Gnop!

Gnop! is Pong, but instead of two paddles controlling one ball, there's one paddle controlling two balls. The balls are gaining speed every ten seconds, so you're trying to survive as long as possible. Use your mouse to move the paddle.

If you survive more than 50 seconds, "Nice job!"

If you survive more than 80 seconds, "You're a great player!"

If you survive more than 100 seconds, "Truly wonderful!"

I'm not sure if "Truly wonderful!" is humanly possible though. Edit: I can confirm that "Truly wonderful!" is possible. I made 101 seconds once.

Thanks to Tijn for the Mac OS X port.

Update: Fixed a bug. It doesn't matter if the mouse leaves the window anymore. And added a fullscreen option.

Comments18

Jajo21 Mar 2015, 08:59

That was quick, the competition only started yesterday

purplehumanauthor21 Mar 2015, 09:21

Yeah, it wasn't a big game, only little different from the actual Pong. It took a few hours only.

Mattmatt21 Mar 2015, 11:54

Really good! I like the way the game gets harder & harder...

purplehumanauthor21 Mar 2015, 11:57

Thanks Mattmatt!

EthanWebster21 Mar 2015, 15:33

I got 84 seconds. Good work :D

bitslap21 Mar 2015, 16:53

I got to 72 seconds.

It is a great idea.

I like how you managed to balance it so that i could focus on each ball every 2nd time.

It resembles and idea i had where the paddle was in the middle and the ball would have a room wrap.

Thanks for submitting and a very good job :D

purplehumanauthor21 Mar 2015, 17:10

Thank you people! I'm glad you like it, this is my first LD game.

Tijn21 Mar 2015, 23:16

Very cool game!

I've made a Mac version using Love.app, you can download it from here if you want: http://whehehe.nl/gnop

lizard45521 Mar 2015, 23:56

89 seconds. This game is pretty good!

purplehumanauthor21 Mar 2015, 23:59

Hey, thank you Tijn for the file! And lizard455 and Tijn for liking the game! ;)

freaknarf22 Mar 2015, 09:31

Cool gameplay variant ! i stopped at 79 and played once again to reach the "great player" stuff :) Is fullscreen possible so the mouse can't get out of the window ?
Cheers!

SmallPhil22 Mar 2015, 14:24

It's a really nice game ! 68 ;)

purplehumanauthor22 Mar 2015, 21:56

freaknarf and SmallPhil, thanks! freaknarf, I originally made a fullscreen option, but it was kinda buggy. When you go to fulscreen, it wouldn't capture the mouse, I don't know why though.

morazor24 Mar 2015, 18:18

Simple but clever, I like it :D

purplehumanauthor24 Mar 2015, 20:17

Thanks morazor!

Tijn27 Mar 2015, 14:54

Hey purplehuman - your updated Mac app doesn't seem to work. I've patched my version with the new .love file, you can find it at the same url as before, that one should work :)

purplehumanauthor27 Mar 2015, 15:11

Thanks Tijn, you're great! Updated.

Jupiter_Hadley13 Apr 2015, 18:12

Pretty fun game! I included it in 8 of my Mini LD #58 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/Ln72VI5jTnA