The indie gaming site TIGSource has uncovered another fascinating home coding project. The Design is an abstract shoot-'em-up set on... a design document. Players must shoot at squares while negotiating between lines of code - the blocks can only be shot while they're white, once they turn red, they repel your bullets back at your avatar. It's simple stuff, but just look at that screenshot, a work of minimalist brilliance.
PC owners can download it here. Give it a go if Gears of War has made your eyes hurt over Christmas.
Actually, if you need more of this sort of thing you should also check out Gravitron - a space shooter from Castle Software that harks back to inertia classics like Thrust and Oids. It's 2007, but let's just pretend it's 1987 for a few minutes.
