Dragon Drop by Tom 7

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made by Tom 7 for LD26 (COMPO)
This is a "minimal" game. Descriptions and screenshots might spoil it, so you might as well just click (all in browser, just using the mouse).

- 100% from scratch!
- HTML4 technology!

Mild hint: Every game can be won. There's more (or less) than there looks, should you think of dismissing it.

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall 3.64 167
Audio 1.13 1088
Fun 3.44 198
Graphics 3.77 151
Humor 4.15 6
Innovation 4.06 38
Mood 3.50 144
Theme 4.00 153

Feedback

zinfandel
29. Apr 2013 路 12:19 UTC
Is there something else besides solitaire?
tonic
29. Apr 2013 路 12:21 UTC
Haha, funny thing with the interface. :D
LrdKzrth
29. Apr 2013 路 12:34 UTC
Very good ;)
馃帳 Tom 7
29. Apr 2013 路 13:30 UTC
Yes.
Sebastian
29. Apr 2013 路 17:01 UTC
Oh wow this is so great! I love it
optimality
29. Apr 2013 路 17:18 UTC
Very nice :).
NiallM
29. Apr 2013 路 17:24 UTC
Took me a while to figure it out, but this is fantastic. Really really cool :D
shohs
30. Apr 2013 路 01:01 UTC
That was pretty clever with the interface.
aneeslol
01. May 2013 路 02:43 UTC
Hilarious and nostalgic!
messiano
01. May 2013 路 23:09 UTC
Cool!! :)
anjack
01. May 2013 路 23:14 UTC
It took me a minute, but this is awesome! Very well done!
sparkleswirl
01. May 2013 路 23:22 UTC
Brilliant. What looks like a crappy solitaire rip off is actually an ingenious puzzle game wrapped in nostalgia. Nicely done!
Travis Irby
02. May 2013 路 00:53 UTC
Thanks for checking out my game! Hehe I had fun with your game nice job :) That's a lot of work from scratch
dalbinblue
02. May 2013 路 03:47 UTC
Okay. I almost rated you low for a simple port solitaire; then I thought, well this may be the persons first game and was learning a tool so I went back and looked at whether or not you had done LD before and saw a bunch of games and realized some thing is not right here. You gave some really subtle clues I missed the first time, and some good misdirection in the comments. Well played sir.
stqn
02. May 2013 路 05:11 UTC
Every mouse action blocks for a couple seconds which makes this game painful to use. (Tried on Firefox 20 and Midori, same result.)
DBRalir
02. May 2013 路 05:56 UTC
Very interesting, although the mouse is super laggy. It's still playable, though, nice job!
馃帳 Tom 7
02. May 2013 路 12:55 UTC
Thanks for sticking with it, those that did; I hope it was rewarding!

It does need a fast computer or a fast browser, sorry. :)
stqn
02. May 2013 路 15:56 UTC
3.2 GHz dual core Core i3 isn't fast enough? What do we need to play your game?
馃帳 Tom 7
02. May 2013 路 21:40 UTC
I don't know, it may depend on the browser. It works ok for me on my Air in Safari or Chrome.
Ragzouken
02. May 2013 路 22:29 UTC
Nice take on the theme. A very interesting puzzle!
radmars
02. May 2013 路 23:15 UTC
Yeah the performance issues seem more browser dependent - for me (i7, so presumably no hardware issues, heh), Firefox is almost unplayable since the screen hardly ever updates while dragging - on the other hand Chrome is perfectly fine.
Norgg
02. May 2013 路 23:59 UTC
Despite having realised that it wasn't the point I had to go complete the solitaire game anyway. So awesome.
L
03. May 2013 路 08:23 UTC
I love the secret way to cheat at the game. It's the most beautiful, simple "cheat" I've seen in a videogame in a long time. Six stars.
ncgames
03. May 2013 路 17:25 UTC
ha. fantastic
glbs
03. May 2013 路 22:31 UTC
You made my LD, it was really an experience! (and I almost gave up to the first game as I didn't understand the point, when a lucky move of the mouse sent me in a different space)
Lidfrid
04. May 2013 路 08:44 UTC
Humor in this! :) I like that the card has no image :D
Tifu
04. May 2013 路 13:12 UTC
My mind was blown. Great idea!
Not sure how to progress further, or if I can, and don't want to post spoilers to find out :P
Fabien Por茅e
04. May 2013 路 16:05 UTC
This is wonderful :3
ilo
05. May 2013 路 02:11 UTC
Very clever. The subtlety and delivery of hints were spot on I thought.
Jod
05. May 2013 路 13:07 UTC
Haha, this was really funny. Took me a while to figure out, loved it. Very clever.
KevinZuhn
05. May 2013 路 15:07 UTC
This really blew me away with its hidden layers! I'm also glad there are plenty of ways to goof off in addition to solving the main problem. Excellent use of theme, and generally a super charming experience!
Andrew Shouldice
05. May 2013 路 18:12 UTC
9999 out of 5 for Innovation and Theme.
aeveis
05. May 2013 路 18:47 UTC
Not sure if I can figure out the actual ending but very interesting interactions. :)
jerombd
05. May 2013 路 21:07 UTC
You make me smile :D
euwaku
06. May 2013 路 02:52 UTC
Nice inception!

[SPOILER]
Any clue for how to beat the game? I think the trick is to close everything exploiting a bug. So far I could duplicate many icons but not really make them disappear. Maybe gathering all the icons in one window you could close would do the trick but I couldn't manage to do that...
馃帳 Tom 7
06. May 2013 路 12:21 UTC
There's some help within the game if you need it.
Tifu
06. May 2013 路 22:56 UTC
ooh! Solved it :D
Misael.K
07. May 2013 路 05:15 UTC
Took me a while to understand what goes where, very clever.
Cake&Code
08. May 2013 路 06:35 UTC
Really cool! I didn't notice that you could min the window. :) The solitaire was tricky and it was an interesting take on the minimalism theme. Great work!
Taro Omiya
09. May 2013 路 05:06 UTC
I'm not sure I found the right way to win this game (e.g. clean the desktop), but it was nostalgic while it lasted.
LizEngland
13. May 2013 路 19:37 UTC
I normally skip the comments and go right to the game - I am so glad I came back to read them. I loved this and that sense of discovery (especially when it comes to breaking the 4th wall).
JohnnySix
15. May 2013 路 20:43 UTC
Loved the nostalgia, the content so rich too. Five stars for Innovation and theme. :D
gerritg
15. May 2013 路 21:43 UTC
So much to explore...nice entry!
SuperDisk
15. May 2013 路 22:44 UTC
I won! Ending sucked though.

Still, great recreation of Windows 3.1 and the initial surprise of closing Dragondrop.
johnfn
15. May 2013 路 23:15 UTC
What a cute game. I beat all the games before realizing that didn't really help me achieve my end goal, heh.

The ending was very minimalistic ;-)
MinionStudios
15. May 2013 路 23:40 UTC
Perfect! full interface!
SnoringFrog
16. May 2013 路 09:23 UTC
Haha, very nice! Almost didn't catch what I needed to do at first.
Martin_Monosys
16. May 2013 路 18:15 UTC
Hey that's great, very good work for the short time given...
Spiridios
19. May 2013 路 21:24 UTC
For those complaining about lag, it's most likely your browser. Same computer, ran it in Firefox and it was painfully slow. Ran in Chrome, was smooth as it should be. This mimics my experience with other Javascript games (both in compo and my own). Javascript/HTML5 just isn't very consistent yet...

Very interesting take on the theme :P Not much for replayability, but it was interesting and nostalgic.
klianc09
19. May 2013 路 21:51 UTC
Well done, really risky doing something like this, but innovation knows no boundaries^^
PS.: my screen is now only black, did I win?
ashdnazg
20. May 2013 路 08:31 UTC
Well done!
psc1997
20. May 2013 路 13:27 UTC
Woooow! "Windows 7 for Workgroups"! Love it! ;>
Very good job ;-)