When you're a web designer, lunch breaks are often spent in front of the computer, trying to catch up with admin work, or putting the finishing touch to a project you just can't keep your hands off. Lunch breaks, in short, often aren't lunch breaks. But sometimes there really is nothing that needs to be fiddled with; no urgent emails to be sent, no tests to be run. So these can be spent outside, in the fresh air and sunshine, right? Right! But wait a minute… this is England, isn't it? Although now it seems summer is making an early appearance, a month or two ago we could expect gloomy skies, light, chilling drizzle and occasionally, rain 17. We are therefore indebted to Super Tux Kart, a free, open-source game for providing some light amusement (and of course moments of extreme frustration) between that still period between 1pm and half-past. Such was our gratitude that when we saw 'Webmaster needed' on their news page, we stepped up to help. The STK site was functional, but lacking a little pizazz, the feeling that this was the website of a game.

There was however, a compromise to be met. The site runs on MediaWiki, (the same software used by Wikipedia) and is, in spirit, a platform for developer discussion and formal articles about the game's development. Thus the site had to provide a wide, clean space for article text and pictures while keeping a friendly appearance for visitors who came to learn about and download the game. We think the end result is quite pleasing, but, perfectionists that we are, we'll be listening for community feedback and will be on hand to make any tweaks that the users might like to see.

If you're having trouble finding things to do in your lunch break, may I suggest burning rubber round over 20 tracks with the choice of more than 10 different characters? Go check it out!