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Angry Nerds

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I love the "Cease and desist - Rovio" testimonial. Wouldn't surprise me if that became a reality since they're selling merch. Awesome idea though.

https://twitter.com/#!/RovioMobile/status/53582855015636992

Try filling out the order form ;)

Rovio was invested in by Accel Partners - the same group that invested $68m into Atlassian. There's a bit of a connection.

I can't decide which I like better, "In 80 characters or less, define a class object" or Chuck Norris jokes I've heard lately.

What happens if you fill out the form (for the lazy like me)?

read the questions....

The submit button doesn't seem to do anything.

It's a Google Doc, so I'm guessing they collect the data you entered, but that's it.

The Agilista

More process than progress. This dev fails fast and fails often.

Special Move:

Drops a jargon bomb on each level.

Priceless :D

That was my favourite too. Awesome.

Ladies and gentlemen, April Fool's day has arrived (at least in Australia).

Yup. Wouldn't mind seeing this as a real web game though. Could be fun.

But I'd really like the T-shirt. Please?

I'll second that. I would happily pay good money for that shirt.

Me too, the shirt rocks. Or please share the image in HQ!

I work there. Half the office wants one of those tshirts.

Here ya go, an Angry Nerds t-shirt. http://bit.ly/e9OESa

I had a lot more respect for this before I realized it was an April Fools joke. Why limit such creativity to one day in April that's just awash in the inane?

I don't think anyone here truly thinks that there's a time restriction on creativity. April Fool's day just gives us all an excuse to be a little silly, and collectively indulge in some light humour.

If anything, the day acts as a sort of prompt for this kind of creative work. It doesn't limit creativity, stuffing it into a once-a-year box. Instead, it encourages more creative projects that otherwise wouldn't occur.

Haha, I was very enthusiastic, finally a fun game I'd like to play. Then was disappointed when I realized it was an April Fool's joke. It's really funny though. Props for Atlassian.

The dev manager The most useless character in the game. Nobody is quite sure what this character does.

Can't agree more, :P

What I love the most about it is that I don't see any flash there. It's all HTML.

Is the "nerds" hitting the ground rather than the pile of 0s and 1s a part of the joke?

April Fools?!?

Now, I'm really angry... nerds...

Haha, this is awesome. And fairly accurate.

(Despite just being a good joke) there's something to be said about the link between success and product familiarity/likeness. The "success" being that it got all of our attention (300+ votes on HN). It's more than just a cheap trick; companies copy ("learn from") each other's ideas and UI layouts all the time.

I'd love to see the Nerds vs Plants mentioned.

My personal experience is that plants die when I try to keep them. But I can't decide if that's me beating them or them beating me...

The level design is a little repetitive... :P

Should have included at least one other level design.. definitely made me laugh though.

Also: clicking on the App Store/Android link opens the game in full screen in case anyone is interested.

The full screen mode is written with jQuery mobile.. it actually works pretty well on iPhone and Android.

Very cool - I just tried it on my iPhone and it worked flawlessly. About how long did this project take?

The game itself was a last minute addition that was hacked together in about 20 hours. The intention was to add more levels... but we ran out of time.

Ooh! I'm really good at this game!

After having to deal with Atlassian Confluence it’s no surprise I’m angry.

JIRA’s alright though.

The best Atlassian product is one they didn't develop -- Manual JIRA!

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Manual-JIRA-.aspx

The Offical Angry Nerds Shirt is now available! http://www.atlassian.com/en/angrynerds/orderform

Also, try Happy Owls. http://hootsuite.com/happy-owls

This is the best one I've seen so far today.

BTW, Angry Birds RIO is disappointing. I miss the pigs!

You can't lose. Lame.

The only way to win is not to play

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