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Liquid-War.... GREAT weird game

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:29 am
by roid
Liquid War (2002 freeware game)

you have got to try this game out. it almost seems to use "liquid physics". basically you lead YOUR liquid to eat all the other liquids.

kindof think of it as war of teh blobs, only one blob survives *burp*.

it's so crazy cool and simple, and looks quite pretty while you're playing it. damn hard to explain, basically it's "liquid war", uh... PLAY IT, you'll see . ;) (3 meg download)

ok here's a screenshot
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in this screenshot i'm playing with 2 AIs, i'm RED. see the bars on the right, they indicate who's winning/loosing. your liquid is attracted to your coloured ring (which you move with teh arrow keys), if it comes across another liquid it will try to eat it, and assimilate it. your liquid army is actually made up of thousands of little PIXEL soldiers, all acting and fighting individually. very weird strategy.

did i already say to try this sweet thing? oh yeah i did :D.... argh can't stop playing

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 8:56 am
by Defender
Looks more like a drunken MS Paint session to me. :P

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 10:44 am
by snoopy
site down right now

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 1:22 pm
by Nexus_One
Defender wrote:Looks more like a drunken MS Paint session to me. :P
that's what I was thinking

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:43 pm
by Sage
wow... this is like, the best game I ever played! it's this years game of the year no doubt!

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 8:26 pm
by Drakona
Hum. That's kind of fun... it sure doesn't give you much time to react when the game starts though. "Get ready.... okGOhahayou'redead." :P

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:23 pm
by Liquid Fire
One word: Bontago (http://www.bontago.com/) :P

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 10:27 pm
by Sage
botanagonango is very good too. these two games are the greatest amature games of all time. they are so good I could ★■◆●!

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 11:22 pm
by Nitrofox125
Yes we played Liquid Wars all the time in my programming class. This is a fun time killer.

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:48 am
by Tetrad
Liquid physics?

http://www.chroniclogic.com/gish/gish_pod.html

Download the demo.

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:38 am
by roid
drak you can adjust the speed.

so what's your strategys ppl?

when you imagine that each dot is an individual soldier, it's kinda cool.

i try to spread my soldiers out as much as i can. soldiers behind your front line (ie: doin nothing, just waiting) don't do much good (the only good they can do is heal eachother). so if you have a bunchup of liquid, try to spread it out so you are attacking from more sides at once.

basically, the best place to be in is completely SURROUNDING your enemy and attack from all sides inwards.

remember that a liquid will only eat other liquids in it's path, so use this to your advantage and try to get your enemy RETREATING because this allows you to eat him without being eaten yourself, and you'll eat fast this way.
also be wary of where your enemy is attacking, and try not to let him eat you while you are retreating.

this game would be great for young kids, to get em really thinking. yeah bontago is great, so is triptych. and i'm finally gonna download gish, thx (i thought it was a platform game).

(edit: gish IS a platform game, but with liquidy physics, very nice, you can see why it won awards. is there anything these chroniclogic guys do badly? bridgebuilder, triptych, now gish)

Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:55 pm
by Vindicator
Man, this ★■◆● is seriously addicting. I keep seeing the little circle with the liquid trailing after it for hours after I play. Its navigating around the text boxes on the reply page as I write this. Oooohh...

Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 9:55 pm
by roid
Vindicator wrote:Its navigating around the text boxes on the reply page as I write this. Oooohh...
you sir, have a good idea right there ;).

this could be turned into a java game.

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:56 am
by roid

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:44 am
by JMEaT
I demand Bobby the Kitten !

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:05 am
by roid
bobby is out for lunch. you may have excentric chefguy.
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:09 am
by Lobber
Is it just me, or does anyone else see in that image a row of guys butt****ing each other in a line?

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:40 am
by roid
rofl :lol:, Freud says no.

you'r talking about the capsican-man or the drunkedn MSpaint session?

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:43 am
by Lobber
the first pic, the mspaint thingie

damn me and those Rorschach tests :D