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Another World level ported to Javascript

69 points by bd 17y ago

llimllib 17y ago
that was a very good game back in the day.
- sid0 17y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean by "back in the day". I played it the first time a year or so ago, and was consistently impressed at the design. The gameplay holds up very well against today's best.
stuff4ben 17y ago
Man I loved that game on my Amiga! At first I thought it was just a demo, but no, you can actually play it! Major props to the dev!
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mcantelon 17y ago
I remember really appreciating this game for its minimalist feel.
- elblanco 17y ago
  It had a remarkably good story considering the lack of dialog, narration or any other story telling elements. A real work of genius that truly stands the test of time.
  - delackner 17y ago
    Not to mention the amazing atmosphere all done with a simple soundtrack and extremely simple visual style. Here's the intro, still feels awesome on viewing it just now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4gO9sR7zs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4gO9sR7zs Reading the original game author's page about the creation of Another World, I was surprised to see he worked on the graphic design for Future Wars, a game I remember enjoying immensely at the time.
fookyong 17y ago
javascript badassery.
mseebach 17y ago
I can't get it to do anything. I see a guy in a cage and a guy walking back and forth. Arrows and A doesn't do anything. FF3.5 on Mac.
- spatulon 17y ago
  Try swinging the cage back and forth.
dan_sim 17y ago
Just to know, how many fps do you have approx? I'm stuck at like 7fps...
- WesleyJohnson 17y ago
  Using Chrome 4.0.223.16, it's peaking at 125, but typically holding around 99. On the death screen it dipped to 66 a couple times, which is strange since there isn't much going on there.
kalendae 17y ago
if you would like to play it beyond just swinging back and forth to get out there is a walk through at http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/amiga/file/575157/16381 http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/amiga/file/575157/16381 the javascript version would be Scene #2 in that walkthrough.
fnid 17y ago
I'm using Opera and it started getting too slow to play. When I investigated the opera.exe process it was using over 630MB of RAM. Took a long time to close the browser. Good JavaScript performance tester!
- danteembermage 17y ago
  Using Chrome this page managed to choke my entire system including task manager, so I couldn't get a look at the process but it had chewed through 2GB - OS for sure because the hard drive was continually accessed. Looked cool before then though.
soundphed 17y ago
This is/was one of my fav games of all time...played it on an old Macintosh back in the day! <props>mad</props>
julio_the_squid 17y ago
It looks great! I never played this game, but loved the semi-sequel, Flashback. I'm having issues with Firefox 3.0.15 on Linux, though. It slowed to 5 fps and essentially froze. I'll try Chrome.
xinsight 17y ago
I found it interesting that javascript with canvas works on the iphone. (Albeit slow on my 3G only ~5fps - and since it uses keyboard control, you can't get out of the cage.)
alttab 17y ago
Once I got to the second screen, crouching and shooting one of the guards prevented me from getting back up. I could still shoot, but none of the other buttons were responsive and I got stuck in a crouched position. Amazing for javscript! Yay HTML5
gilm 17y ago
haha! awesome, everybody's playing my port! :)

69 points by bd 17y ago

llimllib 17y ago

that was a very good game back in the day.

sid0 17y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by "back in the day". I played it the first time a year or so ago, and was consistently impressed at the design. The gameplay holds up very well against today's best.

stuff4ben 17y ago

Man I loved that game on my Amiga! At first I thought it was just a demo, but no, you can actually play it! Major props to the dev!

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mcantelon 17y ago

I remember really appreciating this game for its minimalist feel.

elblanco 17y ago
It had a remarkably good story considering the lack of dialog, narration or any other story telling elements. A real work of genius that truly stands the test of time.
- delackner 17y ago
  Not to mention the amazing atmosphere all done with a simple soundtrack and extremely simple visual style. Here's the intro, still feels awesome on viewing it just now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4gO9sR7zs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4gO9sR7zs Reading the original game author's page about the creation of Another World, I was surprised to see he worked on the graphic design for Future Wars, a game I remember enjoying immensely at the time.

fookyong 17y ago

javascript badassery.

mseebach 17y ago

I can't get it to do anything. I see a guy in a cage and a guy walking back and forth. Arrows and A doesn't do anything. FF3.5 on Mac.

spatulon 17y ago
Try swinging the cage back and forth.

dan_sim 17y ago

Just to know, how many fps do you have approx? I'm stuck at like 7fps...

WesleyJohnson 17y ago
Using Chrome 4.0.223.16, it's peaking at 125, but typically holding around 99. On the death screen it dipped to 66 a couple times, which is strange since there isn't much going on there.

kalendae 17y ago

if you would like to play it beyond just swinging back and forth to get out there is a walk through at http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/amiga/file/575157/16381 http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/amiga/file/575157/16381 the javascript version would be Scene #2 in that walkthrough.

fnid 17y ago

I'm using Opera and it started getting too slow to play. When I investigated the opera.exe process it was using over 630MB of RAM. Took a long time to close the browser. Good JavaScript performance tester!

danteembermage 17y ago
Using Chrome this page managed to choke my entire system including task manager, so I couldn't get a look at the process but it had chewed through 2GB - OS for sure because the hard drive was continually accessed. Looked cool before then though.

soundphed 17y ago

This is/was one of my fav games of all time...played it on an old Macintosh back in the day! <props>mad</props>

julio_the_squid 17y ago

It looks great! I never played this game, but loved the semi-sequel, Flashback. I'm having issues with Firefox 3.0.15 on Linux, though. It slowed to 5 fps and essentially froze. I'll try Chrome.

xinsight 17y ago

I found it interesting that javascript with canvas works on the iphone. (Albeit slow on my 3G only ~5fps - and since it uses keyboard control, you can't get out of the cage.)

alttab 17y ago

Once I got to the second screen, crouching and shooting one of the guards prevented me from getting back up. I could still shoot, but none of the other buttons were responsive and I got stuck in a crouched position. Amazing for javscript! Yay HTML5

gilm 17y ago

haha! awesome, everybody's playing my port! :)