Ben is the Surf Ace

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
I twisted the theme into "Ben is the surf ace". So in my game you play Ben, who is a very good surfer.

The game is really basic. It took me less than 5 hours to make it. It's made in HTML5 with the Phaser framework.

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Comments50

Pierrec28 Apr 2014, 01:17
The game is quickly boring (The difficulty doesn't seem to increase) but the pun made me laugh! Thanks for making this game!
StrykerKKD28 Apr 2014, 09:23
As expected a really nice game, although it's too easy.
miwuc
miwuc28 Apr 2014, 10:28
OMG I'm dying of cuteness.
Jase
Jase28 Apr 2014, 10:32
I liked this, very nice indeed :) If you wanted to make it a bit more challenging you could of limited the duck time so that you can't get by a streak of 3 flying things just by holding down the button.
borrismoose28 Apr 2014, 10:40
Nice way of using the theme. I liked the consistency in the art (apart from the score fonts) and could have done with some more difficulty. Nice little package for 5 hours work!
GagaPete
GagaPete28 Apr 2014, 10:41
Pretty solid game, lovely animations and a nice background music. As the others have said, a little bit to easy.
It would be nice if every now and then a boat or a island would pass by.
If you want to continue work on it you could create unlockable accessoires and clothes. :)
gikdew
gikdew28 Apr 2014, 10:51
Love that game, and the music is really nice ;), you are a good player! You should increase the difficulty of the game by time and make it more challenging though.

You did a great work with the water particles and the surfer sprite. One advice when using phaser, leave 1 pixel or margin in the sprites, because sometimes the bird has a white line on the left side.

Good luck with the ratings!
eldog
eldog28 Apr 2014, 10:51
Great animation with the wavy surfer dude arms.
rubna28 Apr 2014, 10:53
omg I love those gfx aah uke aah so cool! GJ!
j_peeba28 Apr 2014, 10:54
Super simple but it made me smile. I love how the music stops abruptly when you hit an obstacle.
Greg Power28 Apr 2014, 10:55
It is very easy, but the combination of the music and art made me super relaxed and content. I had peaceful fun. I guess that's the point of surfing!
tiffi_gaming28 Apr 2014, 11:04
Are you THE lessmilk? You sir are awesome and your tutorials helped me a lot during this ludum dare. Thank you very much and keep up the good work!
Katamori28 Apr 2014, 11:04
In 5 hours, it's a pretty amazing stuff! Not so much, but also doesn't make me disappointed.

Not a big deal, but definitely 5 for the humor-factor.
zebi24
zebi2428 Apr 2014, 11:09
A theme winner! :) Very cool graphics and music!
Btw: if you have down button pressed while you jump into a flying fish it won't kill you. ;)
Foofur28 Apr 2014, 11:15
Man this is so cool! Could play for hours!
madflame991
madflame99128 Apr 2014, 11:21
That's quite the pun you've got there. liked the graphics and the soothing ukulele song. I never imagined flying fish would be such a big surfing hazard.. what you could improve is the difficulty and maybe some more obstacles/events so that it doesn't get so repetitive.
lantto28 Apr 2014, 11:27
Oh, took a while before I realized you're the 12 games in 12 weeks guy I've seen a couple of times on Hacker News. Your work is very inspiring. :)

Anyway, I like it. The graphics and audio are very fitting but it would be funnier if the difficulty continued to increase. I got to 341 before giving up.
fserb28 Apr 2014, 11:34
It doesn't change much. But I was really happy with the concept and the graphics. Still wondering why the fishes fly.. :P
goerp28 Apr 2014, 12:10
It was fun to play and did get more difficult later in the game. I also liked the details like the seagull and the splashing.
Music fits the game well.

I saw your post of this game a few hours before finishing my own game. 'Damn' I thought, 'he has the same idea'.
And you have surf music as well.

I used more than 5 hours, but I had a lot more pixels (vectors actually). I think your choice is better if you're time constrained, like in a LD. my graphics took forever!
Jonathan Whiting
Jonathan Whiting28 Apr 2014, 12:25
The delightful animation and music really sold this.
rnlf
rnlf28 Apr 2014, 13:05
I don't agree. There is a slight progression in difficulty in the game. The distance between sharks and Piranhas (?) is getting smaller and smaller.

Super cute animations (I especially like the seagull) and the sounds are so authentically retro. Almost feels like playing an Atari 2600 again :-)

Great job!
Jeremias
Jeremias28 Apr 2014, 13:23
Funny take on the theme. Sad that you hadn't more time to elaborate on this :(
Ludusamo
Ludusamo28 Apr 2014, 13:42
Scattered a bit in my ratings. I love the idea, but it gets boring pretty quickly. But I love what you did with the theme and it definitely made me laugh.
hexagore
hexagore28 Apr 2014, 14:47
89! Killed off by chain sharks :) Enjoyed.
ezombort28 Apr 2014, 20:08
Haha, I love the jumping animation :)
pancakecity
pancakecity28 Apr 2014, 20:50
Fun, simple game! Nice uke song!
markusfisch
markusfisch28 Apr 2014, 21:23
I very much like the look and the simplicity of the idea. Nice.
xhunterko
xhunterko29 Apr 2014, 01:22
Much better then the first 'Ben' game I played. Nice guitar sound track!
hbocao
hbocao29 Apr 2014, 01:34
Little fun game you have there! I loved the arms swinging haha
valid4life29 Apr 2014, 05:04
Definitely a good little game! Although could ahve used some harder difficulty, i had a fun little play through! Loved the music!
GertJohnny
GertJohnny29 Apr 2014, 06:44
107! It would be nice if there were more obstacles, but still pretty solid all around.
xerohuang
xerohuang29 Apr 2014, 19:11
Like the swinging arms. :)
Linus Lindberg29 Apr 2014, 20:03
Very simple game as you said but nicely executed, I love the graphics!
dejant29 Apr 2014, 21:05
A bit too easy, but fun!
FatJoe
FatJoe29 Apr 2014, 22:00
Hehe, A game with the same word play as us, good job :D

I like the animation on Ben, feels good somehow, but the game is a tiny bit too simple. Too quick to master. Good job though :)
namuol
namuol30 Apr 2014, 00:20
Relaxing, until I die. Sorta like my game, I suppose. Also, 5 hours?! Nice work!!
cavf88
cavf8830 Apr 2014, 02:04
Nice game. I wish it was more challenging but for a 5 hours game is pretty damn good.
BlazingFanfish
BlazingFanfish30 Apr 2014, 11:17
This is good for 5 hours. Keep polishing your skill. :)
ovenchips
ovenchips30 Apr 2014, 16:13
Great job for 5 hours! Cutesy art and a superb game name. I'm intrigued what the game would have been like if you'd used the full 48 hours. The mind boggles. :)
mrhill30 Apr 2014, 23:19
I'm sorry but it wasn't really enjoyable at all. Good pun though.
ArthurMaker1 May 2014, 08:50
I raged on this game because i suck att this kind of games but the game was really good, Well done..
gettothechapel1 May 2014, 09:13
the game is fairly easy but i gotta give you props for the pun
Oddly Shaped Pixels
Oddly Shaped Pixels1 May 2014, 09:35
Nice little game! Too easy for sure but 5hours only??? Great work!!
SecondDimension
SecondDimension5 May 2014, 11:46
Nice visuals and music, wish it was a bit harder though.
Thorig
Thorig6 May 2014, 18:18
Wait what? Why are those fish flying?
Adrian
Adrian7 May 2014, 10:58
Love the game's name. Well done for that.
Like this game as all other games you made.

Simple but very addictive.

Just a little glitch on the shark animation, little line of blue at the top.
end3r
end3r18 May 2014, 11:58
Great idea with fiddling with the main theme. The game is simple but enjoyable and playable.
wschorn
wschorn19 May 2014, 03:50
small, cute, fun

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