Be Quick Or Be Dead: browsergame spell caster powered by dojo gfx and SVG/VML rendering
September 30th, 2007 by 
paolo 
Author: Paolo Ardoino < paolo@involutive.com >
Version: 1.0
HELP:
- to play:
- press play button (the green one under game field)
- you have to type a kobold name in input field “target” (under the game field) and press enter… a fireball spell will be casted against him
- to stop press stop button (the red one under game field)
Sprites and map are a creation of my friend Motocarota ! Read his fantastic comics!
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October 2nd, 2007 at 3:01 pm
I did not understand how play it!
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:52 pm
This would be great in my web desktop. We use dojo 0.9 so it should be pretty easy to port. Let me know if you’d want me to put it into a release as a core app.
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm
I dont understand how to play this game
if instructions are posted I dont see them displayed — the HTML is also FUBAR’d on Firefox 2.0.0.7
how to play the game?
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Also could you possible write a tutorial on how you created this game PLEASE?
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Bello :)
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:50 pm
to play:
1. press play button (the green one under game field)
2. you have to digit a kobold name in input field “target” (under the game field) and press enter… a fireball spell will be casted against him
The next week I’ll write a simple tutorial describing how this game works ;)
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
VERY great idea
i hope you dont drop it
it can be used as type trainer with a little fun :)
There is one little problem though, the game seems to behave a little
bit jerky… like, they move, then they stop… they move again… they stop again…
but still GREAT
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Thanks!! :D
Uhm, this game is slower in Internet Explorer.
Also firefox-2.0 gecko rendering engine is slow but I hope that firefox-3.0 will be a little faster.
So.. your problem should depend by CPU of computer, but if you use IE, I suggest you to try Firefox
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:58 pm
The thing that misleads newbies is the word “digit” in the rules. It should rather say “type” or “enter”.
Also maybe it would be possible to optimize the code for speed. The main problems is that animation breaks the speed of typing.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Ok, corrections made to the rules. Thanks!
Then, next week I’ll try to speed up be quick or be dead!
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:12 pm
in Safari hitting enter wipes focus from input field and you should use mouse to select input again.
I could not last long…
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:18 am
damn 68.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:47 am
hey everyone,
i just joined and wanted to say hi. :)
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:17 am
Sorry, safari is not yet supported.
It works only on opera,firefox and internet explorer (slowly)
October 6th, 2007 at 12:05 am
First pretty cool ajax game I’ve seen.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Thank you,
I hope you’ll like next version too ;)
October 12th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Sorry, but last two comments to this article have been lost.
However next days I’ll work to release a new and better version of this game
January 20th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
awesome crazy!