Achievement Unlocked - Wikipedia

Achievement Unlocked is a 2008 Flash game developed in only 4 days by John Cooney and published by Armor Games. ... While essentially a puzzler, it has been ... AchievementUnlocked FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2008Flashbrowsergame 2008videogameAchievementUnlockedDeveloper(s)JohnCooneySeriesAchievementUnlocked Platform(s)webbrowser Release2008Genre(s)Metagame,platformerMode(s)Single-player AchievementUnlockedisa2008Flashgamedevelopedinonly4daysbyJohnCooneyandpublishedbyArmorGames.[1][2][3]Whileessentiallyapuzzler,ithasbeenreferredtoasametagameaswellasan"antigame".[4][5][6]Thegameisasend-upofin-gameachievements,stillarelativelynewconceptatthereleaseofthegame.Whileavideogameachievementisusuallyameta-goaldefinedoutsideagame'sparameters,inAchievementUnlocked,unlockingachievementsistheonlygoalofthegame.[7]It'sbeendescribedasa"commentaryontheproliferationofnearlymeaninglessrewardsingames"[8]andwasfeaturedinthebook250IndieGamesYouMustPlaybyMikeRoseandTheGameDesigner'sPlaylist:InnovativeGamesEveryGameDesignerNeedstoPlaybyZackHiwiller.[9][10] References[edit] ^McWhertor,Michael(December19,2008)."AchievementUnlocked:TheGame:YouHaveToUnlockTheAchievement".Kotaku.Retrieved2012-09-21. ^Cooney,John[@jmtb02](23April2018)."Forsomebackground,AchievementUnlockedwasa4dayprojectbuiltinFlash,fairlylowexpectationsforit(Iwasn'tSUPERconfidentinmyvoiceasacreative).Had5mplayson@ArmorGamesalone,endedupinseveralbooksandtalksaboutgamesandgamedesign.Wasshocked"(Tweet).Archivedfromtheoriginalon2January2021.Retrieved26July2021–viaTwitter. ^Macgregor,Jody(23April2018)."IntroducingtheClassof2008".PCGamer. ^Salter,Anastasia(2014).Flash :buildingtheinteractiveweb.Cambridge,Massachusetts.p. 108.ISBN 9780262028028. ^Newliteraryhybridsintheageofmultimediaexpression :crossingborders,crossinggenres.Amsterdam.2014.p. 225.ISBN 9789027269331. ^Ensslin,Astrid(2014).Literarygaming.Cambridge,Mass.p. 91.ISBN 9780262027151. ^"Alt+Escape:AchievementUnlocked".TheEscapist.23January2009. ^Anthropy,Anna;Clark,Naomi(2014).Agamedesignvocabulary :exploringthefoundationalprinciplesbehindgoodgamedesign.UpperSaddleRiver,NJ:Addison-Wesley.p. 192.ISBN 9780321886927. ^Rose,Mike(2019).250IndieGamesYouMustPlay.[S.l.]:CRCPRESS.p. 182.ISBN 9781138427853. ^Hiwiller,Zach(2019).Thegamedesigner'splaylist :innovativegameseverygamedesignerneedstoplay.Boston.ISBN 9780134873268. vteArmorGamesSponsoredgames FancyPantsAdventures(2006) Aether(2008) Coil(2008) AchievementUnlocked(2008) Warfare1917(2008) ThisistheOnlyLevel(2009) CrushtheCastle(2009) KingdomRush(2011) Publishedgames GemCraft(2015) CrushtheCastle:SiegeMaster(2018) Don'tEscape:4DaystoSurvive(2019) Waterworks!(2020) Thisvideogame–relatedarticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achievement_Unlocked&oldid=1041399343" Categories:VideogamestubsBrowsergamesFictionalelephantsFlashgamesPlatformgamesArtgamesSingle-playervideogamesIndievideogamesParodyvideogamesVideogamesaboutanimalsVideogamesdevelopedintheUnitedStatesHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticlesusingInfoboxvideogameusinglocallydefinedparametersArticlesusingWikidatainfoboxeswithlocallydefinedimagesAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Addlinks