Looptap
Games
browser arcade game
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
35 positive, 62 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 14 critical, out of 113 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 16 for, 3 againstDesign: 4 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, addictive and hypnotic gameplay
From 4 comments
Played twice. Immediately knew that I should stop. Great game!
marcos100 on HNSimple yet addictive
atum47 on HNHypnotic
philosopher1234 on HNThis is well made! Easy to understand, challenging, and a hint of variable reward.
charleshan on HN
Good minimal design and simplicity
From 3 comments
Good game, clever concept, appreciate the simplicity.
kpmcc on HNNice minimal game!
murtio on HNKeep this one advancing. Great job with maintaining simplicity. Lots of forks will come your way
nashashmi on HN
Objections
Collision detection feels unfair when the ball only partly touches the arc
From 2 comments
Cool game, but the collision detection needs to work better. Currently can lose if partially touching, does not seem intuitive.
marxdev3 on HNIt seems possible to click when the circle intersects the shape, but still lose. I guess it's based on the centre of the circle, but feels a little frustrating to me.
thom on HN
Ball remains in the live zone after game over, a possible bug
From 1 comment
There might be a bug. I “died” but the ball appears in the live zone https://i.imgur.com/XJdKgDL.png. Happened to my partner too.
dcow on HN
Requests
Show where the ball was on game over
From 1 comment
Feature request: show where the ball was on game over screen, because now it quickly resets to start position. Maybe show its "ghost" in different color or just outline.
butz on HN
Add a share button with emoji summary of results
From 2 comments
Without a "share" button that creates an emoji summary of your results, this will never get as viral as Wordle
michaelhoffman on HNCool game! I know you're trying to keep it simple but a couple suggestions that might help and won't increase game complexity too much: ``` 1. Add a share button to share your…
misterbwong on HN
Add a timed mode or speed-up over time
From 2 comments
Love the mechanic where the more quickly you click the next one the more points you get. There should be a timed mode to encourage rapid clicking (i.e., score the most points…
bentcorner on HNShould get marginally faster every 10 clicks...
andy_ppp on HN
Questions
Why sometimes the counter increases by one and sometimes by two
From 1 comment
Sometimes it increases the hit counter by one, others by two - why?
edoceo on HN
Alternatives named
Pop the lock
From 1 comment
This is very similar to the popular game "Pop the lock"
typon on HN
Super Hexagon
From 1 comment
it remind me of Super Hexagon :D You could change the dot rotation direction on each success ...
xavhan on HN