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nicotine — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:46 MDT

This is a cool game!

If you mix Water, concrete, and sand, it turns into wall. Good for patching up the holes you blow into things.

nicotine

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Seiven — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:10:10 MDT

WAIT WAIT WAIT...is this copied?

I play "powder" here all the time.
[dan-ball.jp]
did they copy it or is this a copy?

they sure do look like the same damn game.

[en.wikipedia.org]

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JRock — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:53:08 MDT

I'm having a difficult time figuring out if this game is new or not. I wish a commenter could help me out.

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Masamuru123 — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:15 MDT

Yeah this is so incredibly old.
Fun but when people ate school actually play it and dont view it as nerdy in any way despite being a freaking physics engine u know its damn old.

Masamuru123

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The Red Comet — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:10:55 MDT

I've wasted so much time just messing around and trying to get elaborate explosions and waterflows.

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shimage — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:54:22 MDT

It has to have been at least 3 years since I played this. I think I wasted a whole day at work just doing this.

shimage

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Akmed — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:53:56 MDT

[chir.ag]

bigger version.

Akmed

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Tastier — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:04:57 MDT

I wasted alot of time with this 2.5 years ago. Classic fun.

Tastier

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Altima NEO — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:26:00 MDT

OE Cake is better

Altima NEO

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man in gauze is king ramses II, silly. — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:31:11 MDT

@Xagest:

Oh, of course! Thanks.

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

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xanxus — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:30:48 MDT

OLD

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Majpain007 — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:02:33 MDT

I hae just wasted 45 mins of my life playing this wonderful game :D

Majpain007

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Fuga — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:59:08 MDT

Laggs too much for me. :(

Fuga

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Karmax — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:44:01 MDT

Like everyone is saying PLAY POWDER GAME INSTEAD! It's way more fun, and has way more options and things to use.

[dan-ball.jp]

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GiantEnemyCrab — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:39:58 MDT

Damn you, Owen Good. I just wasted 5 hours of my life on this. Seriously, 5. I finally understand this "casual" gaming phenomenon.

GiantEnemyCrab

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Xagest — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:40 MDT

@man_in_gauze:
Salt water won't let plants grow

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Blah8 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:23:35 MDT

As others said, this has been around for quite a while, but that doesn't change the fact that it's fun to mess around with.

Blah8

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Fadakar — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:56:05 MDT

Hell it's so old it's been ported to the DS lol.

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TheCakeIsALie — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:56:03 MDT

Oh I remember that; this game is along the same lines, but better:

[www.notdoppler.com]

TheCakeIsALie

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SpearXXI — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:51:30 MDT

Too much fun!

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Mav — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:39:18 MDT

Hey guys I heard this was old, is that true? Confirm/deny

Mav

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A-bleeding-memory — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:11:52 MDT

This is incredibly old, but still fun :3

A-bleeding-memory

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Haniko — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:53:32 MDT

I played with this YEARS AND YEARS ago.
Get with the times, old man.

Haniko

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Ghede — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:43:30 MDT

And here is the original site of the the "hell of sand" game, A japanese Blog called dofiblog. [ishi.blog2.fc2.com]

This person swiped the concept and the title.

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Ghede — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:33:44 MDT

OLD!

Now that that is out of the way, Here is a clone, with more features and constantly updated.

[www.dan-ball.jp]

Ghede

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kuroturtle — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:32:25 MDT

@RandomHero48:
I have EvolutionRGB on my iphone also. Its limited to fire, water, plant and clay, but since the gravity is based on the accelerometer its pretty cool.

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Zosic — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:24:52 MDT

wow this was rather slow, I've been playing this game FOREVER! It's awesome though, I spent hours on it.

Zosic

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stereoa — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:17:12 MDT

@Coquiton: I came in here to scream OLD! But I haven't seen the gravity one. That's a good link, Coquiton.

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Shiryu — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:17:07 MDT

Oh my, my, my... thanks Owen, you have just turned my "offtime" during work into "The Hell of Sand" time.

Good thing because since I don't drink coffe, I ofene forget to make coffe breaks and am spartan like in front of my workstation all day long... very relaxing.

Shiryu

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Anto103 — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:09:46 MDT

As much as I love playing that my laptop can't handle it for some reason. Everytime I play it it bluescreens.

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p4ddym1607 — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:56:48 MDT

I got linked to this from stumble upon a couple of months ago. It is cool

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Tzibo — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:41:36 MDT

[www.piettes.com]

I recommend wXsand. You can download mods from the internet with

1) The integrated mod-downloader, but if that doesn't work, use

2)[fallingsandgame.com] and load the physics files manually.

Of course there are the basic elements too. This is wonderful... I like this more than the Flash-version, which is good too.

Tzibo

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spiderweb1986 — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:38:03 MDT

This game rocks, and so do the ones that have been linked to in this thread.

It might be because I'm a huge nerd, but these physics toys always capture my attention.

spiderweb1986

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RTW — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:32:05 MDT

Very fun game.

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BassForever — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:30:10 MDT

I really hate it when these games need an updated flash or w/e and I try to download it and this PoS vista doesn't let it work -_-

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z357x — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:28:42 MDT

I love these things. There are a million and one of them. This is one of the better flash ones, but there are some really nice exe based ones.

z357x

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Santa_Lock22 — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:21:08 MDT

I played this ages ago for hours. This and Line Rider are easily my favorite Flash games.

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Lateralus63 — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:20:00 MDT

This shit is addictive.

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Coquiton — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:08:51 MDT

My favorite one is:
[dan-ball.jp]
It has a ton of elements and is more free-form.

Also worth checking out,
[dan-ball.jp]
It has gravity in the middle, so you can make an planrt then shower it with meteors!

Coquiton

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Gambrinus — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:05:31 MDT

Powder Game 4 is way cooler. Has more stuff to play with and a blur shader for the sand.

[dan-ball.jp]

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onedayitwillmake — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:02:53 MDT

not to be "that guy", but this game is not made in flash.

Flash wouldn't be able to handle this many particles with physics applied to each one.

An easy way to tell in anycase, is just right clicking the the screen, no flash menu.

onedayitwillmake

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RandomHero48 — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:02:50 MDT

Lol i have this game on my iPhone

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goober — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:58:07 MDT

OECAKE is a also a fun little thing to mess around with.

goober

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VixDiesel — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:54:01 MDT

Burning Sand is my favorite. It has more elements and a better interface plus it can be downloaded and played at any time.

[siebn.de]

Burning Sand 2 is out but is still being worked on.

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Arahem — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:44:52 MDT

If you like this game, you'll LOVE Powder Game. Google "dan-ball", its a very similar flash game but with WAY more features and materials to play with. Its got all sorts of explody things, air pressure and wind, wierd things like ants and bubbles, magma, and lots more. All while still being updated with new things.

Arahem

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Tycoonalex1337 — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:37:41 MDT

You really didn't know about this flash game? It's so old, but it is truly great. I think I wasted about an hour and a half playing this once. It would be great on iPhone.

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Candlejack — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:36:00 MDT

@enigma89: Not if you keep your hands where I can see them!

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Sadgasim — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:34:17 MDT

Wow, a blast from the bast. I played this way back in high school.

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enigma89 — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:30:51 MDT

So, does drawing tits with wax and then lighting them on fire make me a pervert?

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Maleficence — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:26:36 MDT

Absolutely brilliant.

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Puzzle — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:22:20 MDT

@Inverse Logic: This is Java. ;)

Great game, I loved this years ago and I love it now.

Puzzle

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man in gauze is king ramses II, silly. — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:20:15 MDT

Oh, a few notes. I think this is the homepage:

[fallingsandgame.com]

As well as having Pyro Sand (the real name for what the other site calls Hell of Sand, which is actually a completely different game, with slugs and zombies) it has the sequel, Pyro Sand 2, which has things like methane and "Owko", which have...interesting effects.

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

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ohhello — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:19:52 MDT

I don't like the changes they made to the plant, it grows TOO fast in this version.

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Shad0X — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:18:05 MDT

eh, I remember this one.. I think I spent like 30 min once to play around with it.. xD

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Aethyr — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:17:18 MDT

Holy crap this is fun. I think I played this before on a jailbroken iPhone.

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man in gauze is king ramses II, silly. — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:15:45 MDT

Ah, I used to play this years ago; still do every now and then.

Plant basically turns any water that touches it into itself; hence putting a fountain over a plant will result in the plant growing up the flow of water and eventually choking the fountain itself. Also, any contact with fire will set off a slow (relatively speaking)-burning unextinguishable flame that eradicates any plant that it touches. Good for setting fuses.

I found it more interesting that wax will melt in much the same way (albeit much slower) and drip onto whatever's below it, just like real wax.

Oh, and speaking of fountains, make them in a U shape and then poke holes in the bottom for the greatest flow possible, and salt will combine with water to make saltwater; don't know about its properties, though.

That's all I know. :D

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

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BrinstarBrew — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:11:47 MDT

I love the theme song for this game

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sheeeillaaa — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:09:20 MDT

First played this years ago! :D

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Inverse Logic — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:08:29 MDT

Best flash game. Easy.

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TheExiledLeader — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:07:50 MDT

i found that laying a line of grass at the bottom then a line of water spout at the top and then letting that create weird bush lookin things then torching it all was pretty fun.

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