Thanks on your assist and detailed feedback, mobilelast, I’ll attempt to reply the perfect I can
I agree Hop! 2D could also be irritating generally. To me, as a tribute to classic platformers and arcade video games basically, it is part of the problem to not succeed at first and get used to controls to raised perceive how the principle character behaves in numerous conditions. That’s the reason I included a coaching mode to follow first with none time restrict and no enemy to keep away from or kill (this mode ends proper earlier than the first boss). Although not likely “arcade-esque”, the chance to restart from any unlocked world is one other means to not discourage gamers. Because of the potential size of a sport (it may exceed an hour and a half in the event you full each stage), I added the save/reload possibility a bit later, this may occasionally assist too.
Your ideas about controls are fascinating. As a consequence of their simplicity, I first selected what I believed was probably the most intuitive ones (left and proper arrow keys) and requested myself about one other implementation (I later added left and proper mouse buttons, which sounds fairly unorthodox however works truly fairly properly when you get used to it). WASD (AD, truly) buttons was one other potential selection however the principle constraint to implement it’s which kind of keyboard to think about (QWERTY or AZERTY) so I gave up this feature. The most effective resolution could also be to permit the participant to decide on its personal keys however I’ve to check extra tutorials earlier than with the ability to implement this. I didn’t suppose in any respect about gamepads as I sadly do not personal one. Given the sport mechanics, I am undecided analog controls would match because the participant already has to take care of momentum and rebounds. Furthermore, some jumps want instantaneous full acceleration so utilizing an analog management system would in my view make the sport more durable to deal with.
Blind jumps ? Sure, they’re undoubtedly intentional ! For the primary ones within the sport, you possibly can take a look first on the place the place you are presupposed to “land” so, as soon as it’s checked and memorised, the soar turns into a lot simpler. Later within the sport, blind jumps change into a part of the problem however you at all times have the chance to save lots of a sport on the finish of a stage to restart the following one as many occasions as you need in the event you do not succeed the primary time.
About timers, the present model of the sport is more likely to be simpler than the one you tried a yr in the past as Hop’s power now depletes extra slowly (after contemplating participant suggestions, I modified it and it now takes 50s to die in the event you do not discover any power bonus as an alternative of 40s in earlier variations). v1.0 is the official present model of the sport and mechanics will not change any further. incoming v1.1 will convey minor bug fixes and additional menu choices (amongst them, direct entry to the sport’s on-line leaderboard). I additionally intend to launch an android model later.
Out of your feedback, I can inform you have got not less than accomplished world 1. You need to contemplate collaborating within the contest (the third greatest participant misplaced in stage 9) and ship display captures right here. What do you consider it ?
Thanks once more, I’ll add your title in subsequent model’s credit and I am wanting ahead to having some information quickly 
