Pineapple Surf by Steffo | LudumData

Pineapple Surf by Steffo

made by Steffo for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Bunnyhopping, retro-looking, first person seed shooter

About

The Pineapple God: a pineapple with sunglasses.

A Pineapple God has teleported you to a tropical archipelago, and demands that you surround it with followers!

Collect seeds around the archipelago
Use your peashooter to plant them on horizontal surfaces
Walk nearby grown pineapples to harvest them
Bring them to the Pineapple God until it is satisfied

Controls

WASD → Move
Mouse movement → Look
Mouse primary click → Shoot
Space → Jump
Space (held) → Bunnyhop!
Shift + R → Respawn if stuck
Esc → Return to the main menu

Leaderboards

The Pineapple god will keep track of the time it takes you to bring it 150 pineapples, and will compare it with that of his other servants. Can you be the fastest?

See the online scoreboard (post-jam)!

The leaderboards are experimental, unmoderated, and have no anti-cheat. Please be nice!

How to go faster

Pineapple Surf is centered on the mechanic of bunnyhopping to move faster!

The mechanics are similar to those of the first Half-Life: a simple way to start going faster is holding Space and D while constantly turning right in a circle.

See this video for a brief tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WschEm9uYao

Screenshots

The menu of the game, Pineapple Surf.

The archipelago of the Pineapple God, from the first person view of the player. A grown pineapple is at the center of the screen.

Ten pineapple sprouts have been planted and are growing.

The temple of the Pineapple God, with a white holy beam at the top.

Credits

See the EXTERNAL_LICENSES.md file for a list of all external assets used.

We opted-in to the Graphics category because this is the Jam and we think that our assets have been transformed sufficiently from their intended use. If you think that we should opt-out, please do not rate us in the Graphics category, and let us know in the comments!

Post-jam changelog

Prevented the insertion of invalid usernames on the main menu
Added an additional leaf pile on the sand islands to make them more appetible when speedrunning
Added timer and speedometer
Allowed players to continue the game after the main objective is complete
Highlighted in yellow the player's score on the leaderboards
Made the ingame leaderboard display the top 200 scores instead of the top 10

Link	https://github.com/Steffo99/ld52
Windows	https://steffo.itch.io/pineapple-surf
Linux (X11)	https://steffo.itch.io/pineapple-surf
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/pineapple-surf

Ratings

Overall	362^th	3.557⭐	37🧑‍⚖️
Fun	244^th	3.632⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	382^th	3.338⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Theme	197^th	4.029⭐	37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	427^th	3.576⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Humor	155^th	3.544⭐	36🧑‍⚖️
Mood	486^th	3.318⭐	35🧑‍⚖️
Given		25🗳️	49🗨️

Feedback

10. Jan 2023 · 08:57 UTC

It's been a while since I have practiced bunny hopping lol, that throws me back.
Overall fun and (positively) bizarre game, good job!

10. Jan 2023 · 09:05 UTC

@rhum be sure to deliver 150 pineapples to the temple to be placed in the scoreboards! :D

10. Jan 2023 · 09:20 UTC

Very nice visuals, player moves very smooth. As a sound guy, I would suggest add some ambience sound or/and music. Maybe next time add some traps or npcs, because game getting boring after you understood how to harvest pineapples

10. Jan 2023 · 09:20 UTC

Very nice visuals, player moves very smooth. As a sound guy, I would suggest add some ambience sound or/and music. Maybe next time add some traps or npcs, because game getting boring after you understood how to harvest pineapples

10. Jan 2023 · 09:27 UTC

@808074 the point is to deliver 150 pineapples as fast as possible to the temple!

10. Jan 2023 · 09:33 UTC

Simple and solid core loop, my strategy was to continuously plant right below me while I pick a path that goes through as much seed points as possible before the first ones I planted became pineapples. This way I could just go around in a circle a few times to get 150. but I got sidetracked with bhopping and didn't get a good score :P

Visuals and sound effects are nice, some music could be cool but not necessary, scoreboard is a nice touch. Solid game overall, nice work :]

10. Jan 2023 · 10:56 UTC

@kizilejderha Thanks for the feedback! :smile:

(You scored pretty well, actually! You're currently in the middle of the leaderboard ;P)

10. Jan 2023 · 14:25 UTC

Cool game! I like the overall style, and the bhopping is a classic move.

10. Jan 2023 · 17:09 UTC

I love seeing bhop mechanics outside of Source games! I'm a fan! The only thing that's missing, I think, is a fitting soundtrack. Something like this, but custom made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Xx0k_TVY0

10. Jan 2023 · 17:12 UTC

I never could get the hang of bunny hopping but I'm glad to see it used as a main mechanic

10. Jan 2023 · 17:18 UTC

Simple but funny little game! It was kinda hard though to see where the pineapple seeds go when you shoot as they are so tiny and green on green. But in the end that was not a big deal. I especially liked how the pinapples popped out when they were ready to harvest. Absolutely satisfying :)

10. Jan 2023 · 17:19 UTC

Pretty swaggy game! I do have to say the game does get somewhat repeptitive after a while, traps, or maybe expanding the map slightly would be pretty neat. Nice Entry!

10. Jan 2023 · 17:32 UTC

noooo i thought i needed to get 200 pineapples, might need to try again later :) super cool game, maybe dont repeat the pattern for the see so often

11. Jan 2023 · 02:10 UTC

@offworlddemon definitely! too bad neither of us could compose music or find an appropriate one during the jam... :joy:

11. Jan 2023 · 02:11 UTC

@clyde I'll tell you a secret: neither could I, before making this game :sweat_smile:

11. Jan 2023 · 02:13 UTC

@thejan14 Agreed! In retrospective, I think we should've made the starting scale of the pineapple plants higher than `0.1`...

11. Jan 2023 · 02:20 UTC

@moddingmachine I designed the map; sorry! :sweat_smile:

I would've liked to make it larger and more relevant to the gameplay, but I had no time :sweat:

11. Jan 2023 · 02:36 UTC

@pixelcrustpunk congrats on your score! i think it's the highest one between jammers so far!

11. Jan 2023 · 10:02 UTC

Want to see how you're faring against other players? Here's the...

# [Online Scoreboard](https://bit.ly/pinesurf-scores)!

_ugh, LDJam comment escaping mechanism broke my link..._

AngryRubberDucky

11. Jan 2023 · 15:12 UTC

Very odd mix of genres but it does work, I was already familiar with Bhopping but this will be a great game to start off learning bhopping with. Very fun, I wonder how long it took you to mimic source's movement.

11. Jan 2023 · 16:42 UTC

I don't know if it's my pc, but it kept giving an error and didn't want to open the game, you could see what happened and reload the game on your platform or something, I couldn't play, but from the description I was very interested. Even if you've already made some improvements and want to send it to me so I can test it too. I'm available.

11. Jan 2023 · 16:59 UTC

Very lovely aesthetic in this game! Odd choice to go with bhopping as your core mechanic, but it's a pretty original idea that works for a game that's based around speed. The gun is also a clever way of being able to plant things far away and set them up to collect later rather than backtracking. Nice work!

11. Jan 2023 · 20:38 UTC

Didn't know how to complete the game, so I ran around in circles planting & harvesting for about 5 minutes trying to optimize my route... It was fun

12. Jan 2023 · 00:05 UTC

@angryrubberducky we actually studied both the [Source Engine's airaccelerate function](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/blob/0d8dceea4310fde5706b3ce1c70609d72a38efdf/sp/src/game/shared/gamemovement.cpp#L1707) and [a small paper by Mikko Peltola](https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/507593/Peltola_Mikko.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y), who replicated it in C# in Unity :)

12. Jan 2023 · 00:12 UTC

@belonzik Thank you! We had fun working with tilesets in 3D (we used Crocotile to design the map) and it only felt appropriate to lower the resolution :D

We wanted to make the gun shoot projectiles instead of just being a hitscan weapon but unfortunately we were a bit strapped for time :')

12. Jan 2023 · 09:56 UTC

@glaupe-cabral Can you please provide more information so that I can reproduce the issue?

(Also, please don't spam your game in comment sections, it's frowned upon by the community...)

12. Jan 2023 · 11:30 UTC

Turns out I'm terrible at bhopping lol, I tried my best but as soon as I built up speed I'd be like "time to stop holding space, I'm good now!"

Without a timer on screen I didn't really feel a need to do the bhopping, so my score ended up pretty low down in the leaderboards lol. I do love that you purposefully implemented bhopping as the mechanic. I think an even wider play area would have been able to make great use of it. Personally I fell into the ocean after trying to get to one of the islands after building up speed lol. So in the end I just has a leisurely pineapple farming experience. I love the way they shoot out of the ground at high velocity. It reminded me a lot of minecraft, I had a great time. I do wish there was some funky type of music that might also encourage the bhopping by getting me pumped up, lol.

Good work!

12. Jan 2023 · 18:46 UTC

@evil23 Hi! I missed your message this morning!

You can complete the game by delivering 150 total harvested pineapples to the Pineapple God's temple!

12. Jan 2023 · 18:48 UTC

@papabirb I'm starting to think that @ichicoro was right, and a timer should've been higher priority :sweat_smile:

Glad you enjoyed pineapple farming anyways! :joy:

12. Jan 2023 · 20:57 UTC

Wow a score at the end ! that's very cool, i like this retro looking style

12. Jan 2023 · 21:20 UTC

@tanguylcr congrats on [your 11th place](https://viewer.arcade.steffo.eu/?host=https://arcade.steffo.eu&board=ld52&decimals=3&suffix=s)! ;P

13. Jan 2023 · 22:51 UTC

Neat game! If I may provide one suggestion it would be add some game juice / user feedback when shooting and planting. I love the way the pineapples launch out of the ground when they're ripe! Nice job!

13. Jan 2023 · 23:37 UTC

Quite a risky decision you took here to base the game around a nostalgic mechanic that might only capture a small audience. But I think you did it in a smart way that even for the people who couldn't get the hang of bunny hopping (me) there was still fun to be had in optimizing paths for a good time. So great job with your game design!

14. Jan 2023 · 06:30 UTC

My best is 2:30

I looooove this game (maybe because ive been trying to implement surf and bhopping in my own games) and I love the source movement. Despite my love for the movement based pineapple shooter, I think I would definitely enjoy a "Surfer" as much as this game is a "bhopper". Time constraints, I know. Great Game love it

14. Jan 2023 · 21:26 UTC

Mr. Pineapple makes boom :D

15. Jan 2023 · 20:04 UTC

I really do love bunnyhopping so just jumping around in your game is a lot of fun! (I should know, I make my LD games in a quake engine :smile:) I do wish there was more to the actual game though, online leaderboard is good but having some kind of a fail state or hard goals to challenge the player with would be cool

16. Jan 2023 · 16:21 UTC

Fun game! A simple harvesting mechanic and nice movement. I don't really see how bhopping actually pertains to the gameplay though.

16. Jan 2023 · 16:56 UTC

This is one of those easy to pick up tough to master mechanics, really cool use of a unique mechanic to create interesting gameplay. The atmosphere was nice, colours and sprites made it vibrant. Thanks for making this!
Can't bunny hop for nuts, but that didn't stop me from trying!

16. Jan 2023 · 19:01 UTC

@mharring Particles! We used none, yet in retrospective they would be so effective to give feedback! Good idea!

16. Jan 2023 · 19:06 UTC

@mhorth Thanks! We think that a better map with more movement options would've been a better experience for player who cannot bunnyhop, but time constraints prevented us from building it...

17. Jan 2023 · 07:56 UTC

@infecsean thanks! now I kinda want to go play surf on csgo :sweat_smile:

17. Jan 2023 · 07:57 UTC

@moondweller Boom! :boom:

17. Jan 2023 · 08:03 UTC

> I make my LD games in a quake engine —@shp

I have to immediately check out your game, then! :eyes:

> online leaderboard is good but having some kind of a fail state or hard goals to challenge the player with would be cool —@shp

One of the ideas we had to challenge the player was a rising and falling tide that would reveal platforms to the less skilled players while allowing the fastest bunnyhoppers to immediately get through them without having to wait. Sadly, we didn't fully implement it, as we pivoted to implementing the leaderboard, which seemed faster to do than redesigning the whole map :sweat_smile:

17. Jan 2023 · 08:05 UTC

@junglerally Bunnyhopping allows you to move much much faster than by walking (I usually get up to 15 km/h, which is triple the walking speed), and by doing so, allows you to gather seeds and pineapples much faster and in turn secure a higher place on the leaderboard!

17. Jan 2023 · 08:05 UTC

@sgtweirdo Glad you enjoyed the game!

17. Jan 2023 · 12:14 UTC

can somebody please beat @xZefyr's score