Ben Eath the Surf Ace

by mr-tag
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
Ben Eath is an ex Surf Ace trying his big comeback. This dude is so f*ing COOL he even can control the waves!

How HIGH can you get? Be careful though: when you come back down and hit the waves again you should not be in the middle of a trick and your board has to be more or less horizontal to get the points!

Made in unity by Christoph (programming), Tobi (art), Dominik (programming), Patrick (art) and Patrick (sounds&music).

Comments32

MintArcade
MintArcade28 Apr 2014, 20:14
I nearly make an orbit - good game ;)
Wakka28 Apr 2014, 20:16
graphics are very good, especially the waves :-) I didn't really get the controls right: sometimes I jumped hundreds of meters high, sometimes only half a meter or so.
Dominator_10128 Apr 2014, 20:34
Another Surf Ace game? How can I say no!

Pretty fun! No idea how I'm supposed to make a good wave, but I got to a height of like 300 so there's that :P

Nice audio and graphics, too.

Overall, I'd give it a rating of: Gnarly!
Catmoo28 Apr 2014, 20:35
Really nice play on the theme and quite fun to play, plus looks awesome.

Woulda liked more tricks but of course we all have time constraints ;)
Lucariatias
Lucariatias28 Apr 2014, 20:36
Pretty fun, no matter what I did I didn't seem to be scoring anything, and the physics & controls were a bit fiddly.
Other than that, nice game.
cirpig2928 Apr 2014, 20:37
A very nice Game and a very very great interpretation of the Ludum-theme. Unfortunately I did not understand how to get any points (may be I play to seldom games).
lamphj
lamphj28 Apr 2014, 20:39
AWESOME! Fun game, good graphics, creative use of the theme. I loved it!!
Pietro Ferrantelli
Pietro Ferrantelli28 Apr 2014, 20:40
Great game ! I love the gameplay ant the graphics ! It's a really fun entry, I enjoyed it a lot :) Amazing job for less than 2 days ;)
SimonLarsen
SimonLarsen28 Apr 2014, 20:55
Really great job. The wave mechanic is a lot of fun and getting mad air time feels great. The announcer was a bit jarring though.

Overall really cool. And thanks for providing a Linux binary. It worked flawlessly (Arch Linux x86)
White Rabbit Games28 Apr 2014, 22:33
Pretty fun, but the control was a little difficult with keyboard
GertJohnny
GertJohnny29 Apr 2014, 06:31
Radical game! I'm into the art style for sure, gameplay felt a bit slow at times though. I was using a keyboard, though, I might give it another go with a controller later.
lord
lord29 Apr 2014, 07:17
Awesome. You made the same pun as us!
Xaychru04
Xaychru0429 Apr 2014, 16:56
Haha I like how you used the theme, really nice idea! The graphisms are cool, the music too, I enjoyed it a lot! :]
Afal
Afal29 Apr 2014, 20:47
This owns
Mekuri29 Apr 2014, 20:51
Had trouble mastering the controls, but did pull of a few tricks. I really liked the animation of the character and the waves. The idea was great, and the game felt polished.
dejant29 Apr 2014, 20:58
Nice graphics!
Snowflower29 Apr 2014, 21:21
very cool, love the name of the game haha.
It took me a few playthroughs to get the hang of making waves to get a ton of air and score points.
BrothersT
BrothersT30 Apr 2014, 02:59
haha. had to check out one of these surf ace games and I wasn't dissapointed. didn't quite get exactly what up and down did to the waves. if anything it seemed like they were the wrong way round. nice game!
edibletoaster
edibletoaster30 Apr 2014, 07:28
Nice theme interpretation. Looks pretty cool. I sucked at the game but it was pretty amusing
ande765a30 Apr 2014, 16:36
Nice game! Had a great time playing it :)
icereci
icereci3 May 2014, 11:34
liked it. It was hard for me to combo the jumps :)
gj
TeamPurpleDolphins3 May 2014, 20:47
Very well done. Looks quite polished and was pretty fun to play too.
Lyje
Lyje4 May 2014, 15:46
Found it quite hard to do the tricks in time! Love the theme though :P
MrBlade
MrBlade4 May 2014, 16:49
Really fun an interesting game. The sounds are nice, art is good, and the gameplay is solid. I really liked seeing my waves being created as I made them. I found this game hard to play with a keyboard, but it was quite fun and easy with a controller. Good work!
radmars
radmars4 May 2014, 20:42
Awesome! Reminds me of Skate or California Games :D
Rick Hoppmann
Rick Hoppmann4 May 2014, 22:40
This game made me rage quit ...
I failed hard to get any points. Loopings didn't brings score and when doing a trick using 1, 2 or 3 he didn't get back on board.

I'm sure it is cool once you get the hang out of it and I really like graphics and sound, but otherwise it just is frustrating.
recursor
recursor11 May 2014, 21:59
I never could get any points. Still, it was pretty fun. Nice job.
sP0CkEr216 May 2014, 00:51
fun game but I never get a score - awesome game - adding to my foavorites

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