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Keepy Uppy

By paul-sinnett

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness365
Theme2353.89
Fun7002.82
Audio7722.33
Humor8391.86
Mood10192.38
Overall10692.66
Graphics12592.00
Innovation12861.89

Comments

jesse111 2013-04-29 04:23

Doesn't seem to be loading for me so far

jesse111 2013-04-29 04:23

Nevermind, there it goes!

gokuhd 2013-04-29 04:29

Very nice game, it fits the theme well :). Have you considered letting the ball bounce on the right and left walls maybe would help the player to keep playing?

paulsinnett 2013-04-29 06:52

I did consider that. It would make the game a lot easier, but it's difficult to know if that would make it better without a fair amount of play testing. I didn't have long to devote to the competition this year. The whole thing was made in about an hour.

paulsinnett 2013-04-29 06:59

Out of interest, what's your highest score? Mine's 25 so far.

kiwiboi 2013-04-29 08:54

Nice little game! ^^ as mentioned really fits the theme!

jod 2013-04-29 12:51

Well, defenitely fits the theme! I got 18. Would have loved if the noises you made on a succesful bounce would have somehow created a tune or something. It sorta sounds like that sometimes, but I guess it's sorta random, right?

paulsinnett 2013-04-29 12:58

Yeah it's random. It would be great to play a tune though. I definitely would have experimented with that if I'd had more time.

I did change the intro music. Originally it was just CEG but that sounded too 'final' when played and replayed. So I changed it down to CEF. Now it sounds 'incomplete' and the random additional notes carry it on.

qdowngames 2013-04-30 00:26

Haha fun!

paulsinnett 2013-04-30 09:30

Thanks. It helped that I stole a game idea that was already fun. It's a shame I couldn't think of anything to make it a little more innovative without adding complications.

exclamation_mark 2013-04-30 10:45

In theme, work, and fun (kinda)! Good entry, though as you said yourself, maybe a bit too simple.

megabrutal 2013-05-01 01:51

Very fun game! My record is 22 so far, and I had to practice a little to reach it. I especially liked the sound.

I'd be curious of the source code but I can't download it - it gives a 404!

paulsinnett 2013-05-01 12:45

Hm. It seems that the link doesn't work. But you can download the source from the game page. The link is at the top right of the page.

paulsinnett 2013-05-01 12:55

Okay, I think I have the link for the source working now. You will need a copy of Scratch to open it of course.

ariake81 2013-05-01 23:14

Great inversion of pong, why have i never played it before!! I like the idea of using the walls. graphics sound and gameplay are a perfect match for the theme. it reminds me of california games - not enough hacky sack sims out there!!

larb 2013-05-02 00:33

Very minimal. Simple. And fun. I like the title. :)

zyxer 2013-05-02 00:37

Well this is minimalism at its finest ;)
But I think I'm to clumsy for this game, I didn't make it past 8.

moomoo112 2013-05-02 02:38

using Scratch in LD, gutsy

tudd 2013-05-02 21:00

pretty cool!

I agree with playing a tune w/ the sound effects
maybe making it speed up eventually would be good?

paulsinnett 2013-05-03 23:33

Or maybe I could have the walls closing in :)

covenant 2013-05-04 10:56

I'm terrible at this! :) But excelente work, very minimal and yet fun!

paulsinnett 2013-05-05 18:56

I've posted an alternative web link because the Scratch web site is going down for a few days to upgrade to Scratch 2.0. I'll post about how to do that on the blog.

paulsinnett 2013-05-06 13:21

Done. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/05/06/hosting-your-own-scratch-web-player/

gamerespect 2013-05-10 15:39

Mesmerizingly minimalistic. Additional gameplay mechanics to make the gameplay more interesting would help though! Nonetheless, this is a very fun game :)

zkenshin 2013-05-15 00:07

Very fitting to the theme. :)

erunaamo 2013-05-19 21:21

Fits the theme all right, and it's classic non-computer gameplay I don't recall seeing in a computer game before. Cute. Pretty hard, but then it should be.

freezx 2013-05-20 18:05

Nice and challenging little game.