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31
You might want to go grab yourself a cup of tea to sip on while you read today’s epic collection – I surely consumed a few myself while putting this random tangle of words together… 
Today we have:
- Have Adventures
- Higher Still
- Hubris Quest Online
- Labyrinth
- Led’s Get Shooting
- Mechwar (Battle for Narita)
- Mr. Kitty’s Quest
- Mulder’s Totally Bogus (Rabbit) Journey
Off we go, then!
Have Adventures by Cap Petschulat 
A curious proof-of-concept entry that showcases the powers of javascript and a canvas inside your browser. Not a hugely fun experience at the moment but continued development may yield interesting results. 35%
Higher Still by Aquanoctis 
Use your amazing power of being able to jump four times your own height in order to scale a lofty prison and rescue a princess! Your journey is made a tad more interesting with glowy sprite wotsits that’ll flip the world upside down, an occasional miniboss, and in the author’s words “lots of trippy weirdness”. Unforgiving if you make a mistake and a little buggy, but still not one you should ignore. 72%
Hubris Quest Online by SimpleSyrup
HQO isn’t finished, and as it stands is only somewhat playable. But scoring it just on that would be unfair, because the scale of what SimpleSyrup has tried to do is pretty staggering given the competition deadline. Essentially it’s the basis of a fully-featured flash MMORPG and as a technical achievement in such a short space of time this is definitely a game to watch closely. Vote to see it completed! 60%
Labyrinth by Space_man
Couldn’t really be much simpler: you just have to survive the evil bad guys and escape the devious maze you find yourself in. Points for being atmospheric – play this in a dark room and you might find yourself surprised at how creepy it is! 
Beyond that, however, the gameplay becomes a bit samey. If mapping dungeons is your thing, go ahead and help yourself, but there is little else to hold your attention. 52%
Led’s Get Shooting by FrozenCow
For an executable that’s only 66KB in size, LGS packs a tremendous punch. Fight against ever-more-persistent waves of enemies with pew-pew lasers and ’splody grenades. It’s fair to say that the all-too-brief gameplay ambles along the border to the repetitive side but the unique and highly neato LED-style graphics are impressive. A satisfying diversion for a few minutes. 73%
Mechwar (Battle for Narita) by Treff
Ooooh, an RTS – that probably deserves a point in itself since we haven’t had any of those yet! Sadly it isn’t 100% finished, and while it is fun to play around with (and indeed quite challenging to wipe out the enemy without cheating), there is no storyline or campaign to play through. No sound, but technically very good otherwise. Needs a little more work but shows great promise. 64%
Mr. Kitty’s Quest by Ben Pettengill
Zelda-esque adventure ahoy! Help Mr. Kitty to bring home a gallon of milk so his owner won’t think him quite so useless. This one is pretty epic and I won’t pretend I’ve had chance to play through all of it, but everything I saw was fantastic. The art style is among the most consistent of all entrants and the gameplay is pretty sublime – and funny to boot. Highly recommended, this gets one of my votes! 89%
Mulder’s Totally Bogus (Rabbit) Journey by moonmagic
Assist Mulder the rabbit in rescuing his friends in a journey through heaven. Defend yourself from danger by hiding, digging holes or just plain running away! Unfortunately the competition version has only a handful of screens to explore but moonmagic is continuing to work toward bringing it to completion. Perhaps as a rabbit owner myself I’m biased but hey, too bad! 
A really charming game that’s full of appeal. 85%