Show HN: Spiderdash

by standup75on 12/10/2023, 6:44 AMwith 16 comments

I made this game ten years ago without framework. It took my free time for months to develop. I find myself having fun playing it today. Maybe some will enjoy

by pockybum522on 12/13/2023, 1:17 PM

Extremely impressively polished, no framework is not an easy way to make that. Very fun!

I don't know if you're looking for feedback but I found the spider doing something other than what I wanted when I tapped more often than I expected. I think me practicing more might fix that.

The control instructions might bear repeating to help with that.

Really fun game! Really cool how well touch worked in browser on my phone.

by Dachande663on 12/13/2023, 1:12 PM

Such good flashbacks to JezzBall[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JezzBall

by JNRoweon 12/13/2023, 4:59 PM

I h a t e y o u s o m u c h r i g h t n o w.

Those leaves. I'm going outside to kick some nature, that'll teach it!

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This feels like such a clever and sneaky improvement over the classic jezzball mechanic¹. It captures that "I can just make it"-aspect perfectly, and has an incredible level of polish.

It all feels perfect, standup75.

¹ https://mattdm.org/icebreaker/ - a nice clone available in Debian repos and elsewhere

by KolmogorovCompon 12/13/2023, 12:50 PM

For once a web-game that’s playable on touchscreen! (Evn though sometimes it’s not entirely clear why that direction was chosen). I applaud that and the game itself (including the music, tutorial, menus and so on, very polished).

I went up to the level 8 with the introduction of leaves which their randomness and harshness made me stop.

by joshstrangeon 12/13/2023, 7:18 PM

What am I missing? This is all I see when I visit this website: https://cs.joshstrange.com/TPPHLPT1 I don't see any JS errors or failures to load any resources.

by brettermeieron 12/13/2023, 1:40 PM

Nice game, got lost a little in it.

But the time to try again takes a little too long, would be nice if the level would load again very quick.

by spapas82on 12/13/2023, 7:54 PM

Anobody that loves this, try Gals n' Panic (it was an NSFW arcade/mame game): https://archive.org/details/arcade_galsnew

One of my favourite games of all time!

by avelison 12/13/2023, 7:32 PM

Looks like it got hugged to death in some way.

by AdriaanvRossumon 12/13/2023, 12:48 PM

Love it, thanks for sharing!

by clinton 12/13/2023, 7:24 PM

Doesn't seem to work.

by Workaccount2on 12/13/2023, 9:07 PM

Tons of fun, Thanks!

by Hackbratenon 12/10/2023, 8:28 AM

Thank you!

by smusamashahon 12/13/2023, 4:08 PM

Very enjoyable. Tree levels are very difficult. Still fun.

by tonethemanon 12/13/2023, 12:54 PM

A lovely version of Qix from days of old. I used to love that game. Super cool