Introducing Sprinkle Safari, a web adventure game

Elephant with donut icon png
The logo for Sprinkle Safari, the awesome web game finally released to the public.

I’ve got a dirty little secret. Zoo, not so dirty, really, morecreamy. Sugary. Frosty. Sprinkle-y.

Here it is: for the last year and more(computer searching reveals since January 29, 2011even before hathix.com was founded), I’ve been working nonstop on alittleweb-based adventure game. And it’s never been formally released to the public until now.

Here’s a look at the making of the game. It’s taken 16 months and over 100 hours of development.

Cabra sib PA High School Computer Fair

A cute goat cartoon with big eyes
Bleat nrog cog qoob loo, me nyuam yaus.

Tsis paub txaj muag advertisement: Download Cabra, hauv tshiab winning flashcard program!

Tshis, kuv ceeb pab kev pab cuam flashcard, muaj ib tug tshiab nyob rau hauv nws tej plaub hau. Nws yog tam sim no kuj muaj ib qho winning flashcard program. Kuv tsis me nyuam yaus-ding (thov txim txog cov tshis pun.)

Lub peb hlis ntuj no kuv muab qhia Cabra ntawm kuv cheeb tsam computer ncaj ncees (txhawb nqa los ntawm lub nroog lub Intermediate Unit) thiab muab tsub ib ntsug kev moog thoob plaws lub xeev lub computer ncaj ncees.

Uas coj kuv mus rau nag hmo, thaum kuv tuaj txog rau hauv Dickinson Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab hauv Carlisle, PA. Kuj zoo kawg thiab tsev kawm ntawv (Dickinson yog lub 16th hlob kawm ntawv qib siab nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws) thiab zoo me me lub zos. Nws yog ib lub me kawm ntawv qib siab tab sis zoo heev-ntshai, thiab nws cov chaw kuj zoo kawg thiab rau kev ncaj ncees lub hom phiaj.

Ib tug qhia txog kev loj hlob mus rau qhov web

HTML 5 logo on an iPhone smartphone with app icons around it in a cloud
Txais tos kom tus web.

Rov qab nyob rau hauv kuv hnub (OK, ua ntej kuv hnub), lub txoj hauj lwm ntawm web tsim yog ib tug tsawg ib. Nws kab sab hauv qab no tus aub hater tiam sis saum toj no Yankees kiv cua rau lub scale ntawm kws Honor. Vim hais tias ntawm tag nrho cov cim npe thiab transparency LUB TOG RAJ dluab peb siv, peb twb pom li nyoos hackers uas tsis muaj kev nkag siab ntawm aesthetics.

Zoo, tej zaum peb yuav tseem yuav tu ncua nyob rau hauv zoo nkauj siab, tab sis raws li lub Web tau tsim thiaj li muaj txoj hauj lwm ntawm web tsim. Hnub no yeej muaj ntau ntau cov cuab yeej peb yuav siv kom zoo-sau, cov qauv-conforming, thiab zoo nkauj (OK, tej zaum tsis hais tias lub xeem ib tug) web pages. Feem ntau ntawm cov kuj zoo kawg thiab cov websites uas koj siv hnub no (tsis paub txaj muag plug: xws li no ib) yog tsa lub Koom Txoos uas siv cov cuab yeej.

MLA template for Microsoft Word 2010

A screenshot of Word 2010 in MLA format.
Click this to download your free MLA Template for Word 2010

tl;Dra free MLA format template for Word 2010A freely-downloadable "Download" button.

Kuv tsis paub txog koj, tiam sis kuv twb muaj ntau cov xib hwb tshaj kuv muaj peev xwm suav uas graded ntaub ntawv ib hom nyob zoo npaum li cas koj ua raws li kom hom ntawv thiab tsis, koj paub, on tias fluff lawv hu rau ‘cov ntsiab lus.’

Yog hais tias koj ib tug me nyuam kawm ntawv, muaj feem ntau yog cov zoo zoo nkauj koj muaj sau ntau, ntau cov ntaub ntawv – tag nrho cov nyob rau hauv MLA hom ntawv, ib tug ntau hom ntawv rau cov ntaub ntawv, tsab ntawv, thiab xws li. Lub MLA hom ntawv raug tsim, Kuv xav, tswj tus saib ntawm tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv thiab mus tsav cov menyuam kawm ntawv vwm. Muaj tons ntawm cov kev cai thiab cov txheej txheem random koj yuav tsum paub, xws li:

Set of terribly drawn cute cartoon animals

A cute pig that is poorly drawn and drawn by a child.
That's a Neel original. It's valued in the range of tens of cents.

tl;DrDownload co phem li kos ntxim hlub tav laus tsiaj
A freely-downloadable download button.

Nco ntsoov tias cov awesomely kos ntxim hlub tav laus tsiaj Kuv muab lo txog ntxov? Raws li nws puv tawm, kuv tsis zoo kos nyuj twb yuav luag li nrov raws li cov ntxim hlub thiab zoo-kos cov tsiaj. Yog hais tias koj yog ib tug ntawm cov neeg uas nyiam mus rau luag kuv tsis zoo kos nyuj, koj nyob rau hauv hmoov – muaj kom txaus ntau qhov chaw uas hais tias los ntawm, thiab lawv nyob nraum tag nrho cov cai no.

Happy first birthday, hathix.com! The year in review

Cute elephant in box with birthday cake and hat
Blow out those candles, ua hathix.com yog tig 1 xyoo laus!

Muaj peev xwm koj ntseeg tias nws? hathix.com yog tig 1 xyoo laus- yup, nws twb sau npe raws nraim ib xyoo dhau los hnub no… ntawm, fond nco! Nyob rau hauv cia li ib xyoos, hathix.com tau ploj mus los ntawm ib tug cia li xav nyob rau hauv kuv lub taub hau mus rau ib tug tag nrho-fledged (thiab cia siab tias zoo) lub website.

Koj paub, nws yog nyuaj rau kuv xav txog lub neej ua ntej kuv hathix – tab sis hais tias yog cia li ib lub xyoo dhau los. Kuv niam kuv txiv hais tias lawv xav tias lawv lub tib; nws yog nyuaj rau lawv xav txog lub neej ua ntej cov me nyuam. Nkawv.

hathix 3.0 “Ncuav mog qab zib” – ib tug tshiab saib, cia li nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm

hathix.com’s thawj lub hnub yug yog tag kis, so to celebrate I’ve gotten it a giftib tug tag nrho tshiab saib! hathix 3.0, codename Ncuav mog qab zib, retains cov xim Scheme ntawm cov laus version (yam tsim nyog muaj npe hathix 2.1 “Dewdrop”) but sports an airy new look that’s huv si thiab muaj kuab heev. Siv ib saib (los yog sim nws tawm):