Tag: Arcade
Using PhaserJS to Speed Up 2D Game Development
This tutorial will help you build a 2D platform arcade style game, using the PhaserJS framework, within a few minutes.
PhaserJS is a popular, free...
Linux Game Review: Pingus
It has been scientifically proven that breaks at regular intervals increase productivity and there could be no better game (other than Desktop Towers Defense) other than Pingus to fit into that bracket. What more, Pingus is so addictive that it definitely manages to keep you rooted to your seat, scenario after scenario.
Linux Game Review: Secret Maryo Chronicles
Secret Maryo Chronicles is an open source PC game designed around the original Super Mario World side scroller that takes what was great about that old console game and brings it to the PC, dusts it off and tries to improve on it. While still not completely polished or fully matured, it does offer you a lot of gaming fun. So let's look at a little that it does offer you.
Linux Game Review: LBreakOut 2
Lbreakout2 is a fun arcade game, where you use a paddle to reflect balls, aiming at bricks in the air. Like many other games of its type, Lbreakout features many power-ups and downs, brick types, and other great bonuses.
Linux Game Review: Frozen Bubble
Frozen Bubble is a pop-cap style game that puts the user into a world of colored balls, ice and penguins. While that might sound a bit silly, that's the whole point.
Linux Game Review: Blobby Volley
Blobby Volley is an action-filled, multiplayer, addictive volleyball game for 1 or 2 players. The players can go head-to-head with each other either on the same machine, on LAN or even on the internet.
Linux Game Review: Chromium BSU
While it is just another classic overhead-scrolling space shooter, it is a game with a twist. You can not let any of the alien ships past you; each one will cost you a life. Moreover, the ammunition is also limited. This is what makes the game very challenging, almost impossible.
Linux Game Review: Armagetron Advanced
The idea is simple. You have to keep building walls and outrun your opponent by not bumping into either your wall or your opponents. While the game has options of playing against the bot, the game truely shines when it is played against a number of human players (LAN or online).