Missing a Page, Finding a Game

Nothing new to report on my GitHub Game Off 2015 entry today. I was at my daughter's spelling bee tonight instead of working on it. She didn't win, because she spelled hurtle instead of hurdle. The lesson here is to always ask for the word to be used in a sentence. But how many times have you heard someone say that an object was hurdling toward them? Was it really jumping over things? Anyway...

No page? Have some Pac-Man!

I would like to share something interesting that I discovered while looking for a game to fork for the competition. Apparently, there are a lot of simple web-based games that have been made for 404 pages. It's like a consolation prize, I suppose. Your page could not be found, but here's a game!

Here is a list of some of them.

• Blue Fountain Media has a Pac-Man game where the maze looks like a big "404". Doesn't even need quarters.
• Klapp Media has a Space Invaders-like game as their 404. Creative, but not as playable as the real thing.
• Japanese game company Platinum Games has a simple jump-and-shoot game for a 404 page. It looks like it could be a decent platformer if you could move.
• Full Pickle Media has one of those old text adventure games as their 404 page. Go south. Pick up the comics. Look at them. That's as far as I got.
• Remember Lemmings? French developer Romain Brasier has a 404 page on his personal website that is a throwback to the popular game from the 90's.

Sure, there are a lot of creative, nice-looking 404 pages out there...but these are real, working games! If more web sites did this, getting a broken link would actually be enjoyable.

The 404 page on Amphibian.com seems rather dull after playing these. After I finish this GitHub Game Off game I'd better get working on an original game for my 404 page. And remember to play my game entry and give me some feedback: http://caseyleonard.com/ggo15.

In today's comic, the frogs aren't going to end up with a 404 when looking for a unicorn...or at least when looking to enter the unicorn club.

Amphibian.com comic for 27 March 2015