official-linerider.com

It's in FSK's journal! AT LAST!
And it's going to come out on the Wii!!!


WOOT!

Oh, no... not linerider :p This thing's being going round the college intranet like wildfire.

it's fun, everyone keeps using it at my school too. and I saw the one with the eraser and turbo lines before. mind, a link would be nice.

how did it catch on so well? it's just a penguin like thing that rides down lines.
then again, the simplicity's probably the main pull of it.

mind, a link would be nice.
official-linerider.com
Robowurmz gave away a strong hint in his post.
it's just a penguin like thing
Ehrm, actually it's a little figure with a bobble hat and a red scarf riding down the winterly hills in Slovenia on a bobsleigh.

Ok, it's a fun little 10 minute toy, why are they turning it into ammunition for the PS and XBox fanboys?

And it's going to come out on the Wii!!!


Oh the horror!

Robowurmz gave away a strong hint in his post.

Ehrm, actually it's a little figure with a bobble hat and a red scarf riding down the winterly hills in Slovenia on a bobsleigh.


I meant a link to FSK's journal.

...guess I'll find it myself.

Hmm...
I wonder how they were able to get it onto the Wii though...

The site says it's © 2007. Someone make a rip of the site and copyright it 2006;)

Hmm...
I wonder how they were able to get it onto the Wii though...

I think that games made by independent developers can be put on the shop channel.

And opinions probably don't mean much, but I didn't find Linerider very fun. No specific reason, I guess.
I think that games whose main draw is "They're simple and addictive" rarely draw me in.

I'll take a long, confusing, un-simple storyline anyday.
You rarely see flash games like that, though.

They ported YetiSports for the Playsation, that never did too well. Flash games stay on the internet - they rarely make it on consoles.

And it's going to come out on the Wii!!!

It would be quite funny if the line rider itself appeared in Smash Bros Brawl...

Ok, not playable, (no moves :p) but maybe a trophy...

They ported YetiSports for the Playsation, that never did too well. Flash games stay on the internet - they rarely make it on consoles.
Alien Hominid did fairly well.

It would be quite funny if the line rider itself appeared in Smash Bros Brawl...

Ok, not playable, (no moves :p) but maybe a trophy...

Even though it isn't even an official third-party character.
Should they have a trophy of the Madness guy?
Or maybe the stick figure from Hapland. :p

I want Piconjo and Legendary Frog as playable characters.
...
Oh wait, no.

As for Line Rider, that flash game was only fun for 5 minutes once I was done launching him head on at a large group of vertical lines, which caused everything to lag like hell. It would just give PS3/360 fanboys reasons to whine about Wii having tons of 'non-games'.

I'd've thought the DS would be a more natural platform.

I'd've thought the DS would be a more natural platform.

that's true, yes.


I'd say linerider would come under the title "toy" more than "game"- as there's no objective in it, you just play with it.

Alien Hominid was good because it wasn't just a "simple yet addicting" (meh) thing. It was a prototype of a huge 2d platform/shooter game, while other Flash games are just meant as 3-minute time wasters. Line Rider is one of them. You all remember what happened when Elfbowl got a DS version, right?

However I'd like to see these (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/288598) two (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/304576) get actual console versions, especially the former.

It will be for the DS,too :p
But i never get this thing...when i write offical-linerider.com in the adress bar,only a stupid "What you need,when you need it" site comes up,you know...one of those sites that no-one knows about,but finds when they write a typo...

that's true, yes.


I'd say linerider would come under the title "toy" more than "game"- as there's no objective in it, you just play with it.Not that that's a bad thing, speaking as one who has bought into the Maxis "software toy" philosophy.

Maxis games are mostly different; you can always make your own objectives such as continuously increasing funds (or relationships in the overly milked The Sims series) so there is a point to everything. You can also make your own custom cities/ant farms/families, adding loads of replayability.

Line Rider on the other hand is just about making the guy fall differently and smash into a line harder every time. It's not something I'd want to pay for, even at a low, budget price, unless they add some really impressive platform-style objectives or something like that. It would be barely worth it if it was a 5 quid online code game.

it's fun, everyone keeps using it at my school too.Same at my school. It is fun.

Plainplane :)

two guys I know spent a night wich was originally for pro evolution soccer, spent on line rider, on turns, to make a track... Not perfect, but impressive.

[QUOTE=Iguana;550214]Line Rider on the other hand is just about making the guy fall differently and smash into a line harder every time.QUOTE]

Uuuh, search for "Jagged Peak Adventure" on youtube. THAT is what most people try to do. Art, Ramps, Loops and fun.

two guys I know spent a night wich was originally for pro evolution soccer, spent on line rider, on turns, to make a track... Not perfect, but impressive.

A guy I know played Line rider for 3 days straight! Then he went blind and stabbed his cat with a fork!

A guy I know played Line rider for 3 days straight! Then he went blind and stabbed his cat with a fork!

Well, those two also plant marihuana on their home... so it may help...

I didn't try marihuana, but at least being drunk, all this silly things are WAY more funny... (Animal Crossing ROFL)

I made a worms track, if anyone wants to be in. note me :p
already in:
error, slick, santa drawing by wigwam
level so far: http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2985/screenshotyw6.png
level in game to give idea of size: http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2985/screenshotyw6.png

Yeah. I would.

I made a worms track, if anyone wants to be in. note me :p
already in:
error, slick, santa drawing by wigwam
level so far: http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2985/screenshotyw6.png
level in game to give idea of size: http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2985/screenshotyw6.png

yay! someone drew something I did!1

also, I want a mac now.

Go on then, put me in :)

*raises hand* let me eat the little dude!

yay! someone drew something I did!1

also, I want a mac now.

This is linux actually :p mac is way more superior

EDIT: looks like linerider had an update or something, my level is screwed....
building a new one right now

add me while you're at it.

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9388/screenshot6mx8.png
paul.power, iguana, santa drawing, slick and cisken(not on this screenie)

Pick me.
Or die.
Your choice :p

I think I'm addicted to Line Rider. When it comes out for DS I'll be the first to buy it.

Starman (http://vader.wurmz.net/videos/linerider/Starman.avi) - 3m 28s - 3.2MB

Put me in, but make it gory.

I want me in too!

Does anyone here know an app for linux (ubuntu dapper) that does screen recording?

yay! someone drew something I did!1

also, I want a mac now.

The screenshot is not from a mac..