Surface Tension

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
A game about skipping rocks, or not letting the stone go 'beneath the surface'.

press 'up' as the stone hits the water to skip.
press F4 on the home screen to reset high scores.
press F1 to toggle fullscreen

Genres: action

Comments27

Redream28 Apr 2014, 07:31
Simple, but effective and fun to play :) I got a score of 974.
Druid
Druid28 Apr 2014, 11:42
Pretty relaxing game :)
lief28 Apr 2014, 12:04
this is my favorite game so far. beautiful pixels, atmosphere and style. a game, distilled.
Reinkout28 Apr 2014, 13:12
This was great, imagine that a guy throwing rocks could be this much fun!
allurious
allurious28 Apr 2014, 13:12
Loved this!! It's simple but pretty addictive and relaxing. The graphics were nice and loved the ambient soundtrack-- great job!
zedutchgandalf
zedutchgandalf28 Apr 2014, 13:13
This is a simple, beautiful game. I felt like an idiot after waiting for twenty seconds at the start because I thought something was going to happen (because of the "Press UP to skip") :P
darkflamejam
darkflamejam28 Apr 2014, 13:13
Simple, Fun, Releaxing. Brilliant game!
Jools6428 Apr 2014, 13:15
Very atmospheric and relaxing game. I really like it. The graphics where beautiful and the sounds fit the game perfectly. The game-play was a little simple but solid.

Great work!
GagaPete
GagaPete28 Apr 2014, 21:30
Very polished game, after playing a bunch of minimalistic games it is nice go see such a detailed pixel art. Currently at 213 meters but I will work on it.
The skip sound is a bit to loud, had not heard the ambient first since I had to turn volume down.
sugarbyte29 Apr 2014, 02:36
This is lovely! Great choices on color palette and sounds, just pitch-perfect and beautifully simple.
rnlf
rnlf29 Apr 2014, 08:58
580m :-)
5 perfect skips right at the beginning made my stone fly off-screen :D

It looks really beautiful as well. Only point of critique is that there is no real progression in difficulty (or none that I could detect at least). One of the coolest games for me so far!
Benjamin29 Apr 2014, 10:40
My best is 158. It's getting easier when you realize you can focus on the collision with your reflect instead of the collision with the surface.

Also I think it would be better if you scroll your parallax in reverse when you go back to your position. Even if you dont go through all the real distance. Just a bit would work great.
Karmalis
Karmalis29 Apr 2014, 11:25
Really simple concept, yet entertaining by loads. Very solid work, loving the subtle sounds and graphics as well. I liked it. Really. Though it seems I'm not as good as other people. Got a 186 with 4 perfect skips. Well, there's room to practice.
Jeremias
Jeremias29 Apr 2014, 11:28
A fun and addictive game. My highest score was 227. Visuals and audio fit to the relaxing gameplay. Well done!
PIXEL^329 Apr 2014, 23:10
Relaxing and addictive is a funny combination but it works well here. I only got a higbscore of 156 but with a perfect x3 combo I feel pretty good about the score. I'll be sure to work on it though.

~AlucardX60
Garris30 Apr 2014, 05:23
Oh man, this was great. I love seeing an entry that isn't afraid to be simple. You picked a thing, and you did it really really well. This was so relaxing, I'm keeping it in my "kill some time" folder on my desktop.
FrozenCow30 Apr 2014, 09:27
Simple but very well executed. The ambient sounds give it a great chill atmosphere and the graphics are nice and consistent.
Gamepopper
Gamepopper30 Apr 2014, 16:39
Neat, very simple and effective. I'm much better at this game than skipping stones though.
Jonapulse
Jonapulse30 Apr 2014, 19:54
Great. Simple. Clever. Fun. Relaxing. Adjective.
PapyGaragos
PapyGaragos1 May 2014, 11:46
Nice entry! I love small scope games that feels complete and polished like this one. Bookmarked
Ithildin
Ithildin1 May 2014, 15:37
Great job! A simple, fitting concept that works wonderfully, very polished.

Congrats!
MintArcade
MintArcade1 May 2014, 18:41
Great game, well made considering time limit. Nice visuals.
aaronjbaptiste
aaronjbaptiste1 May 2014, 18:51
So relaxing, felt like I was really there. That feel when you get perfect - oh yeahhhh.
Lost King
Lost King1 May 2014, 22:25
An actually neat idea for the theme. Could totally see myself sinking way too much time into this just to get a really bad high score.
AnglerteamGames2 May 2014, 19:37
The mood and theme here are excellent. Everything ties together in a simple and elegant fashion to evoke the experience of a fall day in the woods. It left me wanting more.

I would have liked for the 'skip' sound effect to better match the ambient sound, though, as it took me a little 'out of the zone'.
PoQA Games9 May 2014, 04:31
Absolutely wonderful game! The visuals, audio, and gameplay are all well done.

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