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{{Infobox video game | {{Infobox video game | ||
| title = LEGO Build a Duck | | title = LEGO Build a Duck | ||
| image = Build a Duck logo + DuckAnim.gif | | image = Build a Duck logo + DuckAnim.gif | ||
| alt = The game's logo, showing the LEGO logo, the text "build a duck", and an animation of bricks assembling into a duck | | alt = The game's logo, showing the LEGO logo, the text "build a duck", and an animation of bricks assembling into a duck | ||
| caption = Logo and animated icon | | caption = Logo and animated icon | ||
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| genre = [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|Sandbox]] | | genre = [[Wikipedia:Sandbox game|Sandbox]] | ||
| modes = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]] | | modes = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]] | ||
| programmer = Paul Krough | | programmer = Paul Krough | ||
| | | designer = Simon Tschachtli | ||
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The ''Build a Duck'' game featured an isometric view and encouraged players to assemble a small assortment of LEGO bricks into a [[Wikipedia:Duck|duck]] placed on a [[baseplate]].<ref name="Tschachtli CV"/><ref name="rec.toys.lego model"/> The bricks available to build with were the same as in set 1551: one yellow 2×4 brick, one yellow 1×2 brick, two yellow 2×2 bricks—one of which had eyes on it—and two red 2×3 plates. The game was a [[Wikipedia:Java applet|Java applet]] and required a [[Wikipedia:Web browser|web browser]] that supported [[Wikipedia:Java (software platform)|Java]] to play.<ref name="Flavin Imaging"/><ref name="duck index"/> | The ''Build a Duck'' game featured an isometric view and encouraged players to assemble a small assortment of LEGO bricks into a [[Wikipedia:Duck|duck]] placed on a [[baseplate]].<ref name="Tschachtli CV"/><ref name="rec.toys.lego model"/> The bricks available to build with were the same as in set 1551: one yellow 2×4 brick, one yellow 1×2 brick, two yellow 2×2 bricks—one of which had eyes on it—and two red 2×3 plates. The game was a [[Wikipedia:Java applet|Java applet]] and required a [[Wikipedia:Web browser|web browser]] that supported [[Wikipedia:Java (software platform)|Java]] to play.<ref name="Flavin Imaging"/><ref name="duck index"/> | ||
The contest asked players to build five different ducks, each using all available bricks. Players could submit their | The game was part of a contest which asked players to build five different ducks, each using all available bricks. Players could submit their duck models, along with their name and email address, to enter a weekly lottery for a chance to win the [[LEGO Technic]] [[Nautilus with CD-ROM|''Nautilus'' with CD-ROM]] set (item number 8299);<ref name="Bigham"/><ref name="duck index"/> the CD-ROM included with the set featured software and animations created by Darwin.<ref name="Lego press 21"/> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The contest was revealed on the LEGO World Wide Web Site on 27 December 1996.<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck"/> The | [[File:Russian Kids also like to play "duck", January 9.jpg|thumb|Children playing ''Build a Duck'' at [[Kremlin building event|an event]] in Moscow, Russia in January 1997]] | ||
The ''Build a Duck'' game was designed by Simon Tschachtli, the senior [[Wikipedia:Software designer|designer]] at SPU-Darwin, and programmed by Paul Krough.<ref name="Tschachtli CV"/><ref name="Tschachtli portfolio 64"/> The game's contest was revealed on the LEGO World Wide Web Site on 27 December 1996.<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck"/> The game went live on 2 January 1997.<ref name="duck index"/> A few weeks after its launch, a page was created to list the game's weekly (later monthly) lottery winners (as well as the winners of the 1996 Interactive Advent Calendar).<ref name="winners"/><ref name="rec.toys.lego advent"/> Later into the game's life, some winners were allegedly sent US$100 gift cards instead of the submarine set.<ref name="tn.talk contest"/> | |||
''Build a Duck'' was featured on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Kids|Yahooligans!]] as one of its "Cool Links" on 15 August 1997. By then there had been nearly {{formatnum:11000}} entries in the contest.<ref name="Galapagos 02"/><ref name="Yahooligans"/> The game was taken offline in March 1998.<ref name="rec.toys.lego java"/> | ''Build a Duck'' was featured on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Kids|Yahooligans!]] as one of its "Cool Links" on 15 August 1997. By then there had been nearly {{formatnum:11000}} entries in the contest.<ref name="Galapagos 02"/><ref name="Yahooligans"/> The game was taken offline in March 1998.<ref name="rec.toys.lego java"/> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist|refs= | {{reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name="Bigham">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/prenticehalldire0000bigh/page/258/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources |first1=Vicki Smith |last1=Bigham |first2=George |last2=Bigham |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Prentice Hall|Prentice Hall]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus, New Jersey]] |date=1998 |isbn=0-13-618588-6 |chapter=Mostly for Kids |page=258}}</ref> | <ref name="Bigham">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/prenticehalldire0000bigh/page/258/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources |first1=Vicki Smith |last1=Bigham |first2=George |last2=Bigham |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Prentice Hall|Prentice Hall]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus, New Jersey]] |date=1998 |isbn=0-13-618588-6 |chapter=Mostly for Kids |page=258 |quote=Players who play 'Build A Duck' and submit the duck they built are eligible to receive a Lego product awarded weekly.}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="duck index">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |title=Introduction to Build a duck |website=LEGO World Wide Web |date=2 January 1997 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19970110035220/http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |archive-date=1997-01-10 }}</ref> | <ref name="duck index">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |title=Introduction to Build a duck |website=LEGO World Wide Web |date=2 January 1997 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19970110035220/http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |archive-date=1997-01-10 }}</ref> | ||
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<ref name="Galapagos 02">{{cite news |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r02.html |title=Pin the award on the Duck |work=[[The Galapagos Times]] |volume=1 |issue=2 |first=Laura |last=Kusumoto |date=27 August 1997 |publisher=[[SPU-Darwin]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Billund, Denmark|Billund, Denmark]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712075827/https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r02.html |archive-date=12 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live}}</ref> | <ref name="Galapagos 02">{{cite news |url=https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r02.html |title=Pin the award on the Duck |work=[[The Galapagos Times]] |volume=1 |issue=2 |first=Laura |last=Kusumoto |date=27 August 1997 |publisher=[[SPU-Darwin]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Billund, Denmark|Billund, Denmark]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712075827/https://www.spu-darwin.org/galapagos/gtv1r02.html |archive-date=12 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Lego press 21">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/press/press_21.html |title=The first CD-ROM in the LEGO universe |date=22 January 1997 |website=[[LEGO World Wide Web]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19970615092029/http://www.lego.com/press/press_21.html |archive-date=15 June 1997}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="Tschachtli CV">{{cite web |url=https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |title=CV Simon Tschachtli |first=Simon |last=Tschachtli |date=26 January 2018 |website=Atelier Tschachtli |access-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712052046/https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-12}}</ref> | <ref name="Tschachtli CV">{{cite web |url=https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |title=CV Simon Tschachtli |first=Simon |last=Tschachtli |date=26 January 2018 |website=Atelier Tschachtli |access-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712052046/https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-12}}</ref> | ||
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<ref name="rec.toys.lego advent">{{cite newsgroup |title=Advent Winners | | <ref name="rec.toys.lego advent">{{cite newsgroup |title=Advent Winners |first=Steve |last=Bliss |date=31 January 1997 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/dTbg79oe5vU/m/WF2Geuea6NsJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521002829/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/dTbg79oe5vU/m/WF2Geuea6NsJ |archive-date=2025-05-21 |access-date=2025-05-21}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck">{{cite newsgroup |title=Can you build a duck? | | <ref name="rec.toys.lego duck">{{cite newsgroup |title=Can you build a duck? |first=Geoff |last=Cole |date=27 December 1996 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/qFaYzkvKfy4/m/r9_JmAUSvVoJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520062425/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/qFaYzkvKfy4/m/r9_JmAUSvVoJ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="rec.toys.lego java">{{cite newsgroup |title=Lego's "Build A Duck" web page Java Applet... flew the coup... |first=Paul |last=Flavin |date=17 March 1998 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7CI_SUjPaWU/m/lheNR_KYXzQJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=01bd51cc$89f428e0$f58582d1@imaging |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520070227/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7CI_SUjPaWU/m/lheNR_KYXzQJ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> | <ref name="rec.toys.lego java">{{cite newsgroup |title=Lego's "Build A Duck" web page Java Applet... flew the coup... |first=Paul |last=Flavin |date=17 March 1998 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7CI_SUjPaWU/m/lheNR_KYXzQJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=01bd51cc$89f428e0$f58582d1@imaging |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520070227/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7CI_SUjPaWU/m/lheNR_KYXzQJ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="rec.toys.lego model">{{cite newsgroup |title=3D Lego Modeling programs? | | <ref name="rec.toys.lego model">{{cite newsgroup |title=3D Lego Modeling programs? |first=Gerald |last=Chu |date=12 February 1997 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/brdeZ0jAukI/m/wVHtdzAjPK4J |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520071706/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/brdeZ0jAukI/m/wVHtdzAjPK4J |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="tn.talk contest">{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: Gone again??? | | <ref name="tn.talk contest">{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: Gone again??? |first=Ed |last=Wensell |date=3 December 1997 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/tn.talk/c/hbOCmLUxZTc/m/XXc0liVVy28J |newsgroup=tn.talk |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521040819/https://groups.google.com/g/tn.talk/c/hbOCmLUxZTc/m/XXc0liVVy28J |archive-date=2025-05-21 |access-date=2025-05-21}}</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:01, 11 September 2025
| LEGO Build a Duck | |
|---|---|
 Logo and animated icon | |
| Developer(s) | SPU-Darwin |
| Publisher(s) | The LEGO Group |
| Designer(s) | Simon Tschachtli |
| Programmer(s) | Paul Krough |
| Engine | Java |
| Platform(s) | Web browser |
| Release | 2 January 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Sandbox |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Build a Duck was a web game developed by SPU-Darwin and published to LEGO.com in January 1997. The game was a digital version of the duck polybag from 1985 (set 1551). It was launched with a raffle players could enter to win a LEGO set. It was the LEGO Group's third web game and second online contest.
The game was not archived on the Wayback Machine and is currently lost media.
Gameplay and contest
The Build a Duck game featured an isometric view and encouraged players to assemble a small assortment of LEGO bricks into a duck placed on a baseplate.[2][3] The bricks available to build with were the same as in set 1551: one yellow 2×4 brick, one yellow 1×2 brick, two yellow 2×2 bricks—one of which had eyes on it—and two red 2×3 plates. The game was a Java applet and required a web browser that supported Java to play.[1][4]
The game was part of a contest which asked players to build five different ducks, each using all available bricks. Players could submit their duck models, along with their name and email address, to enter a weekly lottery for a chance to win the LEGO Technic Nautilus with CD-ROM set (item number 8299);[5][4] the CD-ROM included with the set featured software and animations created by Darwin.[6]
History
The Build a Duck game was designed by Simon Tschachtli, the senior designer at SPU-Darwin, and programmed by Paul Krough.[2][7] The game's contest was revealed on the LEGO World Wide Web Site on 27 December 1996.[8] The game went live on 2 January 1997.[4] A few weeks after its launch, a page was created to list the game's weekly (later monthly) lottery winners (as well as the winners of the 1996 Interactive Advent Calendar).[9][10] Later into the game's life, some winners were allegedly sent US$100 gift cards instead of the submarine set.[11]
Build a Duck was featured on Yahooligans! as one of its "Cool Links" on 15 August 1997. By then there had been nearly 11,000 entries in the contest.[12][13] The game was taken offline in March 1998.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flavin, Paul (22 March 1997). "Interactive Imaging; An Introduction to Raytracing & CGI with Java". Imaging the Imagined: Raytracing tips from da Vinci & me. Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tschachtli, Simon (26 January 2018). "CV Simon Tschachtli" (PDF). Atelier Tschachtli. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ↑ Chu, Gerald (12 February 1997). "3D Lego Modeling programs?". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Introduction to Build a duck". LEGO World Wide Web. 2 January 1997. Archived from the original on 1997-01-10.
- ↑ Bigham, Vicki Smith; Bigham, George (1998). "Mostly for Kids". The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources. Paramus, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. p. 258. ISBN 0-13-618588-6.
Players who play 'Build A Duck' and submit the duck they built are eligible to receive a Lego product awarded weekly.
- ↑ "The first CD-ROM in the LEGO universe". LEGO World Wide Web. 22 January 1997. Archived from the original on 15 June 1997.
- ↑ Tschachtli, Simon. "Portfolio". Atelier Tschachtli. Archived from the original on 2004-07-19.
- ↑ Cole, Geoff (27 December 1996). "Can you build a duck?". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ↑ "LEGO Internet Games Winners!!". LEGO World Wide Web. 2 June 1997. Archived from the original on 15 June 1997.
- ↑ Bliss, Steve (31 January 1997). "Advent Winners". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ Wensell, Ed (3 December 1997). "Re: Gone again???". Newsgroup: tn.talk. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ Kusumoto, Laura (27 August 1997). "Pin the award on the Duck". The Galapagos Times. Vol. 1, no. 2. Billund, Denmark: SPU-Darwin. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ↑ "Cool Page". Yahooligans!. 15 August 1997. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999.
- ↑ Flavin, Paul (17 March 1998). "Lego's "Build A Duck" web page Java Applet... flew the coup..." Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: 01bd51cc$89f428e0$f58582d1@imaging. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
External links
- Build a Duck on LEGO.com (via the Wayback Machine)
