You might play this game and think “this is just a copy of that iPhone game Doodle Jump”, and you’d be completely right. I was bored the other weekend and thought I’d make a game. I like Doodle Jump and there isn’t really any good online alternatives (google it, the top link is pretty poor, I’m not even going to link to it) so I thought I’d make one. I really enjoy programming physics and since it’s fairly simple for this game I did it all myself rather than using a library such as Box2D.
Normally I’d get the game to a certain level, like this early demo of Space Monkey, then move onto something else but I liked this one and thought I’d see it through to a properly finished game I’d be happy to post here. One thing I noticed was the game play is only a small part of a simple online game like this. It probably took roughly the same time to build the shell and score board etc.
Apart from the Monkey character (who I bought off iStock) I did all the graphics myself. I’m really pleased with the way this game turned out and I hope you have fun playing it.
Hey Man – I had the high score. Actually, I had 3 high scores posted, including the highest score. Now all of those scores are cleared. What’s up with that?
20 May 2011I really enjoy programming physics and since it’s fairly simple for this game I did it all myself rather than using a library such as Box2D.
27 Mar 2011Did you program your own physics or use a library?
25 Mar 2011addictive
10 Mar 2011Bouncy bouncy 🙂
9 Mar 2011