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paranoidxprod wrote: post #9

bitdivision wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's accelerometer based, though arrow keys do seem to work for me on Chrome / Linux

Arrow keys also seem to work on Firefox 126 Beta / Linux for me

Yeah, the arrow keys also work on IE4 in Win98. No accelerometer though.

Re: Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty

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Post by logrot » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:02 PM UTC

I like it!

Unsolicited improvement suggestion: When I finish a level, let me see how well I did compared to others.

Re: Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty

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Post by logrot » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:03 PM UTC

luplex wrote: post #11

Didn't work on Brave on Android, but it did work on Chrome :) Kind of fun

And Firefox

Re: Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty

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Post by wanttosheeddp » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:06 PM UTC

I did it with arrow keys on desktop. Got lost 2 lives at level 9 and got frustrated so I hit full throttle ahead and basically bounced over all of the gaps. Then on mobile got to level 5. Cool! Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty

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Post by ReptileMan » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:07 PM UTC

this has the feel of an old game called Ballance ... it was amazing and begging for level editor.

Amazing job.

Re: Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty

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Post by andrelaszlo » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:09 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #3

Very cool! An issue I immediately had is that it seems to be coded for a horizontal plane being zero. This means I must hold my phone looking down at it, which isn’t how I want to hold my phone. One idea is to sample orientation for a little bit at start, then consider the average to be zero. Then have a button that zeroes motion to whatever it currently is as a backup. That way I can play your game without getting u…

My neutral position is tilting away from me, even. Not ideal but fun game either way. Reminds me of Oxyd: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyd (I've only played the nineties mac version)