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Maze of Wires
2020
Maze of Wires
2020
The second hidden-homework prompt for this year is this 3D Maze game, similar to the ‘Zebra’ game. Visually speaking, it’s an homage to Paul Woakes’ Commodore 64 classic, Mercenary.AlleyStrat
2019
AlleyStrat
2019
For 2019 I ran two prototyping classes – one in Pico-8 for the undergraduates and a graduate version with no platform constraint (which generally means they work in Unity). So this year I hid the same prompt in two different interpretations of the same idea. I tuned the Pico-8 game for the youthful reflexes of the undergraduate class, but I did not count on the fact that none of them would have ever played a bullet-hell game, and as a result, only one of them was able to reach the end and find out what the assignment was. I instructed that person that they could keep it a secret if they wanted to.AlleyRat
2019
AlleyRat
2019
For 2019 I ran two prototyping classes – one in Pico-8 for the undergraduates and a graduate version with no platform constraint (which generally means they work in Unity). So this year I hid the same prompt in two different interpretations of the same idea. I tuned the Pico-8 game for the youthful reflexes of the undergraduate class, but I did not count on the fact that none of them would have ever played a bullet-hell game, and as a result, only one of them was able to reach the end and find out what the assignment was. I instructed that person that they could keep it a secret if they wanted to.Monastery
2018
Monastery
2018
This is 2018’s assignment, a diabolical puzzle. You’re a monk who has forgotten where his cell is in the monastery, and who must walk the labyrinth in order to remember it. If you can find his room, you’ll find out what the assignment prompt is. I was a bit worried the students would be unable to find the prompt hidden in this one, but about half of them got there eventually. (The rest were expelled from the university.) 2018’s class was 100% Pico-8 so it seemed appropriate that the prompt game should be in Pico-8 too. Pico-8 is so great for prototyping — as a case in point, it builds to a single JS and HTML file which loads quite happily in the browser from a local file, so you don’t get annoying permissions or crossdomain problems.Ice
2015
Ice
2015
The game is a simple physics game, a reinterpretation of the speed-skating from Epyx’s C64 classic Winter Games. Downward pressure from the skates on the ice is converted into forward momentum, which would be easy enough were it not for the hazards of the ice rink. Made in the old version of Ruby Bergstrom’s Luxe, which used to be a rather lovely Haxe library and is now on the way to becoming a rather lovely Wren library. I don’t mind either way; I’m not a good enough programmer to have opinions about languages. Whatever library or language I use, it seems to lend its own flavor to the work you make with it. I don’t want a single tool that I can use for any game… I want a digital toolshed that looks like Depeche Mode’s synth collection.Zebra
2017
Zebra
2017
This short maze game is inspired by Op-Art pioneers like Reginald Neal. It combines two ideas: first, your brain can easily segment areas of an image based on the direction of shading, without any color or tone information to help… making the game quite playable. Second, this kind of image causes conflict as your eyeball moves, making it really annoying to play. I used it as a talking point in my microtalk on optical effects in games, from GDC 2016. This is the second time I hid an assignment for my prototypes in a game. See if you can find the secret prompt.Last Word
2017
Last Word
2017
For 2017 I made Last Word, a little action word game where the difficulty increases as your words get longer. There’s a proper videogame version (with no prompt hidden inside it) here. Made in Terry’s Haxegon engine, a nice ultra-minimal Haxe library which is perfect for small prototypes. I love using engines that build to the web as well as native targets – makes it very easy to share prototypes without asking the player to do anything more annoying than play the actual game (which might already be quite annoying, honestly). I made this little game as a way of learning Terry Cavanagh’s work-in-progress game engine, Haxegon. It’s a bullet-hell game where you are always trying to eat a particular bullet… you try to build unique words to gain points, but it’s game over if you form a series of letters that cannot be a word. I think this is a new idea? But I’m not totally sure.Too Many Ninjas!
2010
Too Many Ninjas!
2010
Too Many Ninjas was the first game Bennett Foddy ever finished. It is a reinterpretation of the excellent and elegant bouncing ball minigame from Archer Maclean’s incredible IK+. Swing your sword to defend yourself against the horde of ninjas and their flying shurikens.MindMessenger
2025
MindMessenger
2025
Imagine a digital escape room in which you communicate with AI characters via a familiar messenger interface - sometimes you have to outwit them, sometimes convince them or simply combine cleverly to discover new paths and hidden successes in the scenario. The advanced AI technology gives you complete freedom in your responses - no predefined dialog options, but real conversations just like in real life.Let's Get Bakin'
2010
Gun Mayhem
2011
In My Heart
2023
Signum Malum
2025
Signum Malum
2025
Trans lesbian bathtime eroge. it gets horny, but it's good clean fun. it's very much 18+ SIGNUM MALUM was made very quickly for Trans Joy Jam 2025 with Super Videotome Modded.NLdle
You'll be shown two phrases from NorthernLion's videos. Guess which phrase was said more frequently across all of the videos. Each phrase shows when it was first mentioned. Pay attention to context - words can have multiple meanings. Try to maintain a streak of correct answers!Aglobo
2024
Let's Get Cookin'
2008
Storm the House
2006
Storm the House
2006
You must defend your home in the middle of a desert from oncoming invaders. Have your gun ready to blast away any and all interlopers! Hire gunman and silo workers to repel the attacking forces! How long can you hold out?Nickelodeon Lanes
2021
Nickelodeon Lanes
2021
Get ready to roll! Go bowling with SpongeBob, Lincoln Loud, Arnold, and the rest of your Nickelodeon favorites.
