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A tabla stack etch.

mosch — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:45:52 -0800

Ipso Floral is some Friday Flash Fun (SFW). Probably the most amazing, hypnotic, computer generated animation I've ever seen. It's the best thing since Electric Sheep.

By: 31d1

31d1 — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:02:26 -0800

Poor guy's server is getting nailed ... but worth the wait.

By: manicroom

manicroom — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:05:26 -0800

Any tips for getting past level 3?

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:07:15 -0800

Okay, I've been waiting for the animation to load for five minutes... If this turns out to be some April Fool's prank, heads will roll!!! My time is valuable!!

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:08:34 -0800

[this is good]

By: MsVader

MsVader — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:17:21 -0800

I agree with jonson. Does this thing ever finish loading?

By: tumult

tumult — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:41:38 -0800

hahaha

By: fenriq

fenriq — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:46:43 -0800

Electric sheep makes my baby boy's jaw drop. I'm sure this is great but the perpetual load is a wee bit of a drag, especially without a percentage meter to let me know if I'm even getting close to done. Maybe later.

By: onanon

onanon — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:57:12 -0800

does not play well with firefox

By: DakotaPaul

DakotaPaul — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:02:01 -0800

(still) Loading . o O o .

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:18:14 -0800

I set it to load on laptop, walked dog, read three articles in new yorker, and no progress. it's either a joke or /.'d

By: iconomy

iconomy — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:25:31 -0800

Gah. I keep getting to the end of the second level but I can't figure out the password to open the door. Help?

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:34:08 -0800

iconomy - it changes every time. You have take the three letters from the beginning of the level with you. Has anybody else noticed that the "Heat Dragon" on level six responds to the other characters in the room?

By: dmd

dmd — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:14:41 -0800

I think it's actually orienting to higher concentrations of Gulmp. If you and the other characters have negative Gulmp, the heat dragon will actually actively avoid you! You can drop your Glump in the wicker basket on level 5 (you don't need it just yet) and retrieve it on level 8 from the thing that your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is.

By: gagglezoomer

gagglezoomer — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:16:21 -0800

Can I successfully exit the dungeon without obtaining the wizard's key?

By: brownpau

brownpau — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:17:37 -0800

Weird; the version I get isn't interactive, except for the wizard's eyes following my cursor on the title screen.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:18:58 -0800

Oooh, wait, okay, I found the button. Wow. This is hard.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:28:13 -0800

Yeah, the thing is to find the button. And it is hard. jonson: it just takes a while to load. Notice that the circle is slightly larger every time it expands; when it gets about a centimeter in diameter, it finishes loading.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:45:35 -0800

No wonder it took so long to load; the textures are so rich. During the ship launch scene, see how the grain of the orbiter's mithril hull plating is glistening? ("Mithril hull plating." Cool, despite being derivative.) He must have published the Flash file with 100% JPG compression. No expense spared. Hope his server can take it.

By: NickDouglas

NickDouglas — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:51:46 -0800

I don't understand the Andy Richter clip halfway through the Ghostrider sequence; why put such a dull pop reference into a level that's ostensibly modeled after an 80s faux-retro Harvest Moon? Incidentally, if I keep feeding these chickens, will anything new happen, or am I on a goose chase here?

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:00:26 -0800

Do.... do I draw the penis?

By: NickDouglas

NickDouglas — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:04:59 -0800

Yes, but very carefully, and make it rather small. I failed that mini-game four times before my girlfriend drew a more, erm, accurate representation. She nailed it the first time.

By: joelf

joelf — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:20:06 -0800

HOLY CRAP THAT'S AWESOME! Once it loads, it's nuts.

By: berek

berek — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:59:02 -0800

I agree with jonson. Heh, heh, he, you said Jonson!

By: fungible

fungible — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 20:51:02 -0800

My computer says its loading at about 2 kb every 20 seconds or so. At this rate, I imagine it will finish sometime around next July. Is there any other way to get this?

By: Ironwolf

Ironwolf — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 22:03:27 -0800

Also, for those of you who happen to be colorblind, this is the first flash game I've seen that actually supports all the primary colors, including squant.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 10:23:29 -0800

my computer says looks at this pretty leopard giraffe thing... where's the game?

By: fungible

fungible — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:55:14 -0800

Me too. This "joello" is a strange guy.

By: onanon

onanon — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:40:30 -0800

yeah, it's gone..

By: nobody

nobody — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:34:06 -0800

P.S. - Was this a #mefi april fool's joke or something?