Reminds me very much of AdamAtomic's Flappy Jam entry [1] that was later cloned as a fairly popular mobile game called Don't Touch The Spikes
Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong
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#72This is a wonderful little game. The concept and execution is extremely concise but the thing that really sealed the deal for me was noticing the escalating difficulty by making the paddles shrink.
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#73Be careful, especially if you do anything commercial with this: "Pong" is trademarked by Atari. Fun game, but might need to choose a different name...
This issue took down PlasmaPong: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_Pong
Re: Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong
#74This is a wonderful little game. The concept and execution is extremely concise but the thing that really sealed the deal for me was noticing the escalating difficulty by making the paddles shrink.
Awesome, thanks for the comment! Yes first the paddle shrink, and then later the ball starts to speed up.
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#75Really fun and addictive. I would extend the screen downwards so there is a clickable area that is not part of the play area. Then you will be able to see what is going on better. Just an idea.
Yeah, on mobile my thumb blocking the paddle made it much harder, which led to me clicking the extreme side until I accidentally opened my side bars and lost.
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#78It's incredible how in a matter of minutes the game becomes so much simpler compared to the first times.
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#79Really fun and addictive. I would extend the screen downwards so there is a clickable area that is not part of the play area. Then you will be able to see what is going on better. Just an idea.
That's a good point. I'll see what I can do about this, thanks!
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#80And in 1 week from now AppStore will be full of clones.