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All Aboard the Party Boat!!

Derek Yu — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Avoid the Missiles!!

Flip for Multipliers!!

In messhof’s Party Boat.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Sun, 24 May 2009 08:46:53 +0000

Thanks, raigan. I’ll record another video when I feel that I’m approaching the peak of my skill, and it will be more interesting because the infinity sign pattern doesn’t work well after x100. My current 1288K score is basically what would have happened if I hadn’t been hit at x15 in my video.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Sparky

Sun, 24 May 2009 01:17:29 +0000

Ooh, a high score list. I’m with Raigan, though. I’ve never even approached 500000.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by raigan

Sat, 23 May 2009 22:09:37 +0000

wow, nice recoveries near x39 and x62!!

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by messhof

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:14:24 +0000

changed it so you can only have one score up per name

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Sat, 23 May 2009 18:23:41 +0000

I’ve recorded the promised video (873180 points). Click my nickname to watch it.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by raigan

Sat, 23 May 2009 15:31:49 +0000

awesome!! now if only i didn’t totally suck..

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Sat, 23 May 2009 15:01:21 +0000

Promised video: 873180 points in Party Boat

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by messhof

Sat, 23 May 2009 09:12:38 +0000

I put in a highscore list. This is when shit gets real.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by raigan

Fri, 22 May 2009 16:14:25 +0000

AAAAAAAGH I can only barely get 100k.

This game needs a highscore list.. it’s pretty easy in flash, just a php script and freeSQL db.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Fri, 22 May 2009 15:06:58 +0000

Interval between missile explosions increases as well, and flip rate decreases as the player tries to evade nimbler missiles. So it’s a roughly quadratic function of playtime up to the point when the player decides to stop doing flips and concentrate on missile corrida.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by MedO

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:43:21 +0000

Actually I think it’s cubic, as the score for evading a missile increases as well.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Fri, 22 May 2009 12:40:02 +0000

Also, Anthony, the scoring is quadratic, not exponential.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Fri, 22 May 2009 12:06:52 +0000

710010 points (sorry, Derek), now I need to repeat this feat with screen recorder on.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Sparky

Fri, 22 May 2009 03:11:36 +0000

The feel and mechanics here are really good.

I’m a bit bothered, I admit, by the mix of vector art and low resolution pixel art. If this game rendered all its vector art to chunky pixels, it would be solid gold.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Anthony Flack

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:27:41 +0000

436050? Huh. Clearly, I suck too. Bring on the video, ortoslon!

Mind you, the scoring is exponential, so the chance to smash your previous high score to pieces is always just a few more seconds away. So tempting.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by BMcC

Thu, 21 May 2009 19:20:15 +0000

Right with you, hao. :)

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:53:44 +0000

What happened to my post? 436050 points. Will record a video soon.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by ortoslon

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:52:36 +0000

Will record a video soon.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Alex May

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:32:20 +0000

I suck at this game

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Fex

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:18:06 +0000

413400 points! I’m coming to get you Derek! This game is fun to waste a few minutes into!

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by cactus

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:34 +0000

I also think it’s a really nice and simple concept.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Anthony Flack

Thu, 21 May 2009 06:33:18 +0000

“this was fun for a couple of minutes.”

Did you try to beat Derek’s score? I did (and I didn’t). Competitive scoring is essential for this sort of thing - it goes from a curiosity to a challenge.

And as a high-score challenge, this game delivers.

289440 - dammit, another fifteen seconds and I woulda had that.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by jss

Thu, 21 May 2009 06:02:38 +0000

@chris thrill of combat is up. $4.99, windows only.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Deacon Blues

Thu, 21 May 2009 05:56:55 +0000

All of Messhof’s games seem like they could be done on the 2600. I find them to be hit-or-miss, but this was fun for a couple of minutes.

"All Aboard the Party Boat!!" by Anthony Flack

Thu, 21 May 2009 02:03:21 +0000

Damn, one player sprite, one enemy sprite, and a boat… that’s just about the extent of it. There’s nothing here that couldn’t have been done on the Atari 2600. But it’s so addictive, I think I’ve hurt my hand a little bit.

And I’ve only just broken 200,000.

Having two independent score factors that multiply… that’s video gaming’s equivalent to crack cocaine right there.

There doesn’t seem to be any obvious exploits, and the game gets harder and harder while barely changing at all. This is a really nice design! Anyone who doubts it ought to try making something equally simple, and see if it works out as well.