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by colinbartlett 4492 days ago
I can't figure out how to play. I just smash into the first thing immediately. I gave it 10 tries.

Generally I'm pretty bad at games. I never got past the 2nd pipe in Flappy Bird.

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You are supposed to 'tap' to one of 3 spots, basically (left, right, middle), from what I can tell. That at least lets me avoid things a bit.

The opening animation shows a smooth hand gliding around, which would indicate some sort of dragging motion as the input mechanism, but it's not at all drag-based. Took me a good 3-4 minutes to figure that out, and it was frustrating. It's only because I was reading some stuff here of other people saying it was fun that kept me going.

Personally, I think it's too fast to start with. Add better instructions, slow things down a tad for the first few obstacles, and this would be 'hook' material for more players. As it stands, I think the 'game over in 1 second' factor will keep it from being recommended more.

But... great job on getting something out so quick!

I can see that now. Sometimes it takes another set of eyes. I think I had the mechanics stuck in my head, so I always looked over it. I'm going to fix that now.