Carrion: you are the alien blob monster
This looks like fun: in Carrion, you play an alien blob monster, hunting and devouring humans in a failing space…
Algorithm Writes “Artspeak”
This has a playful spirit which may be of interest to game designers: Istanbul-based artist Selçuk Artut has created a…
Epic Games is suing me, says Caleb Rogers
Via Boing Boing: “Epic Games is suing a 14 year old for making a cheat tutorial and his brilliant mother…
Stone Story RPG uses text-based animation
Stone Story is an RPG with clever text-based ascii animations, combining old-school visual style with current-day gameplay. From the developer:…
Generating fantasy maps
Martin O’Leary has created an excellent Fantasy Map Generator — and shared the source code! I wanted to make maps…
Hook
I have not played Hook, but it looks interesting: Via Rock Paper Shotgun: The idea is that each level gives…
MAME going open-source
Happy news for MAME developers. Gamasutra reports that MAME is going open source to be a “learning tool for developers.”…
Creating bacterial ‘fight clubs’ to discover new drugs
“Creating bacterial “fight clubs” is an effective way to find new drugs from natural sources.” That is the conclusion of…
Verigames: verify software by playing games
Play games to help defend — or at least debug — your nation. Formal Verification is the process of rigorously…
Turn your screen into a playable Super Mario level
Desktop application Screentendo allows you to capture an image of your screen, and export the image as a playable Super…