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Show HN: My HTML5 Game for Github Game Off

82 points by binarydreams 14y ago

samuel02 14y ago
Nice game! You obviously spent more time than we did on graphics. It would be nice to hear what you guys think about our attempt: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4852549 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4852549
speg 14y ago
Well done! Can't wait to look at the code.
- dangerlibrary 14y ago
  It's HTML5, so you can inspect the code with Firebug or Chrome developer tools.
- wcchandler 14y ago
  https://github.com/mindd-it/game-off-2012 https://github.com/mindd-it/game-off-2012 this code, that was linked below the game?
fredleblanc 14y ago
This is fun! Really great work, runs nice and smooth on my machine. If I could make suggestions (and this should be taken as "constructive feedback" and not "I hate this"), they would be pretty minor: - I'd have the green-star progress bar be green to match the thing I collected (maybe even stick a little tiny star next to the bar to label it), and make the it go the other way. Right now the bar fills up, but I think of it as an ability running out, not filling up. - A collision sound when I hit something, and maybe on the high-score screen tell me what I hit when I died. "You mid-air collided with the red dude. It was both devastating and awesome." I think that's it. Really great stuff. Edit: one more thing worth noting, I know the music is just a loop, but I didn't find it annoying at all. It fit perfectly.
elssar 14y ago
Nice, love this game. There is a similar(very similar) game on my cellphone involving a helicopter, but without any enemies or things to collect. This is definitely much more fun than that.
forgivegod 14y ago
OMG. AWESOME. TYVVVM!
lukeholder 14y ago
You NEED to make a iOS version of this game. You will make ALLOT of money.
- phoboslab 14y ago
  Try Ejecta! It implements the Canvas API in OpenGL and is pretty fast :) http://impactjs.com/ejecta http://impactjs.com/ejecta
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  Are there not already 8 million games almost exactly like this on iOS?
- binarydreams 14y ago
  Now loads of people have asked me to do that. I am definitely gonna take a look at ejecta although it would be cool if some ios/android guy gets in touch with me. :) I need to do some research on this topic.
volts 14y ago
this is so simple and fun.
a904guy 14y ago
mit.score = 1337000000001337;
osirisnews 14y ago
Nice variation off of the Helicopter game [http://www.helicoptergame.net/ http://www.helicoptergame.net/]. Love the clean graphics.
1337Coder 14y ago
{MyScore:'1837';}
xmpir 14y ago
my score: 3554. it appears to me that the collisiondetection is of a different precision for different obstacles. that is kind of confusing...
joelthelion 14y ago
Could you comment a bit on the APIs you used, what worked well, and potential pitfalls?
- binarydreams 14y ago
  Only the Canvas JS API. Everything worked pretty well. Only HTML5 Audio is a bit buggy thats why you can hear the looping not being smooth. Plus loadeddata support is kinda weird in Safari. Apart from that it was pretty good, I am planning on making more games :) also I'll be posting most of the experience and information on my blog http://codetheory.in http://codetheory.in
  - joelthelion 14y ago
    Thanks for answering!
sophacles 14y ago
WARNING: This game is dangerous. It stole 30 minutes from me without my noticing. Play at your own risk. (by which I mean: Well done binarydreams - it's a cute game, and runs well on my browser!)
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motyar 14y ago
fishiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
gurraman 14y ago
Well done. Very addictive! Enough for me to decide that it's time to round the workweek off. I'll fetch an Orval[1] and immerse myself in the game. (the collision detection seems to be a little off, but it's hardly noticeable.) [1] http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/orval/835/ http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/orval/835/
- binarydreams 14y ago
  The collission detection being off was done on purpose to make the gameplay less harder - I have mentioned that in the description below.
epascarello 14y ago
Wow you can die going to high, that ruined my long run. Gravity seems a little strange to me.

82 points by binarydreams 14y ago

Nice game! You obviously spent more time than we did on graphics. It would be nice to hear what you guys think about our attempt: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4852549 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4852549

speg 14y ago

Well done! Can't wait to look at the code.

dangerlibrary 14y ago
It's HTML5, so you can inspect the code with Firebug or Chrome developer tools.
wcchandler 14y ago
https://github.com/mindd-it/game-off-2012 https://github.com/mindd-it/game-off-2012 this code, that was linked below the game?

fredleblanc 14y ago

This is fun! Really great work, runs nice and smooth on my machine. If I could make suggestions (and this should be taken as "constructive feedback" and not "I hate this"), they would be pretty minor: - I'd have the green-star progress bar be green to match the thing I collected (maybe even stick a little tiny star next to the bar to label it), and make the it go the other way. Right now the bar fills up, but I think of it as an ability running out, not filling up. - A collision sound when I hit something, and maybe on the high-score screen tell me what I hit when I died. "You mid-air collided with the red dude. It was both devastating and awesome." I think that's it. Really great stuff. Edit: one more thing worth noting, I know the music is just a loop, but I didn't find it annoying at all. It fit perfectly.

elssar 14y ago

Nice, love this game. There is a similar(very similar) game on my cellphone involving a helicopter, but without any enemies or things to collect. This is definitely much more fun than that.

forgivegod 14y ago

OMG. AWESOME. TYVVVM!

lukeholder 14y ago

You NEED to make a iOS version of this game. You will make ALLOT of money.

phoboslab 14y ago
Try Ejecta! It implements the Canvas API in OpenGL and is pretty fast :) http://impactjs.com/ejecta http://impactjs.com/ejecta
jiggy2011 14y ago
Are there not already 8 million games almost exactly like this on iOS?
binarydreams 14y ago
Now loads of people have asked me to do that. I am definitely gonna take a look at ejecta although it would be cool if some ios/android guy gets in touch with me. :) I need to do some research on this topic.

volts 14y ago

this is so simple and fun.

a904guy 14y ago

mit.score = 1337000000001337;

osirisnews 14y ago

Nice variation off of the Helicopter game [http://www.helicoptergame.net/ http://www.helicoptergame.net/]. Love the clean graphics.

1337Coder 14y ago

{MyScore:'1837';}

xmpir 14y ago

my score: 3554. it appears to me that the collisiondetection is of a different precision for different obstacles. that is kind of confusing...

joelthelion 14y ago

Could you comment a bit on the APIs you used, what worked well, and potential pitfalls?

binarydreams 14y ago
Only the Canvas JS API. Everything worked pretty well. Only HTML5 Audio is a bit buggy thats why you can hear the looping not being smooth. Plus loadeddata support is kinda weird in Safari. Apart from that it was pretty good, I am planning on making more games :) also I'll be posting most of the experience and information on my blog http://codetheory.in http://codetheory.in
- joelthelion 14y ago
  Thanks for answering!

sophacles 14y ago

WARNING: This game is dangerous. It stole 30 minutes from me without my noticing. Play at your own risk. (by which I mean: Well done binarydreams - it's a cute game, and runs well on my browser!)

deleted 14y ago

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motyar 14y ago

fishiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

gurraman 14y ago

Well done. Very addictive! Enough for me to decide that it's time to round the workweek off. I'll fetch an Orval[1] and immerse myself in the game. (the collision detection seems to be a little off, but it's hardly noticeable.) [1] http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/orval/835/ http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/orval/835/

binarydreams 14y ago
The collission detection being off was done on purpose to make the gameplay less harder - I have mentioned that in the description below.

epascarello 14y ago

Wow you can die going to high, that ruined my long run. Gravity seems a little strange to me.