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April 1, 2005 8:45 AM

Ipso Floral is some Friday Flash Fun (SFW). Probably the most amazing, hypnotic, computer generated animation I've ever seen. It's the best thing since Electric Sheep.
posted by mosch (28 comments total)

Poor guy's server is getting nailed ... but worth the wait.
posted by 31d1 at 9:02 AM on April 1, 2005

Any tips for getting past level 3?
posted by manicroom at 9:05 AM on April 1, 2005

Okay, I've been waiting for the animation to load for five minutes... If this turns out to be some April Fool's prank, heads will roll!!! My time is valuable!!
posted by jonson at 9:07 AM on April 1, 2005

[this is good]
posted by exlotuseater at 9:08 AM on April 1, 2005

I agree with jonson. Does this thing ever finish loading?
posted by MsVader at 9:17 AM on April 1, 2005

hahaha
posted by tumult at 9:41 AM on April 1, 2005

Electric sheep makes my baby boy's jaw drop.

I'm sure this is great but the perpetual load is a wee bit of a drag, especially without a percentage meter to let me know if I'm even getting close to done. Maybe later.
posted by fenriq at 9:46 AM on April 1, 2005

does not play well with firefox
posted by onanon at 9:57 AM on April 1, 2005

(still) Loading
. o O o .
posted by DakotaPaul at 10:02 AM on April 1, 2005

I set it to load on laptop,
walked dog, read three articles in new yorker, and no progress.
it's either a joke or /.'d
posted by Busithoth at 10:18 AM on April 1, 2005

Gah. I keep getting to the end of the second level but I can't figure out the password to open the door. Help?
posted by iconomy at 10:25 AM on April 1, 2005

iconomy - it changes every time. You have take the three letters from the beginning of the level with you.

Has anybody else noticed that the "Heat Dragon" on level six responds to the other characters in the room?
posted by Baby_Balrog at 10:34 AM on April 1, 2005

I think it's actually orienting to higher concentrations of Gulmp. If you and the other characters have negative Gulmp, the heat dragon will actually actively avoid you! You can drop your Glump in the wicker basket on level 5 (you don't need it just yet) and retrieve it on level 8 from the thing that your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is.
posted by dmd at 11:14 AM on April 1, 2005

Can I successfully exit the dungeon without obtaining the wizard's key?
posted by gagglezoomer at 11:16 AM on April 1, 2005

Weird; the version I get isn't interactive, except for the wizard's eyes following my cursor on the title screen.
posted by brownpau at 11:17 AM on April 1, 2005

Oooh, wait, okay, I found the button.

Wow. This is hard.
posted by brownpau at 11:18 AM on April 1, 2005

Yeah, the thing is to find the button. And it is hard.

jonson: it just takes a while to load. Notice that the circle is slightly larger every time it expands; when it gets about a centimeter in diameter, it finishes loading.
posted by koeselitz at 11:28 AM on April 1, 2005

No wonder it took so long to load; the textures are so rich. During the ship launch scene, see how the grain of the orbiter's mithril hull plating is glistening? ("Mithril hull plating." Cool, despite being derivative.) He must have published the Flash file with 100% JPG compression. No expense spared. Hope his server can take it.
posted by brownpau at 11:45 AM on April 1, 2005

I don't understand the Andy Richter clip halfway through the Ghostrider sequence; why put such a dull pop reference into a level that's ostensibly modeled after an 80s faux-retro Harvest Moon?

Incidentally, if I keep feeding these chickens, will anything new happen, or am I on a goose chase here?
posted by NickDouglas at 11:51 AM on April 1, 2005

Yes, but very carefully, and make it rather small. I failed that mini-game four times before my girlfriend drew a more, erm, accurate representation. She nailed it the first time.
posted by NickDouglas at 12:04 PM on April 1, 2005

HOLY CRAP THAT'S AWESOME!

Once it loads, it's nuts.
posted by joelf at 3:20 PM on April 1, 2005

I agree with jonson.

Heh, heh, he, you said Jonson!
posted by berek at 4:59 PM on April 1, 2005

My computer says its loading at about 2 kb every 20 seconds or so. At this rate, I imagine it will finish sometime around next July. Is there any other way to get this?
posted by fungible at 8:51 PM on April 1, 2005

Also, for those of you who happen to be colorblind, this is the first flash game I've seen that actually supports all the primary colors, including squant.
posted by Ironwolf at 10:03 PM on April 1, 2005

my computer says looks at this pretty leopard giraffe thing...
where's the game?
posted by es_de_bah at 10:23 AM on April 2, 2005

Me too. This "joello" is a strange guy.
posted by fungible at 12:55 PM on April 2, 2005

yeah, it's gone..
posted by onanon at 7:40 PM on April 3, 2005

P.S. - Was this a #mefi april fool's joke or something?
posted by nobody at 9:34 AM on April 6, 2005