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novlrdotcom

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About novlrdotcom

I'm Nathan and I create digital experiences for a living. For fun I make games.

hurtle.site beakdown.fun novlr.com nathanhaslewood.com.au

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    Comment #49129259

    Yeah it's old school difficult. But I'm going to take the suggestion above and make the beginning easier for longer.

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    Comment #49128226

    Then share please! :)

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    Comment #49128224

    Thank you :)

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    Comment #49128222

    Amazing, thanks :)

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    Comment #49128217

    42,992 on track #665

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    Comment #49128210

    Just one week of constant iterations (I lost count). Just Claude Opus conversations, it built the whole thing. So it was HTML5 from the very beginning, but started out very crude a…

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    Comment #49128188

    That's such a great, fair point. I'm going to incorporate that one right away! Thank you!

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    Comment #49125962

    Good article but so obviously written by AI - has em dashes everywhere.

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    Show HN: Slope remade in HTML5 to load instantly on any browser, any device

    A whole free daily game served in under 100kb with no ads, lags or logins. The URL will serve a new track every day, forever. And I've added setting sliders so players have full co…

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    Comment #49101713

    I ended up adding controls for the sound effects and music at the bottom of the screen (so it's not empty anymore). Appreciate the feedback :)

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    Comment #49101705

    Nice one! Appreciate the support :)

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    Comment #49101704

    Hey mate - I've added sound effects and music - would love to get your take on it! beakdown.fun

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    Comment #49092803

    Yeah true good point

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    Comment #49091420

    Nice one! I'll follow that thread and create some music similar to that - appreciate it

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    Comment #49091410

    Thank you! Yeah on desktop there are three controls but I don't know how I could solve for this on mobile... Any ideas welcome

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    Comment #49090092

    Actually if you're still there (or anyone else reading), what kind of music do you think would suit the game? I'm thinking of adding sound effects plus music and making them two se…

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    Comment #49089997

    Nice feedback, perfect!! Thanks so much

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    Comment #49089992

    Takes a bit of skill to kill em - try dropping down to the bottom - they'll follow you - then get on top of them while they still have downward momentum. Or take out all the blues …

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    Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/Skirmish

    I used to play Joust with my little brother on the BBC Micro many moons ago and have fond memories of it. So when I was experimenting with Claude Opus 5 it was a nice inspiration f…