Challenge #3 – 100k is finished and we have five little games for you to try out:

100kb

Developer: Alin Baciu
Download: 100kb.zip

As a space invader, you have been put in charge of guarding a planet and making sure the inhabitants build you a big statue. Shoot love or hate, and try to convince them to build your statue as big as possible.

Ariadne’s Thread

Developer: Red Mawashi Entertainment
Download: AriadnesThread.zip

In Ariadne’s Thread, you play the part of Theseus. You have been sent into the Labyrinth by King Minos to be fed to the Minotaur. Your plans are a little different, though; you hope to slay the beast and escape with your life.

King Minos’ daughter, Ariadne, has fallen in love with you and given you a ball of yarn so that you can find your way out of the Labyrinth and run away with her forever. However, you need to make it back before sunset, or else she will no longer be able to hold the thread and you’ll be lost in the Labyrinth forever!

Climber

Developer: Ben Baird
Download: Climber.zip

A game of timing with a single objective: jump until you reach the top! Your little character will run all by himself, but you’ll have to choose when he jumps. The obstacles can either help or hinder your progress.

Minefield

Developer: Carl Erikson
Download: Minefield.zip

Use arrow keys to move your ball to the target. Watch out for the mines.

The Soaring Game

Developer: Steven Hazen
Download: TheSoaringGame.zip (GamePad Required)

The Soaring Game is a 3D energy management game where you control a soaring bird. You start the game with 100 units of energy and 600 feet of altitude. The game is over when all your energy is used up or your altitude is zero. You can flap your wings to increase speed & altitude but that consumes energy. You can glide and thus not use energy but that looses altitude. There are blue thermal areas around where you can gain much altitude compared to energy use. Terrain turns red as energy is used or as altitude drops below 600 feet. Score is added to each frame by multiplying altitude by total flight time.

Theme/Rules: Your entire game (counting libraries and assets) must be no larger than 100KB (uncompressed, i.e. not the size of the CCGAME, ZIP, or RAR file you send me).  The goal of the challenge is to see what type of game you’re able to create with such a limited amount of space.

Challenge Time: November 29, 2009 – December 6, 2009 (Entries due by 12:00pm PST (GMT-8) on December 7, 2009).

To Enter: Email your entry to contact@xna7day.com with the subject line “Challenge 3 Entry”.

Please see the About page for full rules/guidelines for the challenge.