Comments on: friday flash fun: catch the floats

friday flash fun: catch the floats

fvw — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:51:54 -0800

This goes against all my flash hating instincts, but it is friday (local time) after all, and it is damned addictive: Floats.

By: fvw

fvw — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:55:07 -0800

via fark.

By: rafter

rafter — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:00:21 -0800

Definitely the best recent game on orisinal. Those of you who haven't visited before, definitely check out everything offered. Bubble Bees is undoubtedly my favorite, but I think the golden age of orisinal passed around the Bottom of the Sea/Roperunner period. Glad to see something so very much worth playing again.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:22:31 -0800

Damn infernal diversion!

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:28:07 -0800

I found that nervewracking. And I don't understandl... I finished all levels and only had 6k or something like that.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:49:38 -0800

Excellent stuff!

By: Kip

Kip — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:58:26 -0800

I'm not able to play these drawing games very well with just the track pad. I'll need to dig up the mouse to play.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:02:45 -0800

nice...he always does great stuff.

By: zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:30:35 -0800

I think the trick to a high score is that you should try hard to only capture large numbers of one color at a time. Easier said than done... on the first level, I was able to slowly put all the yellows together, then was able to circle almost all of the reds in one swoop - which gave me 460 points. The point value multiplies as you gather more and more, as in 2=10, 3=30, 4=50, 4=80, 5=120 and so on. I still haven't gotten higher than about 7000... but it's quite a delightful little toy. :)

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:35:54 -0800

Damn, I had forgotten about Orisinal...thanks for reminding me. I just adore the music, the graphics, the overall "whimsical" nature of the games. Thanks.

By: ashbury

ashbury — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:15:34 -0800

Fun game, if not a little infuriating. Thanks for the link.

By: bright cold day

bright cold day — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:29:34 -0800

In a similar vein (and with very trippy theme music), one of my all-time favourites, Shockwave's Loop.

By: dg

dg — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:30:42 -0800

Cool game.

By: GhostintheMachine

GhostintheMachine — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:28:38 -0800

Any way to turn off that damned music? Why do game designers insist on annoying music?

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:14:54 -0800

Mr. Halim is either a Mozart-level small game designing genius, or he has a hidden staff of talented gremlins working in sweatshops somewheres, or (and?) he's doing a lot of very good drugs. Musical appropriateness aside, I continue to be amazed at the gentle inventiveness of these games.

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:39:18 -0800

Thought I was going to get pregnant playing that.

By: garethspor

garethspor — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:44:30 -0800

10280.

By: Zurishaddai

Zurishaddai — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:13:08 -0800

In a similar vein That's a euphemism. This is a rip off of Loop.

By: rafter

rafter — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:42:50 -0800

That's a euphemism. This is a rip off of Loop. As much as I agree that Ferry Halim is a game-making god, I'm going to have to go with Zurishaddai on that one. I thought, "How unique!" when I first saw Floats, but man, if anything is a rip-off, Floats is. (Though I still think Floats did it better. Not that that makes it any less of a rip-off or anything.)