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Hot Coffee
You wanna have some coffee?! Alright! Let's have us some coffee! Some coffee! If you know what I mean! And I think that you do! Some? Coffee! That's right. How about you get on into this game have have yourself some coffee?! Coffee! Hot, hot coffee!

Hot Coffee was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. The soundtrack is care of Wolfram Tones and the font is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog.

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PONGS
Bip! Bip! Bip! Boop! Everyone loves PONG! So everyone loves thirty six PONGS even more! Work those learning muscles with EDUTAINMENT PONG! Get serious with SERIOUS PONG! Shoot a laser gun in LASER PONG! Play PONG in PONG PONG! And many more!

PONGS was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. You may not be surprised to hear that it is based on Atari's PONG. Sound effects were made in bfxr. The font in PONGS is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook. The references in PONGS are mostly pretty obvious, but if you haven't heard of Shit Snake by Draknek or B.U.T.T.O.N. by Die Gute Fabrik, then now you have!

You can read my writing about the game on my blog. PONGS was featured on Kill Screen, Free Indie Games, The Verge, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and Edge Online. It has also been discussed in German on NEGATIV and Superlevel!

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Epic Sax Game
Daaaah! Dah dahdah dahdah-dah! Dah dahdah dahdah-dah! Daaaaaahdah daaaaaadah dah dah dah dah dah! Yes! Epic Sax Guy is now the star of his very own game! You, too, can live out the Epic Sax Life! Play your saxophone in a variety of settings! Practice in your room! Win Eurovision 2010! Win YouTube! Do it all!

Epic Sax Game was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It is based on the Eurovision song "Run Away" by SunStroke Project and Olia Tira and the immortal "Epic Sax Guy 10 Hours". The music comes from the MIDI version of the song made by David Sexton. The font in Epic Sax Game is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog. Epic Sax Game was featured on Kill Screen, The Verge, IndieGames.com, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Superlevel (in German!), and on Terry Cavanagh's excellent Free Indie Games.

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Two Player Breakout
Two player single keyboard action! You are bat! You are bricks! Finally bricks has a say in the matter! Fight for survival in the ball-eat-brick world of Atari-era Breakout! Watch out for those third-layer orange bricks! They're a doozy!

Two Player Breakout was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It was made in a couple of hours and is based on Breakout code from Photon Storm and uses the same colour choices. It uses sound effects made in bfxr. The font in Two Player Breakout is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog.

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You Say Jump I Say How High
Jump! How High! You be the judge! Enter into the magical world of adjusting physics parameters! Just like a programmer! Grow dark with rage! Feel light with elation! Ride the jagged waves of numbers! And collect some coins and stars while you're at it!

You Say Jump I Say How High was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It uses sound effects made in bfxr. The font in You Say Jump I Say How High is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog.

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Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment
You can do it Sisyphus! Be the boulder! Keep on rollin'! Don't stop! Never give up! No retreat! No surrender! No end in sight! Just delicious Greek torment as far as the eye can see and as fast as the fingers can type!

Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It uses sound effects made in bfxr. The font in Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook

You could read my writing about the game on my blog if I'd written anything about it. Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment was featured all over the place, including BoingBoing, The Verge, Edge, Open Culture, Joystiq, Kotaku, Rock, Paper, Shotgun and many more. There is a genuinely hilarious "Let's Play" of the game on YouTube by SirTapTap.

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All's Well That Ends Well
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! Experience the agony of defeat, the agony of defeat, the agony of defeat, and the thrill of victory! Don't worry, it'll all work out! Just keep on keeping on!

All's Well That Ends Well was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel and Box2D libraries. It uses sound effects made in bfxr.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog.

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ZORBA
Dance?! Did you say dance?! Come on, my boy! Together! Let's go! Again! Down! Boss... I have so much to tell you! Now's your chance to go head to head in a furious Greek dancing contest against Zorba himself!

ZORBA originally comes from an idea Rilla and I had while walking through the Piazza San Marco in Venice. It was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It uses sound effects I made in bfxr and the music was thieved from a MIDI file that floats around the internet. I used Aria Maestosa extensively in working with the MIDI. The font in ZORBA is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog. ZORBA was discussed (in German) on Superlevel and (in English) on gamescenes. And some crazy people made a guy play it while on a swing, so there you go.

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Trolley Problem
Games and ethics! It's the oldest chestnut in the book! Try your hand at the switch and see what you would do in a series of gruelling ethical challenges from the all-time classic ethical thought experiment from philosophy, the trolley problem! Choose wisely and well! No regrets!

Trolley Problem was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It uses a sound effect I made in bfxr and the title track was made with WolframTones. The font in Trolley Problem is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog.

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The Artist Is Present
Are games art?! This one definitely is! The Artist is Present is a Sierra-style recreation of the famed performance piece of the same name by artist Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Have the experience only a lucky few have ever had! Stare into Marina Abramovic's eyes! Make of it what you will! Just like art!

The Artist Is Present was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. The font in The Artist Is Present is Commodore 64 Pixelized by Devin Cook.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog. The Artist Is Present was featured on IndieGames.com, written up by Kotaku, Joystiq, The Huffington Post, Spiegel Online and many more. I was interviewed about the game by Slate, The Village Voice, ARTINFO, and Hyperallergic among others. The game was even tweeted by The Museum of Modern Art itself.

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Safety Instructions
Mavis Beacon Teaches Horrible Death In An Air Wreck! See if your fingers are fast enough to save yourself from the many grisly deaths available in the world of air travel. And learn something in the process! Like typing! And how to not die!

Safety Instructions was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.5 and the excellent Flixel library. It uses sound effects I made in bfxr and a soundtrack made with WolframTones. The font in Safety Instructions is Silkscreen by Jason Kottke.

You can read my writing about the game on my blog. Safety Instructions was featured on IndieGames.com, written about by Gamers with Jobs, played on YouTube by lordJolteon and by azuritereaction, and totally ripped off by silvergames.com, among other things.

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Let There Be Smite!
A God-game from another mother! Whatever that means! Take on the Big Job and decide whether to punish or forgive all the Sinners in the world! If you get sick of them, just flood the planet!

Let There Be Smite! was written in ActionScript 3 using Adobe's FlashBuilder 4.0. It uses free sound files from the internet provided by people who didn't ask for attribution and aren't getting any!

You can read my writing about the game on my blog. Let There Be Smite! was also written about by Gamers With Jobs and Trinn, got some love from Unwinnable, and was mentioned on O'Reilly Radar.

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GuruQuest
A game to solve all your life's problems with! Consult the guru on any matter your heart desires and let him bestow wisdom upon you! Relive the Golden Age of text adventures! Beat the guru at his own game! So to speak!

GuruQuest was written in Processing and uses Minim (for sound) and Eliza (as the basis for the guru "A.I.").

You can read my writing about the game on my blog.

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