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Re: Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong

#91

Post by inimino » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 9:02 AM UTC

lessmilk wrote: post #87

creakingstairs wrote: post #12

This was pretty fun to play. Half way through the game I realised this was like flappy birds but within one screen. In saying that, this felt more fun to me because the space between each challenges was bigger, letting me I feel like I was more in control.

Yes, I was definitely inspired by Flappy Bird for this game. I could have called it Flappy Pong I guess.

I came to the comment section just to say that I was surprised this wasn't called Flappy Pong.

Nice game!

Re: Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong

#92

Post by skywal_l » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 9:12 AM UTC

Laremere wrote: post #65

Be careful, especially if you do anything commercial with this: "Pong" is trademarked by Atari. Fun game, but might need to choose a different name...

Call it Ping then.

Re: Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong

#93

Post by emmaLe » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 9:14 AM UTC

It's really hard to play on the phone. At first I kept tapping on the links below the game when I focused more on the game and less on my finger position. After I got used to tapping a bit higher and not letting my finger slip down I got another problem: when the paddle was really low, my thumb would block the view so I couldn't see the paddle or the ball.

Re: Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong

#94

Post by Donckele » Wed, Mar 02, 2022, 9:15 AM UTC

darkwater wrote: post #81

heroku wrote: post #36

Source code?

https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/bundles/72f7c09a3e8485... Although nowadays if people don't see a GitHub link they think there is no source code available.