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Re: Show HN: Wobble Wockets – Mobile Friendly HTML5 Game Built with Phaser.io

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Post by aith »

unoti wrote: post #9

Annoying as this game is, its simple game mechanic is far superior to Flappy Bird. It's genius. If some form of this doesn't go totally viral, then it's way underrated.

You just made my week. The simplicity and purity of flappy bird was a huge inspiration for this project. At least half the time was spend getting the "wobble" mechanic just right.

Re: Show HN: Wobble Wockets – Mobile Friendly HTML5 Game Built with Phaser.io

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Post by joshdance »

ndomin wrote: post #10
unoti wrote: post #9

Annoying as this game is, its simple game mechanic is far superior to Flappy Bird. It's genius. If some form of this doesn't go totally viral, then it's way underrated.

please elaborate. what makes this superior to flappy bird?

You can actually learn to control the rocket by looking at the trajectory as opposed to flappy bird which is just trial and error.

Re: Show HN: Wobble Wockets – Mobile Friendly HTML5 Game Built with Phaser.io

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

I love this game - it shares a lot of the (re)playability that makes Flappy Bird so compelling. Great to see HTML5 being utilised like this. A couple of comments/questions:

- Is there actually a 'Moon Base' that I can get to? If not, maybe use a different narrative, because I'm being promised something (another level?) that isn't delivered.

- another vote for keyboard controls for the power-ups. I was very pleased to discover that I could use space instead of clicking the mouse, though :)

- a very minor issue: I think the graphics could do with a small polish. i'm certainly not the person to do it, i'm afraid, but I think the game could easily suit an '8-bit' style or some other reworking

Other than that, though, great work. I would happily pay to support your work - do you have any kind of account I can donate to?

Re: Show HN: Wobble Wockets – Mobile Friendly HTML5 Game Built with Phaser.io

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Post by unoti »

ndomin wrote: post #10
unoti wrote: post #9

Annoying as this game is, its simple game mechanic is far superior to Flappy Bird. It's genius. If some form of this doesn't go totally viral, then it's way underrated.

please elaborate. what makes this superior to flappy bird?

There's a much deeper thing going on here than Flappy Bird. The rhythm of it is more multi-dimensional. Flappy Bird works really in one dimension. This works more in two dimensions. Also there's a Tetris-like quality to it where the difficulty increases as you get higher up the page. It's also superior to Flappy Bird because there is more decision-making: do I wait for the wobble to make another cycle to make the turn, or do I rush and thrust now in the direction I'm going. Decision-making is what all good games are about, and this has better decision opportunities than Flappy Bird by a mile.

Re: Show HN: Wobble Wockets – Mobile Friendly HTML5 Game Built with Phaser.io

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Post by aith »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #17

I love this game - it shares a lot of the (re)playability that makes Flappy Bird so compelling. Great to see HTML5 being utilised like this. A couple of comments/questions: - Is there actually a 'Moon Base' that I can get to? If not, maybe use a different narrative, because I'm being promised something (another level?) that isn't delivered. - another vote for keyboard controls for the power-ups. I was very pleased to…

Powerup shortcuts are 1, 2 and 3 on keyboard - I'll add some instructions. I drew every pixel and I'm not much of an artist, so definitely room for improvement there!

Re: Show HN: Wobble Wockets – Mobile Friendly HTML5 Game Built with Phaser.io

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Post by unoti »

Now it's time for a multi-player Wobble Wockets, where the only way to make it to the moonbase is for the people who come before you to set up little outposts and blast rocks for the people behind them.

Also, is there a moonbase? Or is the cake a lie?

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