Aug 27, 2007

The freeware side of episodic gaming

I really don't know if you 've noticed, but Greece just burned down (as expected), this is no more and real-estate capital is about to have the party of the century. Joy, oh joy! To feel even better and prepare for the Greek elections (in the extreme case you are Greek, please try to avoid casting more idiotic votes as has been the trend those past 100 or so years) let me present you with the frankly excellent yet not particularly interestingly named platform game Platform. Tadah!

Platform, besides being absolutely freeware, web-based and smart looking, is also very episodic in a very weekly manner. Every Sunday a new room/episode is released, featuring its brand new traps and progressing the game's story, which is shockingly focused on two amnesiac youngsters trapped in an industrial(-ish) building. The player takes control of said characters, happily switches between them and tries to see both wall-jump their way to freedom. Cunning players should start at the beginning (episode 1, actually) by simply clicking here.

Related @ Gnome's Lair: Half Life 2 Flipside, free video game soundtracks, Indy Adventures Guide, Castle Wars

18 comments:

  1. Too bad I'm not Greek...

    Can I still vote (and play)?

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  2. Well, ross, we'll see... We'll see...

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  3. Quite a fun game their. It's a lot different from the standard platformer, with some devious traps you'd never find in anything like Mario.

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  4. If the greek government are to save any face from this, they should bring in emergency legislation preventing any building work taking place on destroyed forest and start a reforrestation programme....

    (elderly wakes up...)

    sigh!

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  5. Jeez! I'm getting on a plane with a big bucket of water!

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  6. Totally unlike Mario ithmeer... You're quite right there buddy.

    Legislation you say dear Elderly? Hahaha. Who gives a fuck about it? Hotels are illegaly being built next to the sea, villas on the mountains and the police is making sure noone disturbs the procedure. Reforestation... Hmmm... Easy to burn again, really.

    Heh, Father... You'd be as helpful as the whole operation has been...

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  7. time to storm the Acropolis.... steal a truncheon and import a fire service....

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  8. (fixes bayonette, checks fire-fighting vehicle prices)

    Ready when you are...

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  9. ..erm... right.. well give me a moment.... (grabs butter knife.. straps it on end of brush stick... puts on dock martins... writes will....)

    okay... i think we're about ready... care for some tea before we go?

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  10. Yes. And some biscuits. We'll defintely need a nap too.

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  11. aye.. no point in arriving exhausted... i'll set the alarm... for next Tuesday.... (elderly yawns....) as long as we make B4 the elections....

    zzzzz!

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  12. (wakes up for a leak)

    Ah.. still got time.. Back to sleep then...

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  13. ...can't sleep now.... sigh! one sheep, two sheep, three sheep....

    zzzzzzzzz!

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  14. ..feck you let the sheep out again... now look.... did that sheperd school teach you nothing...

    here sheep.. here sheep... baaaa.. baaaa.. come to daddy.. baaaa

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  15. Oh, dear. I'm sorry. Here, let me help you by preparing the oven. We got lemon?

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