neon fall by dlowe
Neon Fall
Test your reflexes with this arcade-style game! Can you beat our high score of 9 points?
The game was a close collaboration between my 8-year-old son Micah and myself. He designed the basic gameplay & mechanics, and chose the sound effects. I chose the visual style and did all the coding. The whole family helped with playtesting :)
The code is pure javascript, written from scratch without a framework. It seems to run reasonably well in both Firefox and Chrome on my computer (but not Safari, and almost certainly not IE :/).
One known bug: the green "bumper" physics are a big janky, especially if there's a huge size delta, or if you collide with them while growing. Consider it an extra challenge ;)
Test your reflexes with this arcade-style game! Can you beat our high score of 9 points?
The game was a close collaboration between my 8-year-old son Micah and myself. He designed the basic gameplay & mechanics, and chose the sound effects. I chose the visual style and did all the coding. The whole family helped with playtesting :)
The code is pure javascript, written from scratch without a framework. It seems to run reasonably well in both Firefox and Chrome on my computer (but not Safari, and almost certainly not IE :/).
One known bug: the green "bumper" physics are a big janky, especially if there's a huge size delta, or if you collide with them while growing. Consider it an extra challenge ;)
| Web | http://dlowe.github.io/neon-fall/ |
| Source | https://github.com/dlowe/neon-fall/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=25082 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 53% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.34 | 500 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.70 | 620 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.24 | 434 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.17 | 656 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.24 | 444 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.90 | 310 |
The graphics are simple but slick and effective, and the sound effects yummy. :)
A couple of times I had a red one hit me from above the screen, I think. Didn't even see it coming!
Really satisfying and fun game. Nicely done!
Fun little micro game, the bumping's pretty cool, I feel like the fall rate is a little too fast and it was kind of lacking difficulty when I got large enough. Definitely a cool parent-son collaboration though, looking forward to seeing more in the future ;).
The only thing I'd say is the homing physics of the yellow and red objects seem a little too overpowered.. It's far easier to get crushed by five yellows (and a soul-crushing red :P ) then it is to dodge them... eventually I figured out just holding left or right is the solution. :P
Still, it was quite fun to play... and runs great in Firefox on Linux! :D
Your son created a quite challenging concept for the game, and the minimalistic visuals are really great!
Congrats to the both of you for making this game! :D