Surface Tension by frankbsad

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made by frankbsad for LD29 (COMPO)
A game about skipping rocks, or not letting the stone go 'beneath the surface'.

press 'up' as the stone hits the water to skip.
press F4 on the home screen to reset high scores.
press F1 to toggle fullscreen

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall 3.76 116
Audio 3.39 202
Fun 3.69 109
Graphics 4.06 91
Humor 2.64 415
Innovation 3.41 320
Mood 3.83 79
Theme 3.13 676

Feedback

Redream
28. Apr 2014 · 07:26 UTC
Simple, but effective and fun to play :) I got a score of 974.
Druid
28. Apr 2014 · 11:37 UTC
Pretty relaxing game :)
lief
28. Apr 2014 · 11:59 UTC
this is my favorite game so far. beautiful pixels, atmosphere and style. a game, distilled.
allurious
28. Apr 2014 · 13:07 UTC
Loved this!! It's simple but pretty addictive and relaxing. The graphics were nice and loved the ambient soundtrack-- great job!
Reinkout
28. Apr 2014 · 13:07 UTC
This was great, imagine that a guy throwing rocks could be this much fun!
zedutchgandalf
28. Apr 2014 · 13:08 UTC
This is a simple, beautiful game. I felt like an idiot after waiting for twenty seconds at the start because I thought something was going to happen (because of the "Press UP to skip") :P
darkflamejam
28. Apr 2014 · 13:08 UTC
Simple, Fun, Releaxing. Brilliant game!
Jools64
28. Apr 2014 · 13:10 UTC
Very atmospheric and relaxing game. I really like it. The graphics where beautiful and the sounds fit the game perfectly. The game-play was a little simple but solid.

Great work!
GagaPete
28. Apr 2014 · 21:25 UTC
Very polished game, after playing a bunch of minimalistic games it is nice go see such a detailed pixel art. Currently at 213 meters but I will work on it.
The skip sound is a bit to loud, had not heard the ambient first since I had to turn volume down.
sugarbyte
29. Apr 2014 · 02:31 UTC
This is lovely! Great choices on color palette and sounds, just pitch-perfect and beautifully simple.
rnlf
29. Apr 2014 · 08:53 UTC
580m :-)
5 perfect skips right at the beginning made my stone fly off-screen :D

It looks really beautiful as well. Only point of critique is that there is no real progression in difficulty (or none that I could detect at least). One of the coolest games for me so far!
Benjamin
29. Apr 2014 · 10:35 UTC
My best is 158. It's getting easier when you realize you can focus on the collision with your reflect instead of the collision with the surface.

Also I think it would be better if you scroll your parallax in reverse when you go back to your position. Even if you dont go through all the real distance. Just a bit would work great.
Karmalis
29. Apr 2014 · 11:20 UTC
Really simple concept, yet entertaining by loads. Very solid work, loving the subtle sounds and graphics as well. I liked it. Really. Though it seems I'm not as good as other people. Got a 186 with 4 perfect skips. Well, there's room to practice.
Jeremias
29. Apr 2014 · 11:23 UTC
A fun and addictive game. My highest score was 227. Visuals and audio fit to the relaxing gameplay. Well done!
PIXEL^3
29. Apr 2014 · 23:05 UTC
Relaxing and addictive is a funny combination but it works well here. I only got a higbscore of 156 but with a perfect x3 combo I feel pretty good about the score. I'll be sure to work on it though.

~AlucardX60
Garris
30. Apr 2014 · 05:18 UTC
Oh man, this was great. I love seeing an entry that isn't afraid to be simple. You picked a thing, and you did it really really well. This was so relaxing, I'm keeping it in my "kill some time" folder on my desktop.
FrozenCow
30. Apr 2014 · 09:22 UTC
Simple but very well executed. The ambient sounds give it a great chill atmosphere and the graphics are nice and consistent.
Gamepopper
30. Apr 2014 · 16:34 UTC
Neat, very simple and effective. I'm much better at this game than skipping stones though.
Jonapulse
30. Apr 2014 · 19:49 UTC
Great. Simple. Clever. Fun. Relaxing. Adjective.
PapyGaragos
01. May 2014 · 11:41 UTC
Nice entry! I love small scope games that feels complete and polished like this one. Bookmarked
Ithildin
01. May 2014 · 15:32 UTC
Great job! A simple, fitting concept that works wonderfully, very polished.

Congrats!
MintArcade
01. May 2014 · 18:36 UTC
Great game, well made considering time limit. Nice visuals.
aaronjbaptiste
01. May 2014 · 18:46 UTC
So relaxing, felt like I was really there. That feel when you get perfect - oh yeahhhh.
Lost King
01. May 2014 · 22:20 UTC
An actually neat idea for the theme. Could totally see myself sinking way too much time into this just to get a really bad high score.
AnglerteamGames
02. May 2014 · 19:32 UTC
The mood and theme here are excellent. Everything ties together in a simple and elegant fashion to evoke the experience of a fall day in the woods. It left me wanting more.

I would have liked for the 'skip' sound effect to better match the ambient sound, though, as it took me a little 'out of the zone'.
Jupiter_Hadley
03. May 2014 · 05:04 UTC
Simple but great game! Love the graphics. I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/vjBlRj2wHy8
PoQA Games
09. May 2014 · 04:26 UTC
Absolutely wonderful game! The visuals, audio, and gameplay are all well done.