A Guy Turned A Cute GIF Into A Game. Once You Start, You Just. Can't. Stop.
It's aggressively difficult to play but so addictive that it's difficult to not want to play it. And because it came into being by a random co-incident, we couldn't help but feature it for our weekly column! We hope you enjoy this week's Random Wednesday!
By Sadho Ram — 18 Mar 2015, 02:46 PM
A few days ago someone posted this GIF on Imgur
Titled as Tiny Hat and with 18K views, it's safe to say that the GIF, which is originally called Rainy Days and is a work of Martynas Puodžiūnas, a designer/animator from Lithuania, didn't spark much interest among the Imgurians.
However, before it went to the gallows among other user submitted posts, there was one comment posted that stood out. It called for the GIF to be made in to a game!
Another Imgurian under the username ThatBinaryGuy, who saw that comment and replied that he is on it, spent about 6 to 8 hours over the course of 3 days and actually made the GIF into a game!
While reactions to the game vary from being frustrated to making people very angry, much like Flappy Bird, it's super addictive!
Seeing how the game took off, its creator announced that he is going to make it for mobile. Currently he is working on porting it to Android so it can be played even while being offline!
Speaking about the changes that he is going to make to the game, ThatBinaryGuy, whose real name is James Trotter, said that he is "going to make the game more solid." He further added that he will be making it scale the same on all devices to stop the "zoom out to make it easier" trick working.
"I will add a leaderboard so that you can gloat to your friends that you're the best!"
Speaking to SAYS, James said that he is a .Net developer. Based in Yorkshire, England, he works in a software development company writing business software. While he has previously made little games before, he told us that he has "never released them to the public."
James, who is 20 years old, is hoping to release the Android version by the end of this weekend. He said that he will be putting it in the Play Store and hopefully the Amazon App Store too.
When we asked if he has any plans for iOS version, he said "there's potential, but I don't really have an iOS device to test it on. So unless the Android app takes off it wont be feasible."
You can play the Rainy Day game here
We asked our colleagues to play the game. Each single person found it hard but also very addictive. Their scores varied from being -15 to crossing 500. We will be updating this story with links to Play Store once James releases it for Android! In the meantime, give the game a shot, tell us your scores in the comment thread below.