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Ben Eath the Surf Ace

By goerp

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Humor373.90
Audio1233.57
Theme5063.32
Overall6323.11
Mood6392.90
Graphics6483.02
Fun8072.74
Innovation11002.25

Comments

mess110 2014-04-28 00:50

cool name ;)

is there a way to skip the intro?

goerp 2014-04-28 01:12

Skip intro with 'S'.

pete_h 2014-04-28 02:05

Why would you skip the intro? :p love the music and style! Made me laugh out loud when he takes his sun glasses off!

clutchnachos 2014-04-28 02:32

That was just fun and hilarious and the best use of the theme

mess110 2014-04-28 09:23

I wanted to skip the intro because I wanted to try the game again :)

tiffi_gaming 2014-04-28 12:29

"S" saved the day. Awesome music sir!

ccglp 2014-04-28 12:53

Best wtf game of LD29 this far xD

hypnohustla 2014-04-28 12:56

Five stars for the use of theme. :D Ben is such a bad ass.

primaerfunktion 2014-04-28 13:48

Really interesting to see how many people have a similar idea. I guess this is like the third surfig game I've seen. And yours is just as great. Really like the art.

cr2crstudios 2014-04-28 13:52

Good music, that man is awesome.

dominator_101 2014-04-28 18:07

Good jump, fellow surf ace!

Not much gameplay wise, but humorous and decent music. Radical!

lars-faust 2014-04-28 19:17

Never have i experienced something more tense than those last 15 seconds of Ben Eath the Surf Ace very very slowly approaching the boat.

goerp 2014-04-28 19:24

@Lars: haha, sorry about that. I knew it was impossible to react to something thrown from just a few pixels away, but I didn't have time to implement a good solution, so my fix was, not having anything thrown within a certain distance from the boat. But now Ben is going with 3 pixels per second and nothing happens until you reach the boat.
I'll make a fix for that I think.

mactinite 2014-04-28 19:43

After waiting 15 seconds before i finally meet the manliest Ben.

burquitlambadgers 2014-04-29 01:22

Hah. Ben is hilarious!

ashdnazg 2014-04-29 01:56

Let me start by saying you've done an amazing soundtrack!

Your graphics are decent, consistent, and suit the humorous vibe of the game.

Mechanics-wise it's not the most original game in the competition, but I suppose that wasn't your intention ;)

Good job!

teampurpledolphins 2014-04-29 04:43

Really enjoyed it. Great work. Clever play on the theme too

gertjohnny 2014-04-29 06:36

I wish I could be part time surfer, full time cool dude.

aomeas 2014-04-29 09:45

Graphics, music and humor are great!
Well, the gameplay isn't that new, but it works.

larzan 2014-04-29 10:03

Haha, fun to play, love the quirky music and sound and grafix, neat! Great intro and outro :)

blazingfanfish 2014-04-29 14:29

Nice Game. Would love to see another Ben Eath adventure. :)

littlebluefrog 2014-04-29 17:16

Great musical score, nice art as usual and a nice short game to waste your time on :)

linuus 2014-04-29 19:59

Love the graphics and the intro! Audiodesign is also great! ^^

dejant 2014-04-29 20:52

Hahaha, great!

maffydub 2014-04-29 21:54

Great graphics and a very funny ending!

nonentheless 2014-04-30 10:40

Mustache and hairy chest, the only way to roll!

theholychicken 2014-05-01 02:57

Yeah the theme was totally asking for it ;D
I rofld the first time the dodging sound effect played.
And epic 70's audio!

papygaragos 2014-05-01 16:58

Timing your move is a bit hard, so the lack of a retry button is a bit disapointing, but the overall tone of the game makes up for it

tardowyn 2014-05-02 03:47

Wow...just...amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this! It would be nice to have a way to retry, though, without having to refresh.

frogcheese 2014-05-04 17:50

Okay, I'll give you extra points just for style. Short, fun little game with a really silly vibe and more humor than you can shake a Cool Dude at. No replay value, but still pretty fun for something made in a day. :)

hiku 2014-05-08 18:35

Simple but really great ! GG !

martin_monosys 2014-05-08 20:05

Cool game, a bit short! I loved the music, very fitting to the surf vibe...! ;)

loxo 2014-05-10 12:40

Great game with hilarious ending. I like the story, the graphics, the audio and everything else about your game. It's simple but the story and the presentation makes it fun to play. You even managed to build up tension right before Ben reaches the boat. I noticed a bug in the game, if you press the down key right after ben is on the surfboard, you immediately lose. And your instructions say to use the down key for the bombs and the up key for the knives, but I think it's the other way around. Overall a great game, sadly a bit short.

mase 2014-05-10 21:55

I'm kind of amazed that 4 other games used the same gag interpretation of the theme. Pretty clever anyway.

Endearing audio & voice work. Gameplay is perhaps a bit basic.

phocker 2014-05-16 00:30

that was kool - nice hairy surfer dud