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Sad Pandas
Sad Pandas
by eficode
A massively (hope so) multiplayer online panda simulation, with pandas shooting fire balls and slaughtering each other in a jungle like environment.
And yes, pandas shooting each other is kinda sad – hence “Sad Pandas”.
Judging Instructions
Works best on Google Chrome 13, Safari 5, or the iPad (iOS 4). Tested also with Firefox 6, but screen updating is quite sluggish.
Requires at least two players to be any fun.
To start, type in your screen name and move your panda with your keyboard’s arrow keys. To shoot, align your panda with another and shoot with SPACE. After panda dies (it takes three shots), it will respawn after a while.
You can also act like a ninja panda and hide behind the palms, massacring everyone who comes too close.
To see the current scoreboard, press and hold TAB.
Who
How
Server-side libraries: Node.js Socket.io Underscore.js Express Jade templates
Client side libraries: Socket.io jQuery Underscore.js Game.js Yabble
Tools: vim, TextMate, Firebug, etc.
Fonts: Delius Unicase, from Google Webfonts
All visuals are of our own creation.
No web service APIs have been used.
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(19)
lquixada
contestant
janljudgewhereisciao
contestantHa ha… Pandas shooting fireballs.
therazorbladejudgeKudos for getting the fire fly behind trees effect. Would be much more fun if fire could not go through stones and some more weapons. Also, you need to give some visual so players know who their panda is.
fatjudgeThis game is SUPER dope. I’ll be playing this at like 4 am.
deluxeroyale
contestantFun game, tried it out with some friends. Concentrating on the pandas and having that strong green color scheme made me dizzy and my eyes crossed for 5 mins after playing.
visnupjudgefun – ok fun, not really going to keep playing it after 5 minutes though. :(
design – who doesn’t love cute pandas? especially ones that burn a firey burninated death, but still come back to life?
innovation – of course, done before
completeness – nothing broke for me. everything made sense. go pandas go!
atsuya
contestantawesome little fun!
christkvjudgeFun concept and cool usage of the possibilities of nodejs. Needs some work on the client side to make it a smoother experience.
mjunqueira
contestantI really liked the idea. I think could enhanced graphics and navigability to have a better experience. Congrats
zapnapjudgeSeems like a pretty basic multi-player overhead shoot-em-up here. Reminds me of a MMO version of the classic Amiga game Extreme Violence (which badly, badly needs to happen).
So it’s fun, but not exactly innovative. But not everything has to be innovative to be awesome.
Some things I liked: The health meters are a nice touch, the panda graphics are funny, and it’s fun to slay your friends (which is of course what’s most important). What it needs:
- better, larger graphics. I couldn’t tell they were pandas at first!
- gameplay is a bit ‘jerky’, and it seems like shots shouldn’t go through boulders, etc
- bigger map, don’t show everything at once; make me explore a little to find people to battle / chase (see: extreme violence)
- a scoreboard that persists / motivate users to come back to keep their scores on top, etc
But overall, great effort for a weekend code competition. I hope you guys continue to develop this.
Flassari
contestantFun little game :)
berb
contestantFunny game, I’d go for “ESRB Adults only” due to “intense violence”.
epeli
contestantWtf shooting pandas :D
Didn’t see anything that caught my attention.
It works, it’s functional and it’s fun for the first hours. Wish I could see more people there to see what it feels like multiplaying.
Maybe my panda was sad because it didn’t any pandas to shoot! :( But I’m gonna give 3 stars imagining how fun it is with 5 or 6 people at the same time.