Game Off III – Everyone’s a Winner
Last month, we challenged you to fork a game repository and do something awesome with it based on our Tron-inspired theme, “the game has changed“. Below are the submissions. They’re…
Last month, we challenged you to fork a game repository and do something awesome with it based on our Tron-inspired theme, “the game has changed“. Below are the submissions. They’re all super fun and playable in your browser, so click around and enjoy.
And remember – while the contest has officially ended, the fun doesn’t stop here. All of these games are open source. Read the code, fork the repository, and help improve them even further. Make them harder, make them easier, add more octocats, or put your own spin on them.
Now for some real user power…
Business Frog Jumps to Conclusions
Join Business Frog as he jumps through the dystopian world of software project management » view the source · play
Umbilicus Ascension
A 4-player cooperative platformer where only 1 player can win » view the source · play
A Lighted Story
An HTML5 action game and interactive fiction » view the source · play
Chromacore
A 2D infinite musical platformer set in the dark » view the source · play
Floodgate Dungeon
An infinite runner game set in a dungeon » view the source · play
Upstream Commit
Dodging branches may seem easy at first, but how long can you hold up as you approach terminal velocity? » view the source · play
Octocoder
A Tetris-like game where you have to collect code blocks and deploy them into applications » view the source · play
Avabranch
Avabranch has never been so much fun » view the source · play
Typing Knight
A veggie-based clone of Fruit Ninja for your browser, where you type to slice » view the source · play
Strider
A 2D sci-fi platformer » view the source · play
Nope
Descend as many levels into the maze as possible without meeting your demise » view the source · play
Dig Deep
Dig as deep as you can and collect as much gold as you can without getting killed » view the source · play
Board Free
The classic SkiFree, but with snowboards » view the source · play
Pappu Pakia Fighter Cat
Nyan out of 10 cats prefer it » view the source · play
Octopakia
An Octocat and a jetpack. What’s not to like? » view the source · play
Trake
Snake meets Tron » view the source · play
Flippy Cat
A clone of a clone of a Flappy Bird game, but with a twist » view the source · play
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