Things to do while downloading?

[fred]

Got an idea that maybe somebody can benefit from.

People who are downloading my AGS game "Demon Day", are now presented with the option of playing a game of online Soduko while downloading. I think it's a rather nice service to provide, and would like to know if anyone else has thought abut these kinds of "things to do while you're downloading" and whether you think its a good idea or a pain in the neck.

Check it out:

Demon Day download page (the page as such needs a makeover soon, but at least the link is there):
http://83.73.63.99/freden/

Directly to the Soduko page (requires java plugin):
http://soduko.netgubbi.dk


Feel free to link to the soduko-page from your game's download site, but please let me know if you do so. Also, if you have other kinds of online games that people can play while downloading (that don't take up the entire bandwidth), maybe we can share links from our download sites?

[Mr Flibble]

Well done that man!
Now this is a good idea. Except maybe the Sodoku part.

[fred]

What, You don't like sodukos, or something else wrong?

- Fred.

[Mr Flibble]

I find them to be very gimmicky(not that they are new, but recently they've become a huge fad in the UK)  and non-entertaining. Maybe thats just me though.

[Corey]

downloading the game costs me only a min , maybe 2...

[Phemar]

Actually the game took quicker to download than the java plugin ...

[fred]

Ã,  Ã,  I realize that downloading the java-plugin takes longer - just hope most people have it already. Also, maybe the downloading time is a bit short for funny games now, but my next game will be a longer download, so maybe that'll work better. Just out of curiosity, did any of you guys manage to solve one of the sudokus?

[ThunderStorm]

I did not download the Java Plugin, but I found a java-free version of Sudoku at www.zeit.de/sudoku. I had a look at it and I knew instantly that this is not the kind of game I like to solve.

My answer of today's easy level was correct though. Couldn't stop.