[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":746},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7386672":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":97,"maker_in_thread":271,"shape":283,"grid":287,"attempts":709,"same_week":710,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":738,"reader_version":739,"card":740},"7386672","lessmilk game 10","I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game","title","Show HN: I've been making one HTML5 game per week. Here's my 10th game","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.lessmilk.com\u002F10\u002F","lessmilk.com","lessmilk",1394642465,2014,362,148,31,2272,2,"legend","games","browser platformer","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"html5 game","phaser","platformer","game prototype","mixed",0.204,{"positive":31,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":32},28,16,88,{"execution":35,"design":38,"performance":41,"idea":44,"docs":46,"pricing":47},{"positive":36,"critical":37},1,6,{"positive":39,"critical":40},13,5,{"positive":42,"critical":43},0,4,{"positive":45,"critical":36},7,{"positive":42,"critical":42},{"positive":42,"critical":42},[49,42,49,18,49,49,49,36,42,42,42,42,42,49,42,49,36,49,49,49,49,49,43,36,40,43,49,36,43,18,40,40,43,49,43,40,40,49,40,49],3,null,{"problem":50,"audience":50,"pricing":50,"motivation":52,"time_to_build":63,"stack":75,"openness":94,"stage":95,"team_size":96},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"One game per week challenge for learning and sharing","inferred",[56,59],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"7386677","OP here. Let me know if you have any questions about my project.",{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},"7386919","michael_nielsen","Here's an article with lots of interesting background info from the same author (lessmilk), \"What I learned while doing my 'one game per week' challenge\":…",{"value":64,"source":65,"evidence":66},"About one week","commenter",[67,71],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"7387132","yukichan","> In general the controls are too sluggish... other stuff He made this in a week. It's a demo of what you can do in a week. You're reviewing it like it was a serious game. >…",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"7387360","baddox","I don't see why having made the game in a week is relevant. Presumably this guy's goal isn't to never spend more than a week on a game. I interpret this criticism as \"if you were…",[76,83,87],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Phaser (JavaScript 2D game framework)","maker",[80],{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},"7386822","Engine: Phaser [0], a Javascript framework to make 2D games. Tools: Sublime Text and Photoshop mainly. [0]: www.phaser.io",{"value":84,"source":78,"evidence":85},"Sublime Text",[86],{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},{"value":88,"source":78,"evidence":89},"Photoshop",[90,91],{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},{"id":92,"by":11,"text":93},"7386866","I simply use Photoshop. No real tutorial on this yet, but I plan to write one in the next few weeks. In the meantime you can read about my process making the sprite for game #6…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":98,"objections":141,"requests":190,"questions":215,"alternatives":240},[99,114,129],{"value":100,"source":65,"evidence":101},"Good quality for time spent; tight, fun, polished mechanics",[102,106,110],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"7388654","keerthiko","I'm impressed with the general quality:time-spent ratio. I think the basic level design and polish steps are fairly well done. Even the sluggish controls (as a number of people…",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"7388226","jakobe","This is great! It's incredibly awesome how much you can take away from Mario and still have a fun game. I love how the rectangle slants to show that you are moving. The game…",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"7387122","Ellipsis753","It's a great game. Just my sort of thing really and I really like the music. It only took a couple of minutes to beat though so it's a little short. Then again for a weeks work…",{"value":115,"source":65,"evidence":116},"Nostalgic minimalist style and music",[117,121,125],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"7387071","WesleyJohnson","I've been following your progress with these games and there are several I really like, most of which is I think #5 with the cube jumping. I can't sing you enough praise on…",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"7390342","canadev","That was awesome. I finished it. I died 92 times. The jumping mechanics reminded me of \"air control\" in strafe jumping in Quake 2. Can you tell I haven't played games much…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"7388468","atulagarwal","I loved the games. They aren't simply demo projects, but real, interesting & challenging games! Good game play, actually enjoyed them! :)",{"value":130,"source":65,"evidence":131},"Inspiring one-game-per-week series",[132,133,137],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"7389120","soapdog","This series of games is an inspiration. I decide to take another look into phaser after seeing your stuff!",{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"7386891","atom-morgan","Thanks a lot for posting this as well as one of your posts I saw a few weeks ago. Because of your website I tried making my own simple game with Phaser and found it to be very…",[142,158,163,178],{"value":143,"source":65,"evidence":144},"Controls and jump input feel laggy or unresponsive",[145,149,150,154],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"7387019","sillysaurus3","Not sure if you're looking for critique, and giving critique has sometimes been discouraged on HN, but: It's pretty good for a week of work. Though there's a difference between…",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"7389280","stefan_kendall3","Responsiveness of the controls needs work, but the game was just frustrating enough. I died 19 times. Not nearly as brutal as super meat boy :P",{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"7388750","knackers","Loved the 'artwork'. Simple but immediately familiar. Like some other commenters, I felt that sometimes my jumps weren't being registered.",{"value":159,"source":65,"evidence":160},"Level design unclear or frustrating, lacks checkpoints",[161,162],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},{"value":164,"source":65,"evidence":165},"Browser compatibility and performance issues (stutter, crashes)",[166,170,174],{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"7387780","davbryn","It seems pretty stuttery on Safari running on my Mac, but was fun for a while - good job! I didn't actually like the explanations throughout the first few levels: sometimes it…",{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"7387247","meylingtaing","Don't know if it's just me, but opening up the webpage crashes my browser. I'm using Firefox on an Ubuntu virtual machine.",{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"7387284","cognivore","It takes longer to load than Skyrim.",{"value":179,"source":65,"evidence":180},"Gravity and collision feel off",[181,182,186],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"7404126","tripzilch","Well done! A few bits of constructive criticism, based on my own experiences with making platformers in GameMaker: - you need to fix the gravity so it doesn't feel like it's on…",{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"7387783","deletes","You hit detection is off. It you make a game with pure rectangles the detection should be completely precise.",[191,196,203,208],{"value":192,"source":65,"evidence":193},"Fix input lag and responsiveness",[194,195],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},{"value":197,"source":65,"evidence":198},"Add touch support for mobile devices",[199],{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"7386964","tantalor","A significant number of devices on the web don't have keyboards. They use touch as their primary interface. Please support touch devices.",{"value":204,"source":65,"evidence":205},"Add checkpoints or coyote-time jump leeway",[206,207],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},{"value":209,"source":65,"evidence":210},"Open source the code",[211],{"id":212,"by":213,"text":214},"7386886","MichaelTieso","How experienced were you before you started? Have you coded before? Any reason you're not open sourcing your code? Seems like it'd be a great idea considering you're still…",[216,223,230],{"value":217,"source":65,"evidence":218},"What did you use for collision detection?",[219],{"id":220,"by":221,"text":222},"7390145","gschier","That's so good for a day. I made a similar game a while ago that took a few weeks! http:\u002F\u002Fplatformpixels.com\u002F I would be interested to know what you used for collision detection…",{"value":224,"source":65,"evidence":225},"Why HTML5?",[226],{"id":227,"by":228,"text":229},"7387463","trevoragilbert","Fun game, hooked me for longer than I'd have liked. :) Curious why you chose HTML5?",{"value":231,"source":65,"evidence":232},"Will you make revenue or release native apps?",[233,237],{"id":234,"by":235,"text":236},"7386819","razorsese","Do you make any revenue from it?Or just pure hobby?",{"id":238,"by":11,"text":239},"7386948","You mean releasing native iOS\u002FAndroid games? Yes, I'm thinking about it.",[241,249,260,267],{"value":242,"source":65,"evidence":243},"Super Meat Boy",[244,248],{"id":245,"by":246,"text":247},"7387498","ultimatedelman","can't beat it my ass! http:\u002F\u002Fi.imgur.com\u002FxKTvH81.png :) great game. i enjoyed it! very similar to super meat boy",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},{"value":250,"source":65,"evidence":251},"Flappy Bird",[252,256],{"id":253,"by":254,"text":255},"7389843","eric_h","I think these are the best set of flappy bird clones that have come out yet (except perhaps the flappy bird orbital game). Admittedly, only a couple of them truly qualify for…",{"id":257,"by":258,"text":259},"7391457","Dogamondo","I may have bagged this game for being way too simple a few weeks ago. But after Flappy Bird, the genre seems to live on. It's annoyingly great. Keep up the good work!",{"value":261,"source":65,"evidence":262},"Thomas Was Alone",[263],{"id":264,"by":265,"text":266},"7386752","zhemao","Nice. Reminds me of the game Thomas was Alone.",{"value":268,"source":65,"evidence":269},"Cave Story",[270],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"comments":272,"answered":45,"key":273},12,[274,277,280],{"id":275,"text":276},"7387338","Jump first on the left, then from there jump on the right. And you'll discover the hole game!",{"id":278,"text":279},"7387335","Thanks, I love feedback! You make some interesting points. About input lag, I'm a bit surprised. On my computer the input is super responsive. Maybe it depends on the OS\u002Fbrowser?…",{"id":281,"text":282},"7386968","If you subscribe to my newsletter, you'll get an updated version of the gamasutra article that you 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