I was feeling pretty down about not having finished a game in a few years so I decided to start a really simple game and gave myself some clear expectations. I got some open licensed art from OpenGameArt and spent a few weeks putting together Bomb Jockey.
In Bomb Jockey you run around and dodge bombs. You get points by being close to explosions but not touching them. On phones, the game is controlled using the accelerometer. You tilt the phone to run. Not much more to add .
I agree with the others, very nice gameplay, the "juice" is just perfect!
Only thing I don't like too much is that it looks like I can die even if I'm just outside the bomb radius when it hits... I played a few times and didn't manage to get a feeling for how close I can get without getting hurt. Maybe the red circle is a little too small?
Anyways, great work, and congrats on finishing a game!
Thanks everyone! I would like to add more levels and obstacles if I ever get around to expanding the concept. Maybe something akin to this old flash game I liked, Survival Lab. But I have some other ideas I want to work on first.
Germanunkol wrote:Only thing I don't like too much is that it looks like I can die even if I'm just outside the bomb radius when it hits... I played a few times and didn't manage to get a feeling for how close I can get without getting hurt. Maybe the red circle is a little too small?
Anyways, great work, and congrats on finishing a game!
I played around a bit after you posted this and I agree. I think the fact that the hitbox for the bombs is a perfect circle while the graphic is an oval might contribute to this. I'm going to switch the hitbox over to being a rectangle I think, and make the graphic bigger.
Great game! Simple and fun, the best combination for a mobile game. Some extra levels like bombs falling in line throught the screen or forming shapes would be even more fun. Congrats on finishing it!
Skeiks wrote:
I played around a bit after you posted this and I agree. I think the fact that the hitbox for the bombs is a perfect circle while the graphic is an oval might contribute to this. I'm going to switch the hitbox over to being a rectangle I think, and make the graphic bigger.
Ah, yes, that probably explains it.
Why not just make the hitbox an oval, too? I think that would be best, and should be simple to implement. A rectangle might be just as frustrating as using a circle.
Skeiks wrote:
I played around a bit after you posted this and I agree. I think the fact that the hitbox for the bombs is a perfect circle while the graphic is an oval might contribute to this. I'm going to switch the hitbox over to being a rectangle I think, and make the graphic bigger.
Ah, yes, that probably explains it.
Why not just make the hitbox an oval, too? I think that would be best, and should be simple to implement. A rectangle might be just as frustrating as using a circle.
This is true, I just didn't know the math off hand for an oval to oval collision but I can always just look it up or use a lib.
I had to look it up as well, but I think with a bit of fiddling you can figure it out.
Example: https://gist.github.com/tmathews/3455525
... and I really think it'll be worth the effort.
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