web-based, i.e. playable in a browser. HTML5, WebGL, Unity, Torque 3D, Node JS, Flash are all possible - just be sure the source is made available on your fork. https://github.com/blog/1303-github-game-off https://github.com/blog/1303-github-game-off
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RyanZAG 14y ago
Also the obvious security problems with installing more code surface into your browser. I'd much prefer a download to the game than a 'web player', thanks. Once I've installed the web player, any flaw in unity is now a flaw in my browser. Flash and Java applets are bad enough, please don't start a new terror.
- bluetidepro 14y ago
  That was my thoughts as well, on why I didn't want to download the player.
cmelbye 14y ago
This wasn't an HTML5 game contest.
lacosaes0 14y ago
>Downloading a plugin to play seems counter to what HTML5 web games are trying to do? O RLY?

binarydreams 14y ago

This is our game guys - http://khele.in/pappu-pakia/ http://khele.in/pappu-pakia/ and we won! :D

prezjordan 14y ago
Great work. Yours was very cute. How'd you do the sound?
BilalBudhani 14y ago
Highly addictive game... Great work!

jlongster 14y ago

I really wish I had another week to flesh out my game. I spent a bunch of time developing the platform but didn't quite get enough game mechanics in there. My game was octoshot, a 3d FPS: http://octoshot.jlongster.com/ http://octoshot.jlongster.com/ I'm currently rebuilding it with missles and other types of guns, and actual levels.

lee337 14y ago
Pretty sure your company can give you an extra few weeks to work on it some more :) --> https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/
- jlongster 14y ago
  That's true! Of course I can't actually win, unless I throw some money to a certain somebody (kidding). Maybe I'll see if they want it as a submission.
Snail_Commando 14y ago
I had fun messing around with your game! I'm not sure if I was playing against a person or bot (I'd like to think it was a person because I won.) I really liked the terrain you generated; I think it would be really cool if you could implement randomly generated tunnels through the hills. That way, you could use the hills as 'natural' walls instead of the large blocks in the center of the arena. Would it be possible to see the source? Cool work!
- Snail_Commando 14y ago
  Hey! I played more and I found a bug. It's similar to a "no-clipping" cheat in a game like Doom. On at least two of the arena walls if you move backwards (via s-key) you can exit the 'game-verse' and shoot at players within the 'game-verse.' This allows players to exit the arena and shoot at players who remain in the arena.
  - jlongster 14y ago

tg3 14y ago

I'll admit it - I checked the source of "Rock Kickass" to figure out how to kill the boss. Luckily it was nicely commented.

jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
At least you didn't fork it to kill it with a simple move.