Freeware Game Pick: spidr (Dennis Ranke, Christoph Muetze)
spidr is an action game not unlike messhof's You Found the Grappling Hook or String Theory, measuring only a measly 96 kilobytes in size. The objective is to grab all gems in each level before time runs out, using only a string of web to launch yourself from one place to another.
Any remaining seconds unused from the previous stage will be transferred over to the next one, with some extra bonus time added to the clock for acquiring all gems. The game supports mouse, touchpad and analog joypad controls. A linux build is included in the same zip package as well. (screenshots)
Comments
Very nice :)
works great on a controler,. simple and elegant, gameplay, and art. excellent stuff.
Posted by: jph | April 16, 2009 2:08 PM
I got a virus warning :O
Posted by: cactus | April 16, 2009 2:31 PM
I ran the zip file through the following online scanners and AVG, and only avast! is detecting the Win32:Trojan-gen for spider.exe. Possibly a false alarm, but you could avoid downloading the game to be on the safe side.
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
Posted by: Tim | April 16, 2009 2:50 PM
If you're having problems with virus warnings and think it might be a false alarm, but you're not sure, get Sandboxie and run the game in a sandbox. It's a great piece of software for things like this.
Oh, and Spidr is lovely. Very retro, very polished and very playable.
Posted by: Sokurah | April 16, 2009 3:05 PM
Most virus scanners flag small exes, regardless of their contents.
Posted by: Zmann | April 16, 2009 5:47 PM
I've recorded a gameplay video of Spidr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI5rdr3eCU8
Also, AVG Free doesn't detect anything.
Posted by: ortoslon | April 16, 2009 7:58 PM
yes, some virus scaners are badly made, and call any compressed exe file a virus. This is pure lazyness on the scanner makers part,. I found no problem when running this game, and doubt there is room for a viruse in with the game.
Posted by: jph | April 16, 2009 8:12 PM
@jph: is there any place where we can get your lunar rescue remake?
Posted by: Tim | April 16, 2009 8:31 PM