There are lots of flash games out there. Here are my five favourite:
The Last Stand
This game has you playing the role of a survivor of a zombie apocalypse who has to, well, survive against hordes of attacking zombies. This goes on for twenty nights, with the attacking zombies getting stronger and stronger with each passing night.
The really great thing about this game is how it introduces an element of strategy at the end of each level, giving you options on how you want to spend the day, whether it be searching for more survivors, searching for weapons or reinforcing your barricades.
The graphics in this game are also phenomenal and look very professional. The overall style works fantastically and gives off a very gritty atmosphere, with the story and game hints being given in the form of diary entries or post-it notes attached to various items in the menu screens.
Five Differences
This is a very unique flash game despite the fact that it is based on a very old idea. It’s essentially an animated game of “spot the difference” with amazing slick graphics and is actually pretty difficult.
The game presents you with two scenes of landscapes which are, seemingly, identical and tasks you with finding the minute differences, of which there are five, between the two scenes.
The gameplay doesn’t go any deeper than that, but it doesn’t really need to. Five Differences is a great game and a breath of fresh air from the usual fare of flash games (not that those aren’t great, of course).
Fantastic Contraption
An excellent physics based puzzle game, Fantastic Contraption tasks you with building a machine to carry, propel or otherwise move an object from one side of an area to the other. To build these machines you are given a number of base parts which can interact with each other, giving you the potential to build really complex inventions, should you wish.
The main challenge lies in figuring out exactly what kind of invention will be able to traverse the terrain, getting more and more difficult as the game progresses.
Blueprint
Another physics based puzzle game. This time you are presented with a ball and a target and you must arrange the terrain itself in such a way that the ball will hit. Terrain elements can include ramps, springs, conveyer belts, pipes amongst other things, all of which will be needed to accomplish each level’s goal.
Auditorium
Auditorium is one of the most unique puzzle games i’ve ever seen. You are presented with streams of light and your goal is to aim the light so it activates musical panels scattered around the screen. This is done by moving triggers around the screen that can affect the light in various ways; for example, a trigger has a circle around it and if the light enters the circle it could begin to move upwards rather than its current direction.
As the levels go on, the puzzles become more and more complex, with additional puzzle pieces being introduced, making the game more and more challenging.
The main draw of this game is the stunning visuals, despite their simplicity. The streams of light look very visually impressive and the overall style of the game is very well done.
