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

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Post by nargaw » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 10:22 AM UTC

I made this 10 level Game. Excited for people to try it. :) Stay Balanced :)

Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty
balanc3dgame.com

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#2

Post by jamesbond009 » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:20 AM UTC

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#3

Post by Waterluvian » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:24 AM UTC

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 up from bed just yet.

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Post by maremmano » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:24 AM UTC

I'm unable to go forward. I'm using arrow keys.

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Post by bitdivision » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:25 AM UTC

maremmano wrote: post #4

I'm unable to go forward. I'm using arrow keys.

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

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Post by kosolam » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:40 AM UTC

Nice. How did you build it?

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Post by udev4096 » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:43 AM UTC

Finished all levels without falling at once. Great game!

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Post by tromp » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:45 AM UTC

I lost a bunch of times on level 7 and then was sent back to level 1. Is there a way to avoid redoing completed levels?

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Post by paranoidxprod » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:47 AM UTC

bitdivision wrote: post #5

maremmano wrote: post #4

I'm unable to go forward. I'm using arrow keys.

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

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Post by skilled » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:48 AM UTC

kosolam wrote: post #6

Nice. How did you build it?

Looks to be React with Three.js. No GitHub repo but source can be seen using dev tools.