Armor Games
Encyclopedia
Armor Games, formerly Games Of Gondor, is a website
based in Irvine, California
, that hosts free Flash
-based browser game
s. Armor Games was founded by Daniel McNeely. Under its former name, it hosted The Lord of the Rings
-themed content, such as the games "Hob the Hobbit", "Battle for Gondor", and "Orc Slayer". The site has since hosted a variety of games across many genres, such as puzzles, shooters
, action/adventure games, and strategy games
.
In addition to hosting other developers' games, the site's staff creates free Flash games in-house. User John Cooney ("John") is its Head of Game Development. ConArtists is another popular game designer with games such as Warfare 1917 and The Last Stand. Game developers can create Flash games and get them sponsored by the site.
Website
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based in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
, that hosts free Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
-based browser game
Browser game
A browser game is a computer game that is played over the Internet using a web browser. Browser games can be created and run using standard web technologies or browser plug-ins. Browser games include all video game genres and can be single-player or multiplayer...
s. Armor Games was founded by Daniel McNeely. Under its former name, it hosted The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
-themed content, such as the games "Hob the Hobbit", "Battle for Gondor", and "Orc Slayer". The site has since hosted a variety of games across many genres, such as puzzles, shooters
Shooter game
Shooter games are a sub-genre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon". A common...
, action/adventure games, and strategy games
Strategy video game
Strategy video games is a video game genre that emphasizes skillful thinking and planning to achieve victory. They emphasize strategic, tactical, and sometimes logistical challenges. Many games also offer economic challenges and exploration...
.
In addition to hosting other developers' games, the site's staff creates free Flash games in-house. User John Cooney ("John") is its Head of Game Development. ConArtists is another popular game designer with games such as Warfare 1917 and The Last Stand. Game developers can create Flash games and get them sponsored by the site.
List of notable games published or sponsored by Armor Games
- Corporation Inc.Corporation Inc.Corporation Inc. is a video game from Armor Games, programmed by jmtb02, with art by Jimp, in which players create a push-button company that makes a profit with workers . These are placed in offices that can be upgraded to suit the workers inside, such as an Advanced Accounting office which...
- The Fancy Pants Adventures World 1Fancy Pants AdventuresFancy Pants Adventures is a series of free side-scrolling Flash games created by Brad Borne. Two worlds have been released so far, World 1 on 14 March 2006 and World 2 on 9 January 2008. Borne had announced that after the 2009 Comic Con, he would officially start working on World 3...
- The Fancy Pants Adventures World 2Fancy Pants AdventuresFancy Pants Adventures is a series of free side-scrolling Flash games created by Brad Borne. Two worlds have been released so far, World 1 on 14 March 2006 and World 2 on 9 January 2008. Borne had announced that after the 2009 Comic Con, he would officially start working on World 3...
- GemCraftGemCraftGemCraft is a tower defense flash game created by Game In A Bottle. Originally released June 26, 2008, a prequel, GemCraft Chapter 0: Gem of Eternity, was released April 16, 2009, and a sequel, GemCraft lost chapter: Labyrinth, was released February 17, 2011...
- GemCraft Chapter 0
- GemCraft Labyrinth
- AetherAether (video game)Aether is a video game designed by Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel and published by Armor Games. Released on September 3, 2008, it can be played for free online or downloaded for offline play. Players control a lonely boy and an octopus-like monster that the boy encounters, solving puzzles on...
- Crush the CastleCrush the CastleCrush the Castle is an action flash game developed by Armor Games. The flash version was released on April 28, 2009, and versions for the iPhone and iPod Touch were released on January 19, 2010. The goal of the game is to injure all inhabitants of various castles by using a trebuchet to fling large...
- Warfare 1917Warfare 1917Warfare 1917 is a Flash game set during World War I. Developed by programmer ConArtist and published by Armor Games, it has over 28 million plays on the Armor Games portal alone.Gameplay=...
- ShiftShift (game)Shift is a flash game developed and published by Armor Games. The game has had many versions and has been ported to iOS and PSN mini. The gameplay revolves around pressing the shift key to flip the room...
- KaroshiKaroshi (game)Karoshi is an independent video game series designed by Jesse Venbrux, and developed in Game Maker. Various iterations of the series have been released over time, with the first game being released in March 2008 for Microsoft Windows, and the latest being released in February 2011...
- A flash version of the game Portal