Ben Eath the Surf Ace

by lord
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
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.

Comments26

Solifuge29 Apr 2014, 07:19
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 : /
daandruff29 Apr 2014, 07:25
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_h29 Apr 2014, 07:32
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
Keehan1229 Apr 2014, 07:41
Pitty I could not play on PC :(
rorycooke29 Apr 2014, 08:12
I haven't played a pc game you control with a phone before, its a really nice control scheme
Pitoum
Pitoum29 Apr 2014, 09:25
Thumb up for the techs :D
Ludum dare are great to try some stuff like that! Great job!
baykush_figtree29 Apr 2014, 16:44
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
DazKins29 Apr 2014, 18:53
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
FREEZX29 Apr 2014, 18:59
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
BigGiantHead29 Apr 2014, 19:05
Awesome game, I really liked the idea. It would have been perfect if the control was better.
lord
lordauthor29 Apr 2014, 20:49
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.
TeamEagle29 Apr 2014, 20:58
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
CMaster29 Apr 2014, 21:02
That's prtty damn cool, though motion controls are wonky as ever.
FGM
FGM29 Apr 2014, 21:04
Awesome. The game itself is little bit bland, but the control scheme made it funny to play.
littleball
littleball29 Apr 2014, 21:06
I love the tech, it's nice to see something new. Well done
Crawler Studios29 Apr 2014, 21:53
Awesome music! Very catchy and fitting to the game.
elefantopia
elefantopia30 Apr 2014, 04:22
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
lordauthor30 Apr 2014, 15:44
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
mrhill30 Apr 2014, 23:25
Great innovation, bad controls unfortunately.
TeamPurpleDolphins1 May 2014, 21:41
This was amazing. Super cool idea to use a mobile as a controller
Afal
Afal5 May 2014, 15:05
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_zarzecki6 May 2014, 16:44
Ha, love the title :D
udo
udo16 May 2014, 11:10
Controller didn't work for me - page loaded OK, but when I hit "surf's up", nothing happens. (iOS + Safari or Chrome)
Moosefly16 May 2014, 11:25
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!

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