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Eco-Sperm Physics: Polluted Planet

By Jim Rossignol on March 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am.


It’s interesting (and occasionally horrifying) what you can dig up by typing random things into YouTube. I just discovered the beta test of a physics game, Polluted Planet (danger – initially noisy website), which is about cleaning up a level using oil-on-water type particle interactions. It’s a pretty clever piece of design, even though it locked up my browser a couple of times during play. Everything requires physics to defeat, and the terrain itself has a rubbery, flexible quality to it.

After the jump, the video that led me to it.

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12 Comments »

  1. Five says:

    That’s kinda beautiful :)

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  2. Jesse says:

    This game is heaps good but i guess im just a sucker for physics based games.

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  3. Seniath says:

    Very cute and very clever.

    Though, I have to wonder what this has to do with “Innovative tools for the 21st Century Lineman”. Thankyou very much, Google Ads.

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  4. po says:

    Someone’s been dicking with the variables. I can’t get spermy to do anything but sink, no matter which way he’s… erm… ‘producing fluids’.

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  5. Jonathan says:

    Kind of reminds me of dust.
    Which is a compliment
    http://www.notdoppler.com/frame/639.html

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  6. phuzz says:

    The bandwidth or page view limit for this site has been exceeded and the page cannot be viewed at this time. Once the site is below the limit, it will once again begin serving as normal.

    :(

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  7. Mustache says:

    poop, bandwidth problems…

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  8. endorphine says:

    The bandwidth or page view limit for this site has been exceeded and the page cannot be viewed at this time. Once the site is below the limit, it will once again begin serving as normal.

    RPS, the website killer.

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  9. Garreett says:

    http://www.fun-motion.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1191& = the thread + executable of his latest version.

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  10. 01DOGG01 says:

    Hey, it’s me (the guy who made the video).

    I’ve uploaded 3 new vids, featuring black edition, beta2, and a version featuring surface tension. All have download links.

    http://www.youtube.com/01DOGG01

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