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Show HN: Bubbles, a vanilla JavaScript web game

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Re: Show HN: Bubbles, a vanilla JavaScript web game

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Wow, incredible work! It seems quite novel to me and was super fast to learn and instantly fun to play! Did you consider wrapping it in a mobile mobile app to try and make a few bucks?

This is my “finally try to make something real with AI” project that I have yet to do. I have no native experience. Both for this and ehmorris.com/lander.

Re: Show HN: Bubbles, a vanilla JavaScript web game

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Agreed, perhaps it's easier on a mobile device but I found the first two levels after the tutorial way to fast using a touchpad and left a little frustrated :-( Easing into the difficulty slower sounds like a good plan!

I was on mobile and it felt like by the time I saw what was happening I was already losing. Very little reaction time available. I thought maybe it would be easier on a desktop, but I guess not.. maybe with a mouse instead of a trackpad. Or maybe the author is going for the flappy bird effect. Make it punishingly hard, so players celebrate hitting level 4. But I didn’t have the same intant addiction as I did with Fla…

Yes if you don’t already know where the bubbles are gonna fall it’s very hard to get to them in time with a trackpad. Although I play with a trackpad myself and can beat most levels.

I had a friend suggest a “course preview” during the countdown screen so that users can anticipate the bubbles without memorizing them.

Re: Show HN: Bubbles, a vanilla JavaScript web game

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In my phone, Samsung A14 5G, I have to touch screen below falling bubble to blow it. If I touch the exact location, it is too late.

Oh no. That will make the whole game frustrating. I actually recently made a change to try to mitigate this so I’m sad to hear it’s still an issue. I take the pointer position on pointerdown and pointerup, and do collision detection both times. Then I pop the underlying bubble in either case, giving you the benefit of the two possible pop locations.
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