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Angry Nerds

572 points| kevinburke | 15 years ago |atlassian.com

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[+] Stormbringer|15 years ago|reply
The Agilista

More process than progress. This dev fails fast and fails often.

Special Move:

Drops a jargon bomb on each level.

Priceless :D

[+] adamtmca|15 years ago|reply
That was my favourite too. Awesome.
[+] brianwillis|15 years ago|reply
Ladies and gentlemen, April Fool's day has arrived (at least in Australia).
[+] geuis|15 years ago|reply
Yup. Wouldn't mind seeing this as a real web game though. Could be fun.
[+] MartinCron|15 years ago|reply
I had a lot more respect for this before I realized it was an April Fools joke. Why limit such creativity to one day in April that's just awash in the inane?
[+] wladimir|15 years ago|reply
Haha, I was very enthusiastic, finally a fun game I'd like to play. Then was disappointed when I realized it was an April Fool's joke. It's really funny though. Props for Atlassian.
[+] mr_pppoe|15 years ago|reply
The dev manager The most useless character in the game. Nobody is quite sure what this character does.

Can't agree more, :P

[+] piaskal|15 years ago|reply
What I love the most about it is that I don't see any flash there. It's all HTML.
[+] brown9-2|15 years ago|reply
Is the "nerds" hitting the ground rather than the pile of 0s and 1s a part of the joke?
[+] anactofgod|15 years ago|reply
April Fools?!?

Now, I'm really angry... nerds...

[+] dcosson|15 years ago|reply
Haha, this is awesome. And fairly accurate.
[+] spenvo|15 years ago|reply
(Despite just being a good joke) there's something to be said about the link between success and product familiarity/likeness. The "success" being that it got all of our attention (300+ votes on HN). It's more than just a cheap trick; companies copy ("learn from") each other's ideas and UI layouts all the time.
[+] Brashman|15 years ago|reply
I'd love to see the Nerds vs Plants mentioned.
[+] RK|15 years ago|reply
My personal experience is that plants die when I try to keep them. But I can't decide if that's me beating them or them beating me...
[+] erik_p|15 years ago|reply
The level design is a little repetitive... :P
[+] fjw|15 years ago|reply
Should have included at least one other level design.. definitely made me laugh though.

Also: clicking on the App Store/Android link opens the game in full screen in case anyone is interested.

[+] halv01122|15 years ago|reply
The full screen mode is written with jQuery mobile.. it actually works pretty well on iPhone and Android.
[+] thascales|15 years ago|reply
Ooh! I'm really good at this game!
[+] amitraman1|15 years ago|reply
This is the best one I've seen so far today.

BTW, Angry Birds RIO is disappointing. I miss the pigs!