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Pen is mightier than the mouse

First, I must admit something.  I have bad handwriting and I can’t draw.  Yes, these are sometimes good traits since I can test the handwriting recognizer but, it might not help me out with this game.

 

Line Rider

 

Line Rider is a fun little physics game.  You draw paths, jumps, loops, anything your heart desires and a little guy on a sled follows the path.  This is a pretty pen friendly game because it is basically ink-as-ink.  You are drawing things! 

 

At first, I thought this would be the perfect “ink-a-ink” example game, but I did notice an interesting quirk.  My hand shakes.  This is just enough movement to make the little guy crash at times, but it does seem like something easy enough to fix depending on the physical tolerances.

 

Best example:  Can anything beat a pirate ship?  Some do come very close, but this one is my favorite. 

Lindsey Noll | Windows | Tablet PC | Software Design Engineer

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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:55 AM by Tablet PC Team

Comments

jrankinen said:

Neat game! My son plays it and is a good application for digital inking.

Is the term "digital inking" still used in the Tablet PC world? A new time for this term could be "dinking". Just a thought. Tarah Mileto, a grant person I'm working with on the HP Tablet PC grant, just said it and I thought in was funny, but appropriate. I wanted to give her credit.

# February 11, 2008 9:59 AM
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