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[Rammer - killer part 1]

Another Crack House Clean-Up

Stickdeath.com has pretty much the same game. I played it years ago. They did it much better. But seeing on how that isn't helpful as a review. Here it goes..

The characters are too basic and have virtually no form and the background work is lacking from lack of detail. Also, at times the reaction time was extremely fast.

Rammer responds:

so they do, except according to the copyright on the page, it was made 2 years after i made this. meaning that Crack House Clean-Up is "another Rammer - killer." i think that game is much lower quality - it depends on conditional reflexes rather than directional, and indeed it gives you much less time than my game here does. Rammer - killer generally gives you one half of a second to react, which seems like an eternity compared to CHCU's seemingly tenth-second reaction times.

just to reiterate, this was made in 2003, when i was 12 years old, first experimenting with flash. the art isn't good because i was using a shitty mouse and i was an equally shitty artist.

[Particle Stuff!]

Hmm

All the "particle thingys" seemed to be far too similar. Such as the candle stick and almost all the fire ones. There was no smoke given, but it still looked too similar for me to look at more than a few seconds.

They looked simple to make generally, but that doesn't mean that i know how to make them, they just seem easy. If that is the case then you should really push yourself to make something really cool.

Rammer responds:

in general, i agree. these particles are, generally, the same. however, it is hard to come up with them for creativity's sake (as opposed to necessity, like fire for a jet, or magic effects) and i assure you that the sequel will have more creative takes on the particle. particles are, indeed, very easy to make. making them behave the way you want is the tricky bit, but here's the general idea of how to make one: consistently duplicated clips with the same general behaviors, slightly randomized to make it more visually appealing. easy shit, yeah?

i don't think this deserves a 3, though. maybe not a 10, but i wouldn't think it fails as a flash.