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Wipeout

23-Jan-2011 1 comment

Back in the spring, myself, Mr 0tralala, Miss Nyssa1968 and Miss KB put together a weekend event – a session of fun and games for a group of chums like a weekend-long pub quiz.

One of the games I put together for this event was a version of the old TV gameshow Wipeout.  Rather than leave it languishing on my hard-drive forever more, I have put it up here for anyone to have a go.

Just like the gameshow, the player must choose a grid of clues to try their luck against from a selection of cryptic topics.  Then, once faced with the grid, decide how many correct answers they can see amongst the red-herrings.  Picking a single wrong-answer wipes-out their accumulated score.

Obviously, here, it’s difficult to reproduce the full gameplay of the TV show but it’s possible to have a go.

So try your luck against the categories below.  Click the letters in the answer-squares to make your choices:

  • Auditioned
  • Adventurers
  • Detecting
  • Dead
  • Boys
  • Lost

    • For anyone interested in the technical details.  The game was put together in Adobe Flash CS4 and using Actionscript 3.0 for the logic.

    Flash, Stuff I've Made , ,

    Soft Launch

    22-Jan-2011 No comments

    Time for another fresh start here.  It’s been a while but there have been behind-the-scenes problems which have now been fixed.  A whole new hosting package with a new host too. So this is more of a soft-launch as most changes are invisible, or at least should be.

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    Cycle Hire

    31-Jul-2010 No comments

    Yesterday was the launch day for London’s new public transport scheme.  The Cycle Hire scheme has been on the cards since Ken Livingston was mayor so it seems a little harsh that they seem now to forever be known as Borisbikes.  I’ve been watching the docking stations go up in locations all over town so it was good to finally get a chance to try out the bikes today.

    As I’ve not ridden a bike in 15 years or so I opted for not much more than a jaunt around Hyde Park.  Luckily it seems that riding a bike is, well, like riding a bike.

    As others have noted the bikes are very heavy – around 23kg, so I hear.  Its probably part of what makes them feel a bit tank-like to use, and give them quite a wide turning circle.  These are not really criticisms though; their sturdiness makes them feel very safe and stable.

    I’m also blaming their weight on the fact I’m now knackered-out rather than just being plain unfit!

    So the scheme and the bikes themselves are easy to use and a great alternative to the Tube or a bus in good weather.  But I suppose there had to be one flaw:  I’m sure it will prove to be temporary, but at the time of writing it is impossible to log-in to the cycle hire website.  It has been down for well-over 24 hours with not even so much as an apology or note that it’s being fixed.  Sort it out TfL!  At the very least an acknowledgement that there is a problem would be a start.

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    Spin Cycles

    01-Jun-2010 No comments

    I did say when I came to relaunch this blog last month that it would also be an excuse to re-post some thing’s I’d made in the past.  This is one I was always particularly pleased with:

    I made this in October 2006 soon after the new BBC One identities were launched.  The video was shot using my Sony Handycam in DV with the animation formed from several elements created and animated in Flash.  The BBC ONE logo was created in photoshop and the whole thing assembled and edited along with the music (from a genuine BBC Ident) in Pinnacle Studio.

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    Grave Walking

    30-May-2010 No comments

    Don't even blinkWith some of the usual suspects headed for Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries yesterday – another photo opportunity and a guided walk-around.

    This is rather smaller than the Magnificent Seven ring of better-known Victorian burial grounds.  It still has it’s charms, though, with a smattering of local luminaries, poets, musicians and, of all things, anarchists.

    Despite the weather a highly enjoyable walk, even if it is a little alarming to hear that there are probably two or three unexploded German bombs somewhere there!

    If you want to see the pictures I took, you can find the set on my Flickr pages.  I can also recommend the public Flickr group.

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