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KeyBall

By ryan0788

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation1483.70
Humor2642.72
Audio5932.65
Overall7213.00
Fun7412.78
Mood9262.50
Graphics10952.30
Theme12872.43
Coolness156439

Comments

fussycashew 2013-04-30 15:15

Very fun game and neat concept! Took a bit before I was able to play it well, but I'm putting this one in the play later folder :)

tyro 2013-05-01 08:29

Just when you thought every Pong variant had been done, this comes along. Wonderful entry, here. Both a fun and creative way to reinvent two classic games.

snakeeater 2013-05-02 19:45

I win all the times, but I don't understand how/why

HelkeGames 2013-05-02 19:53

Nice game well done! Like the concept :)

loxo 2013-05-02 20:02

I like the game. Interesting concept, graphics and good sound. I think the game would be easier with the players at the top and bottom instead of left and right. I won multiple times by sheer luck.

aeveis 2013-05-02 20:35

Interesting concept, not sure when I can place the blocks. Would be easier if my blocks were on the bottom like how the keyboard is on the bottom of the monitor, the difficulty I feel would make a lot more sense then.

markavian 2013-05-02 20:51

No skill... so random. I think it'd work better if the key defences were arranged differently. Liked the style and presentation more then the gameplay itself.

stmatn 2013-05-02 20:54

Very interesting mechanic. I like it a lot. Its a bit hard, if you aren't a ten finger writer, but thats ok. Great job!

someone 2013-05-02 20:59

Bah, I'm guessing this requires java 1.7.
I should really get round to updating my OS one of these days. There are no 1.7 packages for my current version.

superdisk 2013-05-03 00:54

Fun little game, but the music makes me want to scream.

patrikspengler 2013-05-03 18:47

Awesome idea and good execution. This was very original. Music was great as well.

frib 2013-05-04 16:16

very difficult. I think if it was rotated 90 degrees it would be easier, but still, awesome concept :D

cosinep 2013-05-06 01:49

Good game, like the ideas. Thought the music was a bit jarring, though... I great to play an actually very fun game.

cakencode 2013-05-08 07:06

Oh wow this is so difficult! I wish I could get this going with multiplayer to go head-to-head against some friends :)

It was a real challenge to keep track of the ball and then figure out which section of the keyboard it would go towards.

Any reason the virtual keyboard is sideways rather than horizontally? Is that just to make visualizing it harder? Or simply because pong works that way and you just inherited that setup?

ryusui 2013-05-08 07:10

A clever concept, but so complicated to play! It might've been easier if my on-screen keyboard wasn't rotated ninety degrees.

ryan0788 2013-05-10 00:46

@Cake&Code At first I just inherited the style from Pong, but when I realized that it would be more convenient to play horizontally I was too far in. Also I felt there wouldn't be as much room for the ball to bounce between keyboards, decreasing reaction time.