The lights coming on were a nice touch. Perhaps the jet pack could have been a bit smoother - it's kind of either 'on' or 'off' at the moment - but then that might have been harder to control in practice.
I didn't had any sound when playing the game and the jetpack was a bit too fast for me. I loved the concept and the scoring system, it seems a lot more fun than a number.
You should make this into a phone game. It's simple, well executed and I played it several times trying to do better. Love the day/night cycle, and would like to see this developed a bit further with more variety, eg, different worlds, adversaries, etc. Nice one.
This is an awesome example of what Processing is best at- using primitives and colors to make deceptively pretty, interesting, and interactive visuals. I really liked the day/night switch, nice touch. It would be even better with high scores and some more variety, but this is a great job.
Very nice day night transitions. My only complaint was that the gravity felt a bit steep.
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Sheep12 May 2012, 16:32
Sweet, small game! It's a perfect game for something I'd love to play on my smartphone (if I had one). I love text the pixel set at the start of every game :D
This is cute. The physics are pretty wrong for a jetpack (I don't seem to have any "velocity", but it seems like the world is at least created in such a way that I can continue forever if I'm good. I like the graphics (particularly the disorienting perspective on the windows). The high point for me is when the techno beats come in at night time. :)
Pleasant little one-button avoider. As others have observed, the day/night cycle & lights coming on are nice touches, and it seems like you could go even further.
Although it was an unpleasant surprise at first, I was able to fairly quickly get a handle on the weirdly sudden gravity by thinking of pound-the-ground moves in platformers; perhaps if there were some graphical cue to this effect (maybe a small blast at the top of the pack?) it'd help to explain or get a "feel" for the rather sudden velocity change, but it could probably stand to be a little more floaty either way.
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andycbriggs2 Aug 2012, 13:33
Great game, unfortunately I lasted 28 hours... Perhaps because I spent most of the time trying to make music with the jump sound, great game!
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NB. We need a jet pack category. :)
Consider throwing this out on mobile devises. Great Fun.
Consider throwing this out on mobile devices. Great Fun.
I loved the concept and the scoring system, it seems a lot more fun than a number.
derrickdool: Indeed I consider porting the game. That would be more work than 48 hours though ;)
raarlac: Congrats on your score!
However there's not that much variety in the gameplay, maybe add something that makes the player want to jetpack more often.
Silly idea to use jetpack to avoid buildings :P
Hi-score 40 hours!
Although it was an unpleasant surprise at first, I was able to fairly quickly get a handle on the weirdly sudden gravity by thinking of pound-the-ground moves in platformers; perhaps if there were some graphical cue to this effect (maybe a small blast at the top of the pack?) it'd help to explain or get a "feel" for the rather sudden velocity change, but it could probably stand to be a little more floaty either way.