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However as pionar mentioned it was mostly for leaning (actually, it was mostly for \"shits and giggles\").",{"value":53,"source":47,"evidence":54},"Built for fun and learning, inspired by the Chrome T-Rex easter egg.",[55,58],{"id":56,"by":10,"text":57},"8782373","This game is actually a lot simpler than the one you link to. Just jumping. It was originally inspired by the Chrome T-Rex easter egg…",{"id":50,"by":10,"text":51},[60],{"value":61,"source":62,"evidence":63},"JavaScript","inferred",[64],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"8783107","swah","The art is great, but this is another example showing that javascript games just don't work that well, like not even close to old flash games.","unknown","launched",{"praise":71,"objections":96,"requests":135,"questions":147,"alternatives":153},[72,88],{"value":73,"source":74,"evidence":75},"Addictive and fun to play","commenter",[76,80,84],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"8788154","martin1b","Addictive. A little on the difficult side but very fun. Great job!",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"8782758","shaydoc","too addictive :-)",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"8784274","cgoldammer","This is lots of fun to play. My one Christmas wish would be to have power-ups that can make Rudolph fly.",{"value":89,"source":74,"evidence":90},"Art is great and it brings back nostalgia",[91,92],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"8782403","abuzzooz","Brings back old memories of Moon Patrol. Thanks!",[97,112,119,127],{"value":98,"source":74,"evidence":99},"Jumps are inconsistent and sometimes not reliable",[100,104,108],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"8782178","ztratar","Sometimes when I hold down space the reindeer jumps reliably and sometimes it just doesn't... needs to be perfect in order for high scores.",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"8782216","xs","I agree. Without knowing where I may land because my jump height and duration is random I cannot skillfully succeed in the game.",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"8783671","jtheory","On Chrome the height and duration aren't random... on FF they were mostly non-random, but here and there a jump would be significantly higher (up to the height of the screen. 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