Offworld giveaway: haiku your way to a free copy of Rolando
After taking part in Best Buy's ongoing promotion to give away a copy of Rolando with every iPod Touch or iTunes gift card ordered (which -- I'm not ashamed to admit -- I finagled solely to own a small piece of physical Rolando art), I've officially ended up with an extra code for the game to give away.
After a brief discussion with guest blogger Tiff, we've decided to give away the game in the form of a contest, so here's the rules: at any point over the weekend (let's say until midnight PST), send a twitter reply to @offworld with a Rolando-based haiku. You'll have 130 characters to work with, which I think should be enough.
Then, on Monday, Rolando creator Simon Oliver (@handcircus) will pick his favorite from the batch of entries, and vi-ola, the code will be yours.
Need some inspiration? Head over to the official Rolando site for video and screenshots, or download the free Lite version of the game for a taste.
Good luck!
[Note that, unfortunately, the code will only work for the U.S. iTunes App Store accounts. And, yes, deepest apologies that the @offworld account has devolved to a simple RSS repeater, I'll be working up some more creative uses in the near future. Follow my standard @brandonnn account for more active Offworld-related activity.]
Rolando home [ngmoco, Hand Circus]




UntoldEnt
#1 – 9:33 AM May 1, 2009
This game should earn some
copyright infringement cash
for Loco Roco.
Brandon Boyer
#2 – 9:43 AM May 1, 2009
Pretty much fundamentally disagree, see this for my thoughts on that.
Anonymous Anonymous
#3 – 10:15 AM May 1, 2009
come roll with some friends
in this weird 2D playground
some black thing ate you
theawesomerobot
#4 – 10:16 AM May 1, 2009
Aw crap, just submitted anonymously...
come roll with some friends
in this weird 2D playground
some black thing ate you
UntoldEnt
#5 – 10:35 AM May 1, 2009
Damn - you mean i'm not going to win with my lazy accusation? Okay, try this:
ngmoco RULES!!!
Rolando levels for free!
(i'll take that cheque now)
Brandon Boyer
#6 – 10:40 AM May 1, 2009
Untold: Ha -- apologies for my kneejerk: seeing the comment without linebreaks in the backend, I thought it was just drive-by snark and didn't take it as an entry. That'll teach me to count syllables.. consider both as entered!
UntoldEnt
#7 – 1:52 PM May 1, 2009
No - it was carefully-metred haiku snark.
"Haiku Snark": also the name of my next band (and coincidentally, my porno handle).
jhgann
#8 – 2:10 PM May 1, 2009
lazy king just snores
guess we should give him a push
wow, this dude is fat