Ben Eath the Surf Ace by lord

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made by lord for LD29 (JAM)
Websocket-based, multiplayer, motion-controlled, shark-frenzy, top-down action game. Control your shark with your phone to eat surfers and boats before facing the notorious shark hater, Ben Eath. Watch for the nets shot by boats, and Ben's spinning surfboard attack! If your score drops below 0, you sink to the bottom of the ocean and lose.

Chrome is recommended, and you'll need one modern smartphone (preferably connected to WiFi) per player.

Made by a team of Hacker Schoolers in New York.

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.48 191
Audio(Jam) 2.93 426
Fun(Jam) 3.00 361
Graphics(Jam) 2.83 572
Humor(Jam) 3.15 165
Innovation(Jam) 4.03 18
Mood(Jam) 3.16 316
Theme(Jam) 3.27 316

Feedback

Solifuge
29. Apr 2014 · 07:14 UTC
Hi, this is Vector from the Victory Garden team! (posting under Solifuge's account)

Aw man! I really, really wanted to play this since it's the cleverest implementation of the theme I've seen so far and the graphics look amazing, but without a smartphone I'm going to have to pass : /
daandruff
29. Apr 2014 · 07:20 UTC
The game didn't respond to my Galaxy S4 more than on touch input, but I figured out you left the debug controls in so I just used the keyboard instead :) Really liked the old style feel you got going, but you probably should've put more time in to the actual game instead of making it multiplayer.
stephan_h
29. Apr 2014 · 07:27 UTC
Hmmh. The procedure was bit frustrating. Adding to that the long intro and loud music.
Why no singleplayer?
I appreciate the idea and effort though. :) The blonde surfer reminds me of the Dude in Big Lebowski.

Can it be that you can control one of the sharks with the keyboard, just vertically flipped? ;)
Keehan12
29. Apr 2014 · 07:36 UTC
Pitty I could not play on PC :(
rorycooke
29. Apr 2014 · 08:07 UTC
I haven't played a pc game you control with a phone before, its a really nice control scheme
Pitoum
29. Apr 2014 · 09:20 UTC
Thumb up for the techs :D
Ludum dare are great to try some stuff like that! Great job!
baykush_figtree
29. Apr 2014 · 16:39 UTC
Brilliant!
I love to see that kind of stuff on game jams.

It took me a looooong while to load the controller, but it was worth it.

Kudos!
DazKins
29. Apr 2014 · 18:48 UTC
WOW, is all I can say. Even though the game itself was basic and not too much fun, the sheer innovation of the project won me over. Really great idea guys, Well done!
FREEZX
29. Apr 2014 · 18:54 UTC
Damn those controls are sick :D A little bit laggy, but whatever. I loved every aspect of this game. Innovative, fun, fits the theme, cool pixel art, cool music. Everything done right!
BigGiantHead
29. Apr 2014 · 19:00 UTC
Awesome game, I really liked the idea. It would have been perfect if the control was better.
🎤 lord
29. Apr 2014 · 20:44 UTC
Sorry to the people having problems with the controller! If you're having trouble, we'd love if you could post your phone, phone OS, and phone browser that you're using.
TeamEagle
29. Apr 2014 · 20:53 UTC
fun game, love the graphics, the retro sound and the connectivity :)

was a bit confused first because I held my iPhone in the wrong landscape apparently, so controls were inverted
Oddly Shaped Pixels
29. Apr 2014 · 20:54 UTC
Couldnt run it :( Im on Note 3, Chrome and Android 4.4.2
CMaster
29. Apr 2014 · 20:57 UTC
That's prtty damn cool, though motion controls are wonky as ever.
FGM
29. Apr 2014 · 20:59 UTC
Awesome. The game itself is little bit bland, but the control scheme made it funny to play.
littleball
29. Apr 2014 · 21:01 UTC
I love the tech, it's nice to see something new. Well done
Mnemusyne
29. Apr 2014 · 21:13 UTC
Great effort!
Crawler Studios
29. Apr 2014 · 21:48 UTC
Awesome music! Very catchy and fitting to the game.
elefantopia
30. Apr 2014 · 04:17 UTC
Amazing use of the phone to control the shark and chomping! Music is cool and the shark facts on the phone are a nice touch. Great work!
🎤 lord
30. Apr 2014 · 15:39 UTC
Glad you guys like the music! It was made by Jeff Fowler, who's not only great at composing music, but also crazy fast. -> http://jefffowler.io
mrhill
30. Apr 2014 · 23:20 UTC
Great innovation, bad controls unfortunately.
TeamPurpleDolphins
01. May 2014 · 21:36 UTC
This was amazing. Super cool idea to use a mobile as a controller
Afal
05. May 2014 · 15:00 UTC
I couldn't get the accelerometer stuff to work so I was stuck on the left for the majority of the game :/
would have been cool if it did work though :)
matthias_zarzecki
06. May 2014 · 16:39 UTC
Ha, love the title :D
udo
16. May 2014 · 11:05 UTC
Controller didn't work for me - page loaded OK, but when I hit "surf's up", nothing happens. (iOS + Safari or Chrome)
Moosefly
16. May 2014 · 11:20 UTC
Great game. The mobile control was brilliant! Great audio and fun gameplay. The sprites were a bit too simple. Anyway a good solid game, well done!

Joona@MooseflyGames