Seal Boarders - Revision history

Azure at 01:37, 23 June 2021

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Azure at 23:57, 22 June 2021

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Aderack at 01:17, 19 August 2016

2016-08-19T01:17:51Z

Aderack at 02:20, 22 June 2016

2016-06-22T02:20:12Z

Aderack: /* Downloads */

2016-06-16T16:06:53Z

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Aderack at 16:06, 16 June 2016

2016-06-16T16:06:47Z

Aderack: /* Downloads */

2016-06-16T15:39:26Z

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2016-03-01T20:56:22Z

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Aderack at 04:04, 5 February 2016

2016-02-05T04:04:59Z

Aderack at 04:03, 5 February 2016

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 == Links ==
-<videoflash>SG4K1do91dA</videoflash>
+<youtube>SG4K1do91dA</youtube>
 * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/seal1.php Play ''Seal Boarders'' online]'''

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 Compiled by
-* [[EJR Tairne]]
+* <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Azurelore Korrigan]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
 == Background ==

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	On the strength of its own design and its links to other projects, ''Seal Boarders'' feels like the start of a minor franchise with life that exists off the screen, irrespective of the player's involvement. The essentially tourist role that the player inhabits in this game furthers the impression -- we're just visiting here. For all we know, in another game we'll be allowed to hang around and do more. And it seems like a nice place to be.		On the strength of its own design and its links to other projects, ''Seal Boarders'' feels like the start of a minor franchise with life that exists off the screen, irrespective of the player's involvement. The essentially tourist role that the player inhabits in this game furthers the impression -- we're just visiting here. For all we know, in another game we'll be allowed to hang around and do more. And it seems like a nice place to be.
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		+	{{SeriesNav\|Seal Boarders series{{!}}(Overview)\|Seal Boarders\|Seal Boarders 2\|[[Seal Boarders series]]}}

	== Story ==		== Story ==

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 [[Category: Robert Brandon]]
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 Over the next five months, through regular consultation, the games were all reassembled as well as the materials would permit. The games were reconstructed or otherwise recovered on the following dates:
 * October 28th: ''[[Seal Boarders]]''.
 * October 31st: ''[[Seal Boarders 2]]''.
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 * November 7th: ''[[Skate Board]]''.
 * November 10th: ''[[Fox World]]''.
 * December 9th: ''[[Foxy Dimensions]]''.
 * December 16th: ''[[Fox Party]]''.
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 * December 19th: ''[[Skatenig]]'', ''[[Slot Car]]'', and ''[[Anime]]''.
 * December 21st: ''[[Droid]]'', ''[[Void Raiders]]'', and ''[[Terra]]''.
 == Links ==

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 There are secret paths, secret levels. There are bonus items that don't do all that much, because really what is there to do? Every character has several trick moves, only a few of which serve a practical purpose (racing forward, climbing back). Mostly again it's about style.
-To that end, the art here is simple yet studiously clean. Every sprite, every landscape feature is distinct -- iconic, even. The penguin and lobster characters seem to originate from the Brandons' earlier ''[[Penguin War]]''; this helps ''Seal Boarders'' both in lending it some strong pre-defined material to support its original content and in suggesting a larger world to which the game belongs.
+To that end, the art here is simple yet studiously clean. Every sprite, every landscape feature is distinct -- iconic, even. The penguin and lobster characters seem to originate from the Brandons' earlier ''[[Penguin War]]''; this helps ''Seal Boarders'' both by lending the game some strong pre-defined material to support its original content and by suggesting a larger world to which the game may belong.
 On the strength of its own design and its links to other projects, ''Seal Boarders'' feels like the start of a minor franchise with life that exists off the screen, irrespective of the player's involvement. The essentially tourist role that the player inhabits in this game furthers the impression -- we're just visiting here. For all we know, in another game we'll be allowed to hang around and do more. And it seems like a nice place to be.

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 There are obstacles, to slow or injure the player's character; these are easily avoided, and serve less a punitive than an obstructive role. The game isn't out to get you; if you stumble, the delay in your journey and your own frustration at the mistake tend to be enough consequence to lend one's performance weight.
-The game emphasizes the subjective over the strictly functional. It presents a choice of four characters, but does nothing really to differentiate them; the choice is less about strategy than about psychology. Who do you want to accompany you: the penguin, the lobster, the bunny, or the seal? It's like a Monopoly piece: how do you see yourself, in this contest against yourself?
+The game emphasizes the subjective over the strictly functional. It presents a choice of four characters, but does nothing really to differentiate them; the choice is less about strategy than about psychology. Who do you want to accompany you: the penguin, the lobster, the bunny, or the seal? It's like a Monopoly piece: how do you see yourself, in the context of this journey?
 [[File:Seal1Sprites.png|center]]
 There are secret paths, secret levels. There are bonus items that don't do all that much, because really what is there to do? Every character has several trick moves, only a few of which serve a practical purpose (racing forward, climbing back). Mostly again it's about style.