The 5K Challenge is back, and the final results have been tallied. The rules specify that you get no more than 5 kilobytes worth of web page to make whatever you want. As they say at the site:
The idea behind the contest is that the rigid constraints of designing for the web are what force us to get truly creative. Between servers and bandwidth, clients and users, HTML and the DOM, browsers and platforms, our conscience and our ego, we’re left in a very small space to find highly optimal solutions. Since the space we have to explore is so small, we have to look harder, get more creative; and that’s what makes it all interesting.
Or, as the poet James Falen has said, “Every task involves constraint; solve the thing without complaint.” Or more succinctly: shut up and dance. One of the highest rated entries is
Wolfenstein 5K, a three-d shooter crammed into 5K. Must be seen to be believed. On the clever concept side of things is the
Scale Model of the Solar System jammed into a long scrolling web page.
Rambles Blog at Star Chamber 