Arrow Hero
Games
browser rhythm game
SHOW HN2015
195points
55comments
#89of 2,565 in 2015
Top 4%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Design: 3 for, 2 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished, fun and addictive gameplay
From 4 comments
Nice job! This is really polished and you clearly worked a lot on it! A couple of quick comments on it, after playing it for 15 minutes. - I didn't realize until I had been…
alexggordon on HNWow, that's quite addicting. It's the simple things in life... One suggestion - at first it was unclear to me that I had to type the arrow key right when it entered the box…
mholt on HNit's really fun.
henrygrew on HNNice game, it's really well made ! Bonus point for open-sourcing it :)
volent on HN
Good animations and CSS/JS use
From 1 comment
Nice job! This is really polished and you clearly worked a lot on it! A couple of quick comments on it, after playing it for 15 minutes. - I didn't realize until I had been…
alexggordon on HN
Objections
Rotating layout causes headaches and confusion about when to press
From 3 comments
has an addictive potential, but the rotation gives me a headache after 5 seconds.
danr4 on HNSeems a bit buggy on Safari 8.0. Sometimes the arrows don't seem to animate. Also, how do I know when to press the button? Is there some feedback I'm not seeing?
bottled_poe on HNI couldn't even understand when to press the arrow on my first try!
spinningarrow on HN
Stuttering performance on some machines
From 1 comment
Fun, but stutters on my workstation, making it unplayable - FF 38.0.5, 32GB ram, Xeon E5 2690, GTX 780 Ti
maccard on HN
Requests
Linear movement instead of circular
From 2 comments
agreed. The arrow keys should fall down (or move up) linearly, and that also allow you to see more of it, so you can plan ahead. some music/beats wouldn't hurt either!
chii on HNYou should consider offering the circular mode along with a linear mode. It would be more enjoyable for me at least, having spent so much time playing GHIII.
chm on HN
Add music or soundtracks
From 2 comments
agreed. The arrow keys should fall down (or move up) linearly, and that also allow you to see more of it, so you can plan ahead. some music/beats wouldn't hurt either!
chii on HNI had the same question. Until I found that I should press the arrow in the box, instead of the arrow near the bottom bar... (Ahh, I love other music games, and this one has no…
NaNaN on HN
WASD, hjkl or vim key support
From 3 comments
Nice job! This is really polished and you clearly worked a lot on it! A couple of quick comments on it, after playing it for 15 minutes. - I didn't realize until I had been…
alexggordon on HNhjkl hero would be easier for me to play
artursapek on HNthis seriously needs a vim mode
eelke on HN
Questions
When to press the arrow key
From 3 comments
Seems a bit buggy on Safari 8.0. Sometimes the arrows don't seem to animate. Also, how do I know when to press the button? Is there some feedback I'm not seeing?
bottled_poe on HNWow, that's quite addicting. It's the simple things in life... One suggestion - at first it was unclear to me that I had to type the arrow key right when it entered the box…
mholt on HNThis is really fun, I must've done something wrong the first time because it failed right away, but second try I got 5866. Do the arrows have to be in the square thing when you…
starshadowx2 on HN
Alternatives named
Stepmania
From 2 comments
>> Wow, my niece had DDR music playing last night. It got me thinking about how fun it was to play that game and the keyboard equivalent of it. You should check out Stepmania:…
slantyyz on HN6356, Stepmania was the shit when I was a kid
RYUUSEiiSTAR on HN
osu!
From 1 comment
osu! is a mouse-based rhythm game that's pretty big (and can be lots of fun), too. https://osu.ppy.sh/
bpicolo on HN
Super Hexagon
From 1 comment
I love this kinds of games. If anyone wants any suggestions on the kind: * Pel: http://armorgames.com/play/2011/pel * Super Hexagon: http://superhexagon.com * The Impossible…
talles on HN