 Tiny addictive Flash gamePosted on February 10, 2005 by Grant SkinnerIt 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?
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42 Comments
My highest result is 33135.
The simplier the game, the more addictive it is, right? :)
Posted by: Rostislav Siryk on Feb 10, 2005 11:02am URL: http://www.flash-ripper.com/
121050, lvl 6 w00t!
Posted by: Grant Skinner on Feb 10, 2005 11:13am URL: http://gskinner.com/
Sorry Rostislav, I just got 66200. Great game Grant!
Posted by: Josh on Feb 10, 2005 11:17am URL: http://www.joshbuhler.com
I'd love to see the source code. Do you mind posting the fla file?
Posted by: ryan on Feb 10, 2005 11:18am URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com
Darn it! - Should've posted 5 minutes earlier. Then I wouldn't look as bad now... ;)
Posted by: Josh on Feb 10, 2005 11:19am URL: http://www.joshbuhler.com
level 9.. 465,500 - now for a high-score engine =)
Posted by: Dave Ehlers on Feb 10, 2005 11:20am URL: http://notthatthis.com
153950 biotches
Posted by: Derek on Feb 10, 2005 11:22am URL: http://www.dexlo.com
Jesus, you people aren't human. This game could be quite a good misspent-youth detector ;)
Posted by: Stephen on Feb 10, 2005 11:46am URL: http://www.monooso.com/
Level 15 - 2.522.650 - I've broken my mouse! :)
Posted by: Anthony on Feb 10, 2005 11:51am URL: http://www.logicweb.it
I can't feel my left-button finger any more.
Thanks! 171,900
Posted by: Jeremy Rodgers on Feb 10, 2005 12:19pm URL: http://www.tvokids.com
228850 ^^ no more... my fingers are ... oh i don't know where they're now...
easily great ;)
Posted by: xion on Feb 10, 2005 3:14pm 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 on Feb 10, 2005 3:59pm URL: http://www.misterhee.com/
1020 bytes
1020 bytes: Microgame... Grant Skinner puts a workable Asteroids-type game into a kilobyte of SWF. Why, I remembah when we used to make a big to-do about a 5K HTML brochure.... ;-)...
Posted by: JD on MX on Feb 10, 2005 4:07pm URL: http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/006993.cfm
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 on Feb 10, 2005 4:24pm URL: 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 on Feb 10, 2005 5:38pm URL: 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 on Feb 10, 2005 8:15pm
Juego en Flash de menos de 1 Kb
Via gskinner.com, veo un pequeñÃsimo juego en Flash, de solamente 1020 bytes, menos de 1 Kb.
La apariencia, y e...
Posted by: Bitácora de Javier GutiÃ… on Feb 11, 2005 8:49am URL: http://www.guti.bitacoras.com/index.php?y=05&…
I've got 99700.
Nice game!
Posted by: Guti on Feb 11, 2005 8:49am URL: http://guti.bitacoras.com
510225... Level 9 I think...and my finger is still twitching
Posted by: mray on Feb 11, 2005 4:58pm URL: http://www.mathewandamanda.com/blogs
I'm at level 26 with 6116575 points...but my mouse and my finger starts to be tired :D
Very nice example of small & simple but funny game :)
Posted by: Broly on Feb 16, 2005 7:08am
ok game.... 1430325
Posted by: michaelt on Feb 16, 2005 8:23am
i got 8325, where do i put the high score?
Posted by: ACE on Mar 5, 2005 1:45pm
That was great fun!
I 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)
Posted by: Strille on Mar 13, 2005 4:41pm URL: http://www.strille.net
1049475.
I quit 'cause I got bored :P
Posted by: Kit on Apr 14, 2005 7:57am
1 mil ha ha ( im gonna fell that in the mornin
Posted by: Dag on Apr 24, 2005 12:24pm
this game is fun. 9933825 with the 2nd try!
Posted by: steffen on Jul 21, 2005 11:54am
105625 on the very first try, not a bad game but as the old version, very addictive
Posted by: rooster on Sep 19, 2005 5:04pm
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 on Sep 21, 2005 5:52am
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 on Sep 27, 2005 3:39pm URL: 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 on Jan 5, 2006 4:57am URL: http://www.ChupHinh.com
Very Nice!!!
Posted by: xunleashed on Jan 23, 2006 8:11pm URL: http://www.xunleashed.com
Addictive!
Posted by: tucex on Jan 23, 2006 8:15pm URL: 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.").
When 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).
Posted by: Christian on Feb 15, 2006 5:42am URL: http://www.christianscholz.com
well.. he-he... i got enough... GOT 11'032'600
lvl 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
Posted by: flashMoran on Apr 4, 2006 4:54pm
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 on Apr 30, 2006 9:20pm URL: http://www.chexed.com/
i got the best...i am the best...i got 188768 on level 6
Posted by: dsaf on May 5, 2006 9:40pm URL: 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... on May 8, 2006 2:47am
lev 14 - 2,027,075
my hand hurts like hell though!! I like the game
Posted by: etaine on Dec 13, 2006 5:46pm
Please make a Wii version!!!
It is perfect to play with wiimote
Posted by: Javi on Mar 17, 2007 4:01pm 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 on Sep 28, 2007 4:49am
wooouww thanks you all the game beatiful
Posted by: oyunlar on Nov 2, 2008 2:58pm URL: http://www.oyunbir.net
Please make a Wii version!!!oyunlar
It is perfect to play with wiimote..
Posted by: Caillou on Apr 29, 2010 12:25pm URL: http://www.esoyun.com