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Hopper

By aymes

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Audio1963.31
Fun4483.10
Graphics5213.07
Innovation6503.00
Overall6643.07
Humor7142.00
Theme7523.34
Mood8522.59

Comments

elscootro 2013-04-29 12:45

Nice game! I didn't pick up on the health bar the first time around, but otherwise, easy to jump into and fun to play!

If you choose to keep developing this game, I would love to see some motivation for the player to jump regularly and bonuses for pulling off hard jumps. I found myself trying to jump between tight spaces just for the challenge!

zerebruin 2013-04-29 12:47

Super fun to play! I love how you used pong as a base and turned it into a completely different game. Also cool graphics & sound.

zerebruin 2013-04-29 12:48

P.S: Highscore! (37) :D

jod 2013-04-29 12:49

43 jumps! Glad I made it that far. It took me a while to figure out that jumping was the way to score and that the bar was my health. But once I did that, it's kinda fun to try and 'stunt' your way through the mines.

Love the music! Simple but good!

maxgun 2013-04-29 12:51

Fun to play but moving on the left feels tedious as it goes at the same speed at the spikes. Also some situations feel a bit impossible (3 following spikes at the height of the bar).

tiffi 2013-04-29 13:04

fun to play! highscore 43, will definitely play it again!

aymes 2013-04-29 13:17

Thanks for comments so far guys! Lovely to see you found it fun, and it's quite tempting to keep developing it!

Btw, my highscore so far is 73! I'm sure someone can smash that though ;)

charlesboury 2013-04-29 13:26

Highscore = 52 jumps !
Am I the best here ?

Also, as @MaxguN said, it feels very tedious to move left and right. I would very much move faster !
It reminded me of jumping in World of Warcraft. You jump for nothing, but you give yourself rules and you have fun.

qgi 2013-04-29 15:48

Nice and juicy gameplay. Great visual fx and nice audio.

thirteenwb 2013-04-29 17:11

This was surprisingly simple and fun, also loved the audio.
A respectable 50 points on my second attempt.
Nice game :)

orni 2013-04-30 08:30

you made some excellent game design decisions - for example the shrinking platform representing your life (although it would be even better if you could move it independently from the ball - so you wouldn't loose the game because of some mechanic, but because it's way harder to catch the ball with a small platform)

the music was really amazing, I wish I could do music this good

fun game, I liked it
well done

cherrynukacola 2013-04-30 08:31

Very cute. ^_^

hypnohustla 2013-04-30 10:50

This is nice. :) Loved the fact that you managed to mix the gameplay elements, like the paddle/lifebar, jumping/scoring. And the music fitted the game very well, very good job on that department.

meta87 2013-04-30 11:23

Some neat concepts good job!

grambler1 2013-04-30 16:41

I got 77 on my second attempt. Fun & challenging game, it kept me entertained for a couple of minutes. (;

galman 2013-05-01 11:49

Nice game idea, played it for a while and my high score is 38! Well done :)

bumpkinrich 2013-05-01 13:53

Great idea. Got 43 once I realized that you can 'cheat' and jump during the tutorial.

Looks pretty too.

aymes 2013-05-01 15:05

Thanks again everyone, all comments are totally welcome. I'm working on this more post-compo and hope to have an improved version up and running soon :)

lotusgame 2013-05-07 09:58

A nice begining but not correctly balanced. I did not jump for 1mn, then i died quickly without any escape solution. By the way, i really like the size of the paddle showing your life ;)

miharbi 2013-05-11 09:53

fun game. Loved how the bat represented your healthbar, very minimalist. Also, the music was incredible, I really loved it a lot. Nice Work.

sebastian 2013-05-11 09:56

Neat idea and I love the way the health is represented. Excellent soundtrack!

foyosoft 2013-05-11 19:44

41 jumps! The placement of the spikey things seemed a little too random, but it's a fun game none the less.

finefin 2013-05-12 15:44

hehe the idea of merging the paddle and the health bar is genius!

johnnysix 2013-05-14 00:18

Nice concept, easy to pick up, hard to master. A little acceleration on the bat, especially going backwards relative to the mines would be cool.

alwaysinbeta 2013-05-14 13:16

Fun game. Nice idea with the paddle.

brassawiking 2013-05-19 16:13

Combos and tricks would make it more interesting, instead of just trying to survive.