Browser Game Pick: We The Giants (Peter Groeneweg)
We The Giants is a 2D platformer which took Peter Groeneweg five days to put together, though most players will probably spend less than ten minutes to reach the end of the game. It is recommended that you stick around for the credits, as anyone who completes the short adventure will receive a small (if unsubstantial) reward for their efforts.
Comments
Glowing recommendation.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 1:13 AM
It won't start for me; just sits there at the orange loading screen. The bar doesn't move or anything.
Maybe Peter's server is getting hammered or something?
Posted by: James | December 19, 2009 1:28 AM
that was awesome.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 1:53 AM
This game rocked my socks straight into orbit and then blasted them away with a raygun of cool.
Posted by: Matt L | December 19, 2009 2:16 AM
Play this.
Posted by: son of ? | December 19, 2009 2:27 AM
I download .swf file directly. It works.
Posted by: john | December 19, 2009 2:30 AM
To guy reach the highest point you can jump while running right and glitch through the giant thats blocking the way up
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 2:34 AM
I second the glowing recommendation.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to.. perform the ritual. I couldn't press the button.
In the Internet Explorer it didn't load up at all, as James described, in Firefox it worked up until that point.
Posted by: MisterX | December 19, 2009 2:53 AM
I don't understand why this happens in IE but try refreshing the page, that seemed to do the trick for me. I also fixed some bugs with sacrificing so it should work now.
Posted by: Peter Groeneweg | December 19, 2009 3:14 AM
This game...my goodness.
Posted by: Jeff | December 19, 2009 3:56 AM
Clever, bizarre, and rather glitchy.
Am i the only one whos not impressed, though?
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 4:32 AM
my last words are: BUG and TEST.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 19, 2009 5:01 AM
Got the orange screen problem in Chrome, plays fine in FF
Posted by: David | December 19, 2009 5:23 AM
Hmmm, so I played 2 or 3 levels, then reached one where you needed to go up. I went right and up as much as possible, then jumped and glitched through the ceiling and saw the ending credits. Never sacrificed or anything. (BTW it failed really hard in chrome too).
Posted by: Alex | December 19, 2009 6:42 AM
I'm also very confused by this game... is there a sacrifice button? The only way I know how to beat it is to glitch through the walls.
Posted by: David | December 19, 2009 8:58 AM
I saw this linked over at Auntie Pixelante's site and this looks really cool. Unfortunately for me it's stuck at the orange loading screen.
Posted by: TheDustin | December 19, 2009 9:00 AM
Excellent game ! Can't wait to see the giants reach the stars.
Posted by: William | December 19, 2009 10:45 AM
that was wonderful
Posted by: Johannes | December 19, 2009 11:26 AM
It worked for me now. Nice :)
Though, the.. third level looked different when I played it yesterday. Judging from the.. pages you get, there are several instances or so?
Posted by: MisterX | December 19, 2009 12:35 PM
I think this is the first art game I've played that I actually felt was worth my time.
Shame all three accounts overloaded so fast! Inevitable, I suppose.
Posted by: Dom Camus | December 19, 2009 1:59 PM
Didn't get any credit screen.
Posted by: cactus | December 19, 2009 2:41 PM
Is this another one of those "art" games that "plays" different for different people?
Posted by: gamecreator | December 19, 2009 6:33 PM
You do get it that this is basically to see what kind of "wisdom" people will give during that sacrifice ritual? The reason why it looks different each time is that it saves the positions of other players that sacrificed themselves.
Also, your "wisdom" is shared over twitter, which is actually kind of funny to read.
Posted by: solver | December 19, 2009 10:43 PM
solver: If you referred to me, I ment that the tower was actually larger last time I played it. But, I guess there are several possibilities. Maybe the level starts over once the star is reached, maybe it's reset at certain intervals, or maybe something else.
On that note, what actually happens when someone touches the star?
Posted by: MisterX | December 20, 2009 2:36 AM
The third screen is quite full now. Can't advance much, and can't "sacrifice" either.
Is the game "broken" now?
Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2009 6:54 PM
I think this is a cooperative game that has had far too much cooperation.
It needs to be reset or something.
Posted by: Andy L | December 20, 2009 8:38 PM
Actually, I suspect that not enough people used the ritual of "clearvoyance" before sacrificing.
Posted by: Andy L | December 20, 2009 8:42 PM
Hmm yes sounds great, but I can't get anywhere on the third screen either - can't jump high enough!
Posted by: mikecupcake | December 22, 2009 11:20 PM
I tried to open the link to the game from Google reader and was informed that the link was to a malicious website that was sending harmful whatsis to various domains. This is either a mistake that you guys (at The Gifted Introvert) should look into fixing to keep google searchers from being scared away, or something legit that you should look into to see if you've been hacked.
Posted by: Rich Wilson | December 28, 2009 5:20 AM
Thanks for the heads up Rich. It should work fine now.
Posted by: Peter Groeneweg | December 28, 2009 12:10 PM
I guess you can only play the game once? It's probably to keep the Twitter accounts overflowing with too much spam. After that, it just shows you the third screen and how many bodies are there.
@MisterX: Touching the star just gives you some sort of congratulations message (I forget exactly what it said) and goes to the credits. It doesn't reset the third screen, as far as I can tell.
Posted by: Rixanu | December 28, 2009 3:14 PM
I don't get it, I can't sacrifice on the third level? Am I suppossed to type in a specific thing?
Posted by: Steven | December 28, 2009 10:15 PM
It wont let me sacrifice. The game appears to be broken.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 29, 2009 12:06 AM
how do you play I cannot figure out the controls
Posted by: Anonymous | January 12, 2010 11:33 PM
The game has just been pwned :(
Posted by: ste | January 17, 2010 8:11 PM
Does. Not. Work.
Even if I could get the buggy thing to work like it's supposed to, all it takes is a couple of griefers to screw up the whole process.
Also, it takes way too long to skip the tutorial and try again.
Great idea, awful execution.
Posted by: AJ | January 19, 2010 12:46 AM
rude people! this is a very clever and beautiful game. appreciate it for what it is
Posted by: Anonymous | January 21, 2010 12:18 AM