It never ceases to amaze me how much functionality you can pack into a tiny file with Flash. I started out writing a test for generating random asteroids, and it blossomed into a full-fledged game. Doom III it is not, but considering it's less than 1kb in size (1020 bytes [UPDATE 04/24] now down to 1007 bytes), I think it's pretty impressive, having time, points, levels, bonuses and penalties.
Game play is simple: Shoot (click) all of the asteroids before time runs out to progress to the next level. You'll want to be fast and accurate - you get time bonuses at the end of each level, and are penalized for missed shots. Have fun, and post your best score / level in the comments below.
It was surprisingly fun and interesting building this game and fighting for every last byte. Has anyone else built any cool tiny games or projects they'd like to share?
Comments (39)
My highest result is 33135.
Posted by: Rostislav Siryk at February 10, 2005 11:02 AMThe simplier the game, the more addictive it is, right? :)
URL: http://www.flash-ripper.com/
121050, lvl 6 w00t!
Posted by: Grant Skinner at February 10, 2005 11:13 AMURL: http://gskinner.com/
Sorry Rostislav, I just got 66200. Great game Grant!
Posted by: Josh at February 10, 2005 11:17 AMURL: http://www.joshbuhler.com
I'd love to see the source code. Do you mind posting the fla file?
Posted by: ryan at February 10, 2005 11:18 AMURL: http://www.mayoclinic.com
Darn it! - Should've posted 5 minutes earlier. Then I wouldn't look as bad now... ;)
Posted by: Josh at February 10, 2005 11:19 AMURL: http://www.joshbuhler.com
level 9.. 465,500 - now for a high-score engine =)
Posted by: Dave Ehlers at February 10, 2005 11:20 AMURL: http://notthatthis.com
153950 biotches
Posted by: Derek at February 10, 2005 11:22 AMURL: http://www.dexlo.com
Jesus, you people aren't human. This game could be quite a good misspent-youth detector ;)
Posted by: Stephen at February 10, 2005 11:46 AMURL: http://www.monooso.com/
Level 15 - 2.522.650 - I've broken my mouse! :)
Posted by: Anthony at February 10, 2005 11:51 AMURL: http://www.logicweb.it
I can't feel my left-button finger any more.
Posted by: Jeremy Rodgers at February 10, 2005 12:19 PMThanks! 171,900
URL: http://www.tvokids.com
228850 ^^ no more... my fingers are ... oh i don't know where they're now...
Posted by: xion at February 10, 2005 03:14 PMeasily great ;)
URL: http://www.wox-xion.com/
671,725. My tendons hurt.... I will have to rest a couple of days before trying again...
Posted by: aran rhee at February 10, 2005 03:59 PMURL: http://www.misterhee.com/
You might be interested in http://the5k.org/. It's mostly DHTML, but it's the same idea.
You should post the code on this... I'd be interested to see if you managed to keep it clean as well as small. Usually you can only have one other the other.
Posted by: Josh at February 10, 2005 04:24 PMURL: http://endquote.com/
Nice one Grant. I've once got into a competition making the smallest spinnable 3D cube in Flash vs DHTML. Guess who won: http://blog.owenvandijk.nl/2004/04/25d_worlds_smal.html
:)
Posted by: Owen van Dijk at February 10, 2005 05:38 PMURL: http://blog.owenvandijk.nl
where the hell is a high score things? i had 1.5 mil, and the blocks floated off the screen and couldnt get back.
Posted by: john at February 10, 2005 08:15 PMURL:
I've got 99700.
Nice game!
Posted by: Guti at February 11, 2005 08:49 AMURL: http://guti.bitacoras.com
510225... Level 9 I think...and my finger is still twitching
Posted by: mray at February 11, 2005 04:58 PMURL: http://www.mathewandamanda.com/blogs
I'm at level 26 with 6116575 points...but my mouse and my finger starts to be tired :D
Posted by: Broly at February 16, 2005 07:08 AMVery nice example of small & simple but funny game :)
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ok game.... 1430325
Posted by: michaelt at February 16, 2005 08:23 AMURL:
i got 8325, where do i put the high score?
Posted by: ACE at March 5, 2005 01:45 PMURL:
That was great fun!
Posted by: Strille at March 13, 2005 04:41 PMI have made something similar; a 746 bytes snake game and a 1000 bytes tetris. Check them out at the bottom of this page: http://www.strille.net/tutorials/
(source code available)
URL: http://www.strille.net
1049475.
Posted by: Kit at April 14, 2005 07:57 AMI quit 'cause I got bored :P
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1 mil ha ha ( im gonna fell that in the mornin
Posted by: Dag at April 24, 2005 12:24 PMURL:
this game is fun. 9933825 with the 2nd try!
Posted by: steffen at July 21, 2005 11:54 AMURL:
105625 on the very first try, not a bad game but as the old version, very addictive
Posted by: rooster at September 19, 2005 05:04 PMURL:
674800...
Always good to see there's still people who don't care about 34 ghz Xbox with thermonuclear powered gpu and 6 To of hard disk, and still remember that the coolest thing is to beat some high scores on a good old arcade game !!
Posted by: sly at September 21, 2005 05:52 AMURL:
A arrived to 9,482,825 and then I have stoped - the game is endless, you have allways enught time to destroy all the asteroids :)
Posted by: Philip "pips" Seyfi at September 27, 2005 03:39 PMURL: http://www.fs-studio.com
Doh!
4,937,950 Lost on Level 21.
4,369,000 Won with 191 "seconds" left over.
I've got the screen shots to prove it! :P
All played in 15 minutes, or so? This was my first, and last(?) try.
Huy (sounds like "we")
Posted by: huyzer at January 5, 2006 04:57 AMURL: http://www.ChupHinh.com
Very Nice!!!
Posted by: xunleashed at January 23, 2006 08:11 PMURL: http://www.xunleashed.com
Addictive!
Posted by: tucex at January 23, 2006 08:15 PMURL: http://www.tucex.com
Although I don't agree with Rostislav - I like complex games better - it amazes me, too, how much can be stuffed into so few kilobytes. Flash didn't become so popular for nothing, I suppose.
And an off-topic question:
In this article I've noticed there's a gap between the embedded Flash movie and the last sentence before it ("... in the comments below.").
Posted by: Christian at February 15, 2006 05:42 AMWhen I embed Flash movies in my own blog, I, too, have this gap and I don't know how to get rid of it.
Does anyone have any idea on how to do that? If you do, please write to me using the contact form on my blog (footer line).
URL: http://www.christianscholz.com
well.. he-he... i got enough... GOT 11'032'600
Posted by: flashMoran at April 4, 2006 04:54 PMlvl 25 or 26... or smth.. it was hard...
got to stop it... game was going too crazy...
i built kinda a game couple a years ago... but it was not so everlasting... LOL
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Very cool. That would be an awesome pre-loading screen for larger projects. Some constructive criticism; The low speed asteroids go so slow that I thought the game may of been bugged because a saw none on the screen for a moment. Then again I think fast, so maybe it wasn't really going that slow.
Actually, it's the fact that part of the game is off-screen, because I just had it happen to me while it was a fast one, going at a angle which made it unavailble to see off-screen.
Posted by: Chexed at April 30, 2006 09:20 PMURL: http://www.chexed.com/
i got the best...i am the best...i got 188768 on level 6
Posted by: dsaf at May 5, 2006 09:40 PMURL: http://123512
Hey!... the asteroid peices move outside the visible area... I was on Level 7 with 196225 and the screen was clear for a count of over 20, and then I lost!! - Grrr
Posted by: Osh... at May 8, 2006 02:47 AMURL:
lev 14 - 2,027,075
Posted by: etaine at December 13, 2006 05:46 PMmy hand hurts like hell though!! I like the game
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Please make a Wii version!!!
Posted by: Javi at March 17, 2007 04:01 PMIt is perfect to play with wiimote
URL: http://drusunlimited.com
1.1 million .. I don't fancy playing any longer to beat the 11 million record.. next time make the game a challenge of skill rather than endurance please :)
Posted by: Jim at September 28, 2007 04:49 AMURL:
wooouww thanks you all the game beatiful
Posted by: oyunlar at November 2, 2008 02:58 PMURL: http://www.oyunbir.net