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What's the deal with this new UNIKONG game on Stack Overflow?

Is it some sort of ad? Is it just for fun?

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    April Fool's thing. SO does something quirky every year. Last year it was stackegg Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:45
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    @ryanyuyu - Yeah, I keep forgetting that Stack Overflow is in a different time zone. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:48
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    It's actually an ad for Careers. You'll need to use Careers if your current boss catches you playing it Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:49
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    @BSMP technically, SO runs on UTC; however, we try to do "is it that day anywhere?". As a bonus: that means you get nearly 2 days, yay! Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:51
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    It's an advertisement for selling unicorns. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:54
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    For awhile I wasn't sure which end of the unicorn the flaming piles were coming out of... Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:57
  • WOMP. WOMP. And it isn't even April 1 yet. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:07
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    @MrLister - it is. Somewhere on this planet. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:08
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    OK, just one serious question. Can you make the game start with the sound off, please? Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:11
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    Oh goodness, it is April Fools Day again. Completely forgot Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:36
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    @MrLister Turn it off once and the setting will persist (per browser, assuming local storage is supported). Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:42
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    The important question is: can I get a badge for getting a certain score in the game? Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 22:16
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    it's really a tool for us to track which employees don't work. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 23:21
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    Last time StackEgg and this time UNIKONG Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 7:21
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    Hope next time you make more interesting and challenging game. this one was disappointing Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 13:21

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We bought a game studio to diversify our income stream. Keep playing. For the love of all that is good, KEEP PLAYING!

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    Pfff, if you guys were serious about income, you'd let me buy rep. IE, The Candy Crush revenue model. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 18:56
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    Awesome game Jon! Thanks for that, it reminds me of my childhood days ... The bug reports have started though, So you will have 2 days of additional work :P Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:36
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    Careful @meagar, soon we'll have to buy rep in order to comment more than once an hour. Rep that we'd have to spend... to get more comment tokens. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:36
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    @CubeJockey Yeah, but you can get bonus comment tokens by sending invites to your Facebook friends Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:55
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    @Thriggle I think that's the true plan of growth for the Developer Story project. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:57
  • What's with all the high scores? My initial play and then 1 logged per death? i.imgur.com/hKUrHXp.png Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 20:35
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    Hi, love the game, but I can't find the DLC store. Please help. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 22:22
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    @acbabis Blocked by our legal department. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 22:25
  • Two words: Rep Mining Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 23:01
  • Unicorns are a start, but these days all good indie game business models are founded on goats. Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 1:11
  • @JonEricson is this highscores are real? Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 4:29
  • If Only Rep can be mined like that of a bitcoin miner Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 11:54
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It's an April Fool's Day joke. Stack Overflow has one every year. My personal favorite were the unicoins.

Note that this is shown to everyone, even those in time zones where it is still March 31st.

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    No, it's serious business. Very serious. Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:18
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    @Haney I take April Fool's Day very seriously. Perhaps the word "joke" was misused, as English isn't my native language. I believe it's just lost in translation - can you suggest a better phrasing for "critical business endeavor"? Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 19:26
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    It's mildly annoying, and not funny at all, when SO tries to be funny. Feel free to vote this up if you agree. Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 11:56
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    @JoeBlow, unwind a little. Try to have fun/ Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 12:02
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    Well, I liked it. I've always wanted to pretend I was Jon Skeet battling with a mean-tempered unicorn. Achievement unlocked. Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 12:34
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    @JoeBlow Actually, I found this year's April Fool rather tame, and that's entirely because they've made it deliberately extremely innocuous. It's basically a small advert in the side panel which will disappear after 24 hours or so, and you're still complaining that they're having too much fun. :( Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 15:09
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    @JoeBlow Or perhaps it's because you just "Blow," Joe. Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 16:47
  • @OneHoopyFrood which one, his life or his "job"? Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 11:56

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