Filed under: Photo, Windows, Macintosh, Microsoft
JPEG 'XR': courtesy of Microsoft.
by Nik Fletcher Aug 1st 2007 at 1:30PM
Earlier in the year, on the Windows Media HD photo format. According to Computer Buyer UK, the JPEG group is now working on a successor to the venerable JPEG image format - and making extensive use of Microsoft's HD Photo standard within the format.According to the site, "JPEG says it has received assurances from Microsoft that it will make patents necessary for implementation available free-of charge" - a surprising move, but definitely a welcome one, given the huge "proprietary standard" reservations people generally had toward HD Photo not too long ago. Don't expect to see this new format any time soon, however: it could be the better part of 18 months before the standard is finalised.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
