Fun Flash Game: Boomshine

Here's a nicely designed little flash game, it's called Boomshine. It's very simple, there are a bunch of colorful circles floating around the screen in random directions and you simply click one and it begins to expand. You have to strategically click a circle so that other circles collide with it and start a chain reaction. Like most good casual games it's easy to learn but hard to master, and this game has an excellent difficulty curve. The first level is nearly impossible to lose, but the 12th and last level is very difficult to win. According to the game's website only 3.97% of the level 12 games played are winners. Despite it's difficulty in the later stages, the game never punishes you for losing, you just try again. If you play it, I recommend turning off the music.


The game's designer Danny Miller is or was a student at Georgia Tech. Which makes me think maybe I should have gone there, considering this guy and Ian Bogost are both there. Then again never mind, thinking about the gender ratio there still makes me cringe.