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Post number 7435

kokogiak — Thu, 03 May 2001 10:30:05 -0800

Vector Park Fun, rewarding, nice way to spend some time. "Levers" (lower left image) is a challenge, "Park" (lower right image) has plenty of nice surprises. [Flash reqired. Seen on usr\bin\girl & k10k]

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Thu, 03 May 2001 10:31:17 -0800

When I say "rewarding" I mean visually rewarding - the thing around the next corner is a nice surprise.

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Thu, 03 May 2001 10:47:27 -0800

Oh... my... God... That is what Flash is for. Things like this and nosepilot more than balance out Hyakugojyuuichi and other annoying crap. I was about to use the word pointless, but I'm sure someone will point out that this, too, is pointless. But at least it's beautifully pointless!

By: phunkone

phunkone — Thu, 03 May 2001 10:56:43 -0800

levers is really fun... i'm adding that to my list of things to do while procrastinating...

By: aj100

aj100 — Thu, 03 May 2001 11:21:45 -0800

If you liked that site you will love Dancingpaul.com

By: chrismear

chrismear — Thu, 03 May 2001 12:39:44 -0800

I'm sure everyone's seen this already, but here's one of my favourites pieces of Flash: Modern Living.

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Thu, 03 May 2001 13:46:07 -0800

Well, I looked at DancingPaul. Sorry to sound finicky here, but I just don't think it's on par with Vector Park or nosepilot. The Flash is good, but the cut-outs are terrible - lots of artifacts and bits of background color around the people. What I love about Vector Park and nosepilot is the grace, the mystery, the sheer other-worldliness. DancingPaul is just pictures of some weirdos dancing. Well done, but just not as good.

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Thu, 03 May 2001 13:57:48 -0800

Must say I'm loving the Hell out of Modern Living, thanks chrismear.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Thu, 03 May 2001 16:10:25 -0800

I can't get past eight objects in Levers. What a beautiful balancing act.

By: shinybeast

shinybeast — Thu, 03 May 2001 16:13:02 -0800

Oh yeah! I'm a huge fan of Modern Living. I can't quite put my finger on why, but one of my favorite animations is #74. The author was interviewed recently... and I can't find the link! Dang...

By: fleener

fleener — Thu, 03 May 2001 16:48:09 -0800

waxpancake, the trick is figuring out what to do with eight objects when there appears to only be seven places to put them.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Thu, 03 May 2001 17:03:56 -0800

I got it, thanks. Man, that's a great site. The Park reminds me of Chris Ware.

By: titboy

titboy — Thu, 03 May 2001 20:40:00 -0800

so has anyone solved levers? i'm going insane over it!

By: shinji_ikari

shinji_ikari — Thu, 03 May 2001 21:57:05 -0800

Modern Living #76 is the scariest thing I've ever seen. I fear for my life.

By: whoshotwho

whoshotwho — Fri, 04 May 2001 15:06:23 -0800

yesterday my snowman melted, today he will not. somebody help me! i want to go further than i am now. to bad this post is a day old and noone will ever see it......

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Fri, 04 May 2001 16:03:44 -0800

I see it, but I'm too dumb to know what to do when all I have left is a snowman hat, so I guess I'm not really the kind of respondent you're looking for. Alas. (I think that patience is the key to snowman-melting.)

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Fri, 04 May 2001 18:38:40 -0800

Hint: I don't think you can "win" without melting the snowman.

By: snarkout

snarkout — Fri, 04 May 2001 18:50:09 -0800

I can't get the frigging Zeus head to balance. Arrrgh! What a beautiful little toy this site is!

By: user92371

user92371 — Fri, 04 May 2001 20:46:15 -0800

The snowperson is melted with the big rock. When the rock is out of the water, it gets hot - you can see the "heat circle" growing around the rock (I can see it and I've got the world's worst monitor) and when it hits the snowperson, it starts melting. To speed up the process, take everything off the hooks, hang the snowperson and the rock next to each other and melt that bad boy! Now, if someone would get me past having this big ole' Zeus head and no place to hang it, instead of hinting around the solution, I'd be much obliged.

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Fri, 04 May 2001 22:14:19 -0800

if someone would get me past having this big ole' Zeus head Put an email address in your profile, and I'll tell you what to do. Alternately, you could just email me, 'cause I've got one in mine. In any case, it seems like going beyond hinting would be a mean thing to do right in the thread. Boy, I feel silly for having failed to notice the rock/melting correlation. though.

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Fri, 04 May 2001 22:17:59 -0800

Put an email address in your profile, and I'll tell you what to do... ...now that I know, that is. You may have noticed that a few comments ago I couldn't figure it out -- I'm happy to share my newfound knowledge!

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Sat, 05 May 2001 10:49:39 -0800

Ok, I'm the one who posted this damn thing and I can't even get the things to balance... I spent most of my time on the Park. Everyone did get to see the Park, right, the actual part with the gondola riding the cable over an island of cool things, right? If not, I invite you to spend a little more time poking around.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Fri, 11 May 2001 11:00:47 -0800

If anyone knows of any other incredibly inventive Flash projects like this, please pass them on.