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Alone in a Window : A 9 Hour Hack

By sagzorz

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Innovation74.25
Humor2022.29
Overall3492.67
Fun3522.33
Coolness36436
Theme5102.17
Mood5741.67
Graphics6351.75

Comments

rhapso 2011-12-19 06:17

I like it, A creative idea and use of window position.
It is a bit, crash-y.

hazard 2011-12-20 11:30

After giving the amount of friends the window flickers and just closes shortafter.

sagzorz 2011-12-20 15:00

If you experiences crashes or strange behaviors, please post your specs, it will help me a lot in fixing the issues.
Also, please make sure to read the command prompt and be aware of the the separate window that gets spawned after the intro.
You can leave it in the comments or tweet me @sagzorz

kellythomas 2011-12-21 08:00

Wow.. Mind Blown!

Great, unique game idea, I don't think I've seen the lens of truth concept applied to the operating system GUI directly.

On a minor note when I first launched the game I answered "ten" and received a crash. You might want to check for non-numeric input

summaky 2011-12-23 19:26

I had to change the use of the windll to be able to run it under GNU/Linux; I've just set the screenWidth and screenHeight values by hand.

I had some trouble understanding this game, thought. As it turns out, I had the wrong width and height and then it couldn't show any of the "friends". However, with the correct resolution, even if I enter more than two friends, I only see two of them. The game tell me that I found them all if I move the two I can see around some more.

sparkcloud 2011-12-26 23:02

Lol, that was awesome! Way to quick, not really a game, but still very hilarious!

pighead10 2011-12-31 17:03

Nice idea, was fun to play

jeffz 2012-01-04 08:52

Win 7 64-bit. Entered '5' Bunch of windows flashed, then one window which wouldn't let me drag it without it resetting its position?

sagzorz 2012-01-04 22:13

To jeffz: yup, that's exactly how it's supposed to work. Problem is the instructions are displayed on the command prompt, which may be hidden behind a window. Make sure to select the command prompt and read the instructions.

nickd3000 2012-01-05 22:23

Quite a surprising idea, I like the concept, but it's very small for a game - maybe it could have been expanded on a bit?

sagzorz 2012-01-08 01:44

@nickd3000 You're absolutely right, I wouldn't even call this a game, it's more like a tech demo. I came up with the idea far too late and wasn't able to finish working on it.