The game features an 8x5 grid of numbers that are randomly blurred, with the level of blurring increasing as the player progresses. The goal is to click on the numbers, but the player must avoid clicking on the number 13. When a player clicks a number, time is added to their time bar. The game ends when the time bar is completely full.
\nGame uses mouse as control, and numbers are selected by clicking right mouse button.
\nI started this project initially with Kontra.js, but I decided to switch to DIY “engine”. I am not sure was this good decision, but I use Kontra.js next time. :)
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\n","games":["13 Seconds To Midnight"]},{"at":379625862,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"Nice little game! Fits the theme well. A pang of shock went through me whenever I hit the “13”
\nCool music, too!
\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"at":379753783,"author":"Logan Tempez","login":"LoganPB","gh":114475709,"twitter":"MamonakuStudio","text":"Congratulations!!
\nI really liked it, one of my favourite at the moment! Really simple to play, it’s fun and catchy.\nGood idea to write the rules before launching a game. Sometimes I got time added but without really know why, maybe removing the blur on the 13 tile that has been clicked or adding a visual effect could be great.
\nReally nice work!
\n","games":["13th Restaurant Rush"]},{"at":379754748,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Solid game, that comes to an end really quick as the blurriness makes it virtually impossibke to ditingush 13 and 15 :P
\nNice that you added music!
\nWould benefit from some graphical effects (particles, etc), when cleaning a numberfield or when hitting a field with the number that must not be named.
\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":379837992,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Found the game a little strain on my eyes, but an interesting concept.
\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"at":379869042,"author":"Steven Lambert","login":"straker","gh":2433219,"url":"https://stevenklambert.com/","twitter":"StevenKLambert","text":"Fun to find a game about how I see text at a distance :D. Maybe that helped me, but I only got a few levels in before everything was too blurry to distinguish.
\n","games":["The Encroaching Darkness"]},{"at":380066979,"author":"FoumartGames","login":"foumart","gh":3528138,"url":"https://www.foumartgames.com","twitter":"FoumartGames","text":"Good job on creating a complete game with clear aesthetic and nice music. However it felt somewhat like one of these “prove you’re not a robot” mini games when logging to sites. Perhaps there could been some game play elements to increase the fun factor, like why not hunt a 13k monster hiding behind these number tiles (you capture it when you reveal it’s full body) or something in that vain.
\n","games":["Odyssey"]},{"at":380177822,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"I had to put on my glasses to play :)\nI think the concept is interesting and I had fun to play. To me it would be nice to add the score in the main screen (not only at the end) to challenge the player. Well done!
\n","games":["Unloved 13"]},{"at":380431242,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"noise is a bit noisy and loud and no switch or option to kill it, game itself is very cool and promissing
\n","games":["The 13 Invaders","Cookie Maze 3d","Maze Runner vs 13","Tower Defence Walking 13s"]},{"typ":2,"at":380446766,"author":"Christer Kaitila","login":"McFunkypants","gh":2111957,"url":"http://www.mcfunkypants.com","text":"lolol that was so fun!!!! this was a really cool idea, executed perfectly, so simple and playable and original. the only thing is I wish the audio was as fuzzy and soft as the graphics. it is currently razor sharp. overall, great work! I’d love to see this with emoji / patterns / letters / faces / etc!
\n"},{"at":380451906,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"A very simple, but unusual game.
\nThe concept was good, and had me squinting as it progressed.
\nThe layout was interesting although it was a little small compared to the browser size. Perhaps resize to fit?
\nThe music was well made, but a little loud.
\nFor me the mouse interaction was all with the left mouse button - not the right as stated in the info.
\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"typ":2,"at":380502123,"author":"Richard Davey","login":"photonstorm","gh":164476,"url":"www.photonstorm.com","twitter":"photonstorm","text":"Oh that’s such a great idea for a game! Just click any number that isn’t 13. Easy, right? Except with each level the numbers get more and more blurred. Which is ok when you’re looking at a blurry 6, but the difference between an 11 or 12 and a 13 is super-hard as it progresses. Really nice concept and nicely on-theme. My only suggestions would be a little bit of polish here and there - a small delay between the levels would give you time to breathe, and when it’s game over I would have liked to know which ones were left and how close I got to completing it. Overall, very good though!
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