Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/Skirmish

Post by novlrdotcom » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

smartBean wrote: post #9

I spent many hours playing Joust/Skirmish with my brother on our BBC B. This is a very nice interpretation. The mobile controls are good. One tiny nitpick, and to be honest I don’t know how you’d solve this for mobile, is that on the original you had 3 controls - left, right and flap. On this version there is just flap left and flap right, which completely makes sense for mobile. I miss the ability to hover though, w…

Post by novlrdotcom » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC

JohnJohnson123 wrote: post #8

novlrdotcom wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually if you're still there (or anyone else reading), what kind of music do you think would suit the game? I'm thinking of adding sound effects plus music and making them two separate toggles the players can choose to have on or off.

I'm not too sure on the music - but Flappy Bird is probably a good inspiration for some of the sound effects! I'd make the music not relatively low key/not too intense

Post by jmpavlec » Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC

novlrdotcom wrote: post #11

smartBean wrote: post #9

I spent many hours playing Joust/Skirmish with my brother on our BBC B. This is a very nice interpretation. The mobile controls are good. One tiny nitpick, and to be honest I don’t know how you’d solve this for mobile, is that on the original you had 3 controls - left, right and flap. On this version there is just flap left and flap right, which completely makes sense for mobile. I miss the ability to hover though, w…

Thank you! Yeah on desktop there are three controls but I don't know how I could solve for this on mobile... Any ideas welcome

Post by dinuka_jay » Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 6:14 AM UTC

Post by novlrdotcom » Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC

dinuka_jay wrote: post #17

Played this for a solid 10 minutes very addictive lol nice work!