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

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

When you put Smartphone upside down, the ball will fall up

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

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Post by andai » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:15 PM UTC

skilled wrote: post #10

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.

Three.js games run fine on my old phone. Even with physics! Buttery smooth.

React games however (even 2D ones) are a slideshow.

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Post by otteromkram » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:15 PM UTC

tromp wrote: post #8

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?

Get better, then you won't have to redo any of them ;-)

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Post by oxcabe » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:17 PM UTC

Cool game!

Level 9 made me realize there's some inner dread deep within me when it's about playing web-based games with mazes.

Especially for those where you can fall off the path.

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Post by M4v3R » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:18 PM UTC

One of the first big games on the original iPhone after the App Store was shipped was “super Monkey Ball”, a port of a popular console franchise. It was basically this but with fancier graphics, many more levels and mechanics and cute characters. I remember being amazed how well it worked with the phone’s accelerometer and how good it looked back then. Hard to believe that was ~15 years ago already.

[0] https://supermonkeyball.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Monkey_Ball_(i...

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

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Post by joshstrange » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:25 PM UTC

It doesn’t have a privation aspect but if you like games like this you might want to check out “Road to Ballhala” [0]. I haven’t completed it yet but I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit. The “dialog” is very well done.

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/425410/Road_to_Ballhalla/

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

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Post by georges_gomes » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:30 PM UTC

A leaderboard for speed runners would be interesting :)

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Post by georges_gomes » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:31 PM UTC

The keyboard controls are particularly satisfying. Well done.

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Post by sen » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:32 PM UTC

Marble Madness vibes. One of my favorite nostalgia games.

I think having 3 lives per level with it resetting just that level might be better for starters, then the 3 lives for the entire game being a “hard mode”.

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Post by lovegrenoble » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 12:45 PM UTC

In zoom meetings, I prefer this one, based on "Knot Theory": https://brainteaser.top/knot/

Not sure I learned anything about Knot Theory from playing this, but that was fun.