I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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RickLiddle said 4:57PM on 6-25-2008
It may be a fantastic app that would change my life forever... But I'll never know because as soon as it resized my browser, I closed the tab.
I'll probably go back to the site and see if I can find a way to give feedback and share the sentiment with them.
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PlanningWiz said 3:43AM on 6-26-2008
Well, without the resize, there is practically no use of the planner, as the work area would be to minor to draw a room, even a smaller one. We prefer this automatically resize to provide the user with the optimum size of the work area, otherwise users might get confused on the usability of the planner.
RickLiddle said 9:26AM on 6-26-2008
I can appreciate the desire to give the user a large workspace, but I still take issue with resizing the user's browser without considering whether there is already a significant work area.
If I may, I'd like to make a suggestion. Before blindly resizing the user's browser, determine the current size of the browser and only resize if it is significantly smaller than the user's screen. I'll reply to the email you sent me in response to my feedback with technical details.
Thanks.
- Rick
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Gutter said 9:27AM on 6-26-2008
Is it just me, or this is the only Flash app I ever saw that has a contextual menu with the RMB? About time!
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PlanningWiz said 7:14AM on 6-27-2008
@ RickLiddle
Following your observations, we have changed the existing settings to be less invasive on users’ default browser size. From now on, the planner detects automatically a browser’s dimensions, and resizes to enlarge them only if they are set too small as to restrain the optimal view/use of the working area.
So, thanks for the constructive feedback!
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RickLiddle said 11:31AM on 6-27-2008
I have to say, I'm beyond impressed. Thanks for listening to my feedback and for engaging me in a positive, constructive manner, especially after I started things off with a negative tone.