Pocketful of Stars, my beloved.
One of the things I tried learning when I was still thinking about being a web developer was Shockwave Flash, which eventually became Adobe Flash Player. I took a short course at a place called ICS Here, if I remember correctly, and I learned to make a few animations but never really did anything with the skill.
So I always used to admire anyone who was able to make complicated animations and actual games. Flash games were a huge thing in the early days of the Internet, and it was kind of a sad day when Adobe ended support for Flash Player. NationSquid on Youtube talks more about the death of Flash games. While Flash did present a few security issues, all I can really think about it is that it allowed so much creativity and it being discontinued has meant the loss of quite a significant chunk of Internet history.
One site that contained a lot of Flash games was Orisinal Games by Ferry Halim.* There are a lot of cute, cozy games on there with the most adorable art. I decided to check it out tonight and found that THE GAMES ARE BACK thanks to a Flash emulator called Ruffle. I will forever thank these games for giving me a taste for cute and cuddly art, and for helping me kill time in a calm, soothing way any time I was bored at work.
*I can’t be the only one who remembers Orisinal. Do leave a comment if you played the games too.
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