How to Turn Google Calendar Into Space Invaders
Google’s April Fools’ tricks for 2019 were pretty funny. Not only can you turn cards into a Snake game , but you can also turn Google Calendar into a classic arcade game Space Invaders .
- To play, start by opening your Google Calendar in your web browser.
- Click the gear icon to open the drop-down settings menu.
- Click Play Game.
You will get a popup explaining how to play (use the left and right arrow keys to move, spacebar) and a pretty decent-sounding excuse to justify participating in the game instead of actually completing the tasks you need. make a list.
In the classic Space Invaders mod, the goal is to prevent enemies from passing by your ship (or, in this case, a notification popup), but the speed and number of enemies increases as you progress through successive waves. The more waves you complete, the higher your score will be. This version of the game pulls tasks from your Google calendar that act like enemy invaders and fills in the blanks with additional tasks with silly names like Platypus, Corkscrew, and other random nouns. Your laser firing is accompanied by a cute “Pew! Drink! “Sound effect and play” wah wah wahhh “over the ringing if the task manages to creep past you.
Although we in no case do not claim that this tool improve productivity, the game – it’s a neat little time killer with some clever details that step outperform most of the April Fool’s nonsense, which usually floods the Internet every year.