TIGSource: Orisinal

Orisinal

Max — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:00 +0000

Hey everybody, I’m one of the new writers for TIGSource. So all you long-time TIGgers (a horrible, if adorable appellation) let me know if I have a terrible new flavor of reporting, the Crystal Pepsi of journalism if you will. But that is neither here nor there. What brings us here today is perhaps the greatest casual games website on the net, Orisinal.

Orisinal serves as a personal portfolio/compilation of Ferry Halim’s flash games, with Halim acting as perhaps the most prolific casual games auteur outside of the shooter scene. The games featured on Orisinal are done in a wonderfully painterly style, set to gentle, melodic scores, and most importantly, are masterworks of simple interaction and design mechanisms. Most Orisinal games require only the mouse to play and resolve within minutes, but can be played again and again (and again). If coffee breaks were a docile herbivore, these seemingly tiny games would be their most voracious predator.

My personal favorite is The Runaway Train, but it would be a long and boring post if I were to describe each game, so let it suffice that I have given you the URL, pointed you in the right direction and given you a small shove. Go have fun.

"Orisinal" by boooo

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:51:25 +0000

orisinal is cute

"Orisinal" by lol

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:50:57 +0000

booooo

"Orisinal" by blah

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:49:56 +0000

blah

"Orisinal" by Advenith

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:30:31 +0000

Your report was good, so don’t worry too much about that. I’m not a huge Orisinal fan (too simple and short…), but it’s worth reporting. Good job!

"Orisinal" by null

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:50:01 +0000

I have always loved the Orsinal games, but I’m a little sad that the guy seems to have hit a gamer’s block (or is busy with his real life).

The review was okay in general. Keep it going :)

"Orisinal" by Berbank

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:26:15 +0000

I’ve been a fan of this guy for a long time, really great work, much harder to do than it looks with brilliant visual, audio and design ideas.

"Orisinal" by Shabadage

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:01:23 +0000

Hey! Crystal Pepsi kicked ass!

Welcome to the team dude.

"Orisinal" by Albert Lai

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:21:35 +0000

Runaway train, never coming back/ Wrong way on a one way track…

"Orisinal" by Constantine

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:02:04 +0000

Erk.. I alwasy preferred Pocketful of Stars, myself: http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g2/stars.htm

"Orisinal" by Constantine

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:01:39 +0000

I was always a bigger fan Pocketful of Stars