That game still is pretty addicting! And it runs with Ruffle now, well after the supposed death of Flash.

Twenty years before Flappy Bird we had this, and it's still just as addictive...

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Did I ever tell you the story about how I ended up watching the same movie a full three times at the cinema, even though I wasn't necessarily that big a fan of it, and actually found it somewhat sub-par compared to the prequel? No? Though it did grow on me with each subsequent going...

Well that's a story for another time. :)

The other double? That too.

Had an interesting surge of SPAM emails a while back.

Very many senders, and very similar formatting and theme, and quite a few of them went right through Gmail's SPAM filter! Seems a temporary lapse in Google's filter learning what's a real email or no, maybe on some service out there this is actually what a real transaction looks like...

The opened ones in the screencap above are the ones that got through.

What blog category does this fit into hmm? Might need to make a new one for games and animation and what-not, for forms in which mediums and classifications combine...

The game's out anyhow!

The one I've worked with @Kwing on for a good 2-3 months this Spring, up till this Wednesday night. Stressful days and plights.

If you like mindless brawlers or battle raps, or the longevity and awesomeness and unlikely continued preservation of that one medium we know as Flash you can give it a play here. It's a contender in the Flash Forward Jam this year. Though I don't expect it to be in the finals there it's fun to see it included; it was a fun project to work on too.

Had planned a few more features personally, a few more medals, a bit more detail with the animations too, but they really take considerably more time than you might expect them to - especially if you go overboard with shadows and non-duplicating artifacts and effects, as I tend to do, and should probably start considering not doing when the focus may be more so motion and mechanics than visual style...

I ponder also if including a somewhat battle-irrelevant Slalomancers ad right after the victory screen really works in favor of moving this thing up the rankings, but we shall see huh. It's a cool game too, I tried it out during the dev phase. It didn't sell too well post the two year development span it took to make it unfortunately, as you may be aware have you heard the verses by this here observer wordsmith... hope it does in time.

I'm thinking if time allows I might attempt to tweak this game a bit further sometime too, and add in all the additional - but not really necessary - stuff it would've been cool to have had in here already. Toggleable difficulty levels come to mind also, which wouldn't be impossible to add in even without additional code... and jumps - we omitted those last minute.

I've learned quite a bit during the development process of this project.

For the first couple weeks we had time for mutual code development calls and breakdowns too, which was enlightening, Kwing's a good teacher. Towards the end of the WIP cycle there wasn't time to spare on even communication sometimes, been a hectic last few weeks...

But we managed; the game is out today! Link here. Playable for all who'd like to, and hearable too here for all who'd like to hear a mic feud. #psyched dude.

Props @Kwing on bringing me into this thing! And into the unconventional art of battle rap with it, which I've contemplated trying with others, but never expected to run into the realm of along with a pro like so...

It's quite the show.

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Kwing versus Cyberdevil!

Use the arrow keys to move...
Z to punch, X to kick, C to block, down to duck...
Characters do double damage when it's their turn to rap...

Let's do this!

VS1 - KWING

Kwing on the mic, time to tremble Cyberdevil
You can call me Spiderdemon, welcome to your final level
You're an ancient relic on the site like a Mayan temple
You still live inside a rental probably eating rice and lentils

You're biting Atmosphere, but you're not environmental
Just reminding you of better rappers that you might resemble
Only way you beat me so the player can acquire the medals
Your style is gentle, mine is mental, we know how this fight is settled

I'll make your Heartbleed, I'm a Cyber attacker
With that monotone mumbling, every time that you blabber
And a million garbage songs that you write when you're hammered
I think this guy is an actor that's playing Viper the Rapper

It's ironic you use Flash but your style is so inanimate
Chronically online exhibitionist that's tractionless
Zero Ko-Fi supporters backing him, it's sad as shit
You couldn't build a brand with instructions and an Allen wrench

VS2 - CYBERDEVIL

Cyberdevil ready to reign and weather the wind
Thinking I'll tremble? You're not even on my level though Kwing
Say you're a mastermind? More like a wannabee demon
A scrawny prawn here emceeing trying to bond with my legions

You don't like rice and lentils? So binge your sprite and menthols
Spend your spares on dental care - I ride worldwide with my rentals
My Ko-Fi's not for getting it's for dispersing funds
Guess you wouldn't know money flow on just advert income

I don't like to suckerpunch but I guess I gotta swing at this dingus
Yeah I built the temples you pray to, paved the way of the kings
Little noob! Coming in with the coding and you think you can win?
Crouched in cobwebs, reading comics, thinking you're grim huh?

Whack rapper, hard to dis, you're just blank chapters
No-name in the game comparing me to those who matter
And I'm not enviornmental? Like you that claim falls flat
Look how I rap, every bar I TAKE OUT TRASH!!

VS3 - KWING

Hey Skwisgaar, cool it with the Murderface impression
I'm comparing you to Slug 'cause you're impersonating legends
For your debut battle it must hurt to take this lesson
'Cause your bars are like a knife against a Terminator's weapons

Your rapping barely hurts, you get wacker every verse
Treat rebuttals like you're cramming in vocabulary words
Yeah I cracked the code, even my adversary learned
That this is my game, you're doing ancillary work

My verse is so sick it infects in the flesh
Two weeks to respond and your best is a mess
Never thought nerdcore and struggle rap could intersect
You wrote a whole song bitching about your broken internet

I'd probably spit my drink if you scrapped in a street brawl
Violence from a dude that got fat off of meatballs
And running at a net loss ain't some shit to brag about
So go and spit your last words before I got you tapping out

VS4 - CYBERDEVIL

Time do go beast mode! Kwing you're sounding like you've done deepthroat
IDDQD - someone's coming with the cheat code!
Little lightweight I could knock you out with my vocals
There's no tapping out, chokehold till you're stone cold

And isn't it the ultimate shame to be beaten at your own game?
Both in and at - this cat's a code cracker like it's cocaine!
In person legend yelling: Quit overselling!
I may flow as a pro like a Slug but who's slow?

You make two tracks a year Kwing, you're falling out
You've got no job, no real op, you're soft, got no clout
Yeah your verse is infected let it burn in the wreckage
Tying a noose around your own neck thinking it's a necklace

In mic a nobody in life hack and soap off
Spent two years on a game, couldn't recoup your own cost
On premiere week severe defeat! And as an emcee?
Even with Terminator tech you couldn't fare against me