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Super Jail Escaper

Posted by Jim Rossignol on April 4th, 2009.

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This is about as simple as games get: Super Jail Escaper was made by the splendid Jan Willem Nijman in fifteen minutes. You have to dodge the searchlights. And it’s peculiarly compulsive. The music completes it, I think. Can anyone beat 200 75,000 metres? (Not really.) Pick it up at The Poppenkast.

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4 Hour RPG

Posted by Jim Rossignol on March 20th, 2009.

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This is tiny and brilliant. 4 Hour RPG is a randomly generated dungeon hacker made by Jan Willem Nijman for The Poppenkast’s friendly four hour competition. We picked it up via Indiegames, and it’s a riot. The Necromancer is best – I’d love to see this idea developed a little more with some serious player-defined options. The four scenarios require a particular level of character to play properly, so I’ve posted the controls and the relevant level instructions below the cut. A direct download is here.
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