Whistling Balloons

Strange Games has received a superb party game submission from Elsie McDonald, called Whistling Balloons. Elsie writes, "To play you are going to need a balloon that makes a whistling noise when you fire it (one each for every person playing) You could use normal balloons, but it's not as fun and loud! Make sure they are the long and thin ones! Each player, (minimum of 3) takes a balloon and

Happy winter time holiday that may or may not be Christmas depending on your religious beliefs!

So I was supposed to record videos of each of the areas featured here, but spaced out and completely forgot to do that. So instead you get to look at this awesome logo for five minutes while listening to bits of music taken from several different tracks that the wonderful Dan Vithyavuthi has composed for this project. Enjoy, and happy holidays!

You can find more of Dan's music at http://www.vithyavu-music.com/

3d Link's Awakening Dungeon Update 226 - 231

Level 6 - Face Shrine Side Scrolling quadrant 1 A1 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine Side Scrolling quadrant 1 B1 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine Side Scrolling quadrant 2 A1 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine Side Scrolling quadrant 2 B1 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine Side Scrolling quadrant 3 A1 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine Side Scrolling quadrant 3 B1 is complete




Alright, off to the mountains!

New Link

I added a new link, I was sadly remiss in not adding it earlier; the Yahoo group Sci-Fi Concepts And Designs. Hosted by the talented JBR; John Bear Ross

Description: This group is a forum for discussion, feedback, and showing off futuristic designs and prototypes made by professional and amateur artists, digital and otherwise. "Hands-on" Artists, 3D Artists, and vendors of prototyping services, CAD/CAM/CNC, and other aspects of production are welcome to post.

Also invited are those of you out there who are interested in turning visions of the future not just into pretty pictures, but models you can hold in your hot little hands.

This is where I and many talented digital artists and sculptors discuss sci-fi and computer aided design for the gaming industry.

Drop in and say hello.

Some work for MERCS

John Bear Ross was stacked with work and very graciously referred his client to me to have some work done.

I recently had the opportunity to work with Tom, Keith and Brian over at MERCS http://www.mercsminis.com/ They make stellar miniatures for you 28mm sci-fi fans.
The art they supplied made my job a breeze, as I could see from the highlighting what the curve and angle of each component was meant to be in the design process.

3d Link's Awakening Major Update 28

Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant E5 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant E4 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant E3 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant E2 is complete



Perspective view



Top Down view





Just a few side scrolling areas then we are off to the Eastern Tal Tal Mountain range.

The Passive Agressive Door Holding Game

An e-mail from Strange Games' reader Daryl Hrdlicka (inventor of the brilliant game Hat Ball) entitled Games that Other People Don't Know They Are Playing brings to my attention the Passive Aggressive Door Holding Game.First featured in a cartoon on passive aggressive notes.com the game is an ideal office game that is as simple as it is cruel.As you open the door to enter somewhere keep it

Sheep ~ a game dedicated to John Leech MP

Strange Games has been honoured yet dismayed to receive an e-mail from Liberal MP John Leech's office questioning the safety and suitability of certain games contained in this blog and in the book Strange Games (described by the Sunday Times as the perfect gift for less cerebral family members here...). He feels that they may be dangerous and possibly cause harm to participants and therefore

3d Link's Awakening Dungeon Update 219 - 225

Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant G4 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant G3 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant G2 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant H4 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant H3 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant H2 is complete



Level 6 - Face Shrine quadrant H1 is complete



Just four rooms left before we move on to the Eastern Mountain Range.

Bus Stop Chicken

Bus Stop Chicken is the winning game in the recent 'Win Strange Games the Book' competition and was sent in by reader Steve Bancroft. It is both delightfully simple and stupid - two attributes that are necessary for the best strange games. And it is cheap to play too, needing only the purchase of a bus ticket. Steve writes:'The people who are contesting to be bus stop chicken champ sit on the

Leviathan Crusader and Mortis update






I'm currently working on a project with a NDA so I cannot discuss it until he does a reveal... To fill the lack of posts I thought I would put up some updated pics of my Leviathan Crusader and Leviathan Mortis. You can see the upper leg and engine details that were not rendered in the last pics I posted.

When I get the chance I will model some extra armor for the Crusader as this mech will be heavily armored and slower than its brother Mortis. The weapon load out for each is different but these pics only have the Crusaders weapons as I need to get right back to my clients project.