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Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
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Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#42Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
I don't think the controls are sluggish at all. Do you have an example of non-sluggish controls?
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#43Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
Thanks, I love feedback! You make some interesting points.
About input lag, I'm a bit surprised. On my computer the input is super responsive. Maybe it depends on the OS/browser? I'll have to look into this.
Gravity could definitely be better. I'll look at Cave Story then.
I have only 5 short levels, so adding checkpoint will make the game too easy I think.
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#44Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
Coins? Levels? I can't jump out of the first hole.
Jump first on the left, then from there jump on the right. And you'll discover the hole game!
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#45Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
> An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and reached the end.
The first time you see coins, the caption reads "coins are good, take them." Then at the end of the first level, it says "collect all coins to finish the level." I'm not sure how he could be more clear than that, and even if someone misses the captions, it's immediately clear after one failure.
I agree with your other recommendations.
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#46Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
> In general the controls are too sluggish... other stuff He made this in a week. It's a demo of what you can do in a week. You're reviewing it like it was a serious game. > giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN Bad critiques are. Yours is not a bad critique, I just think you're critiquing the wrong thing.
I don't see why having made the game in a week is relevant. Presumably this guy's goal isn't to never spend more than a week on a game. I interpret this criticism as "if you were to spend more time on this game, or if you ever make another similar game, think about these issues."
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#47Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
Thanks, I love feedback! You make some interesting points. About input lag, I'm a bit surprised. On my computer the input is super responsive. Maybe it depends on the OS/browser? I'll have to look into this. Gravity could definitely be better. I'll look at Cave Story then. I have only 5 short levels, so adding checkpoint will make the game too easy I think.
I also found the hardest thing about the game to be figuring out the lag in timing between pressing jump and my character actually leaving the ground. Windows 7, Chrome.
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#48Fun game, hooked me for longer than I'd have liked. :)
Curious why you chose HTML5?
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#49Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between being challenging and being annoying. Many of the level design elements could be classified as a "dick move." An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and rea…
> An example would be not making it clear the goal is to collect all the coins until after the player has bypassed some of them and reached the end. The first time you see coins, the caption reads "coins are good, take them." Then at the end of the first level, it says "collect all coins to finish the level." I'm not sure how he could be more clear than that, and even if someone misses the captions, it's immediately…
> "collect all coins to finish the level."
put that in place of:
> "coins are good, take them."
Re: Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game
#50can't beat it my ass!
http://i.imgur.com/xKTvH81.png
:) great game. i enjoyed it! very similar to super meat boy