Show HN: WebAssembly port of Neverball, a 3D rolling ball game (neverball.github.io)

8 points by parasti 3y ago ↗ HN

Neverball is a rolling ball game in the vein of Super Monkey Ball. I ported it to the browser via Emscripten with some tweaks to integrate well with the browser. It feels solid on desktop and mobile, to me. That said, I'm just one guy. A question to HN readers: your impressions on what's good, what's bad and what's missing?

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rhelmer 3y ago ↗

Nice work! I've enjoyed playing this game in the past, and have been working on porting various apps to wasm lately. Coincidentally, this is one I was looking into porting when I found this post.

gitgud 3y ago ↗

> That said, I'm just one guy

Amazing, very impressive rendering and physics on iOS chrome! We’ll done

> your impressions on what's good, what's bad and what's missing?

I think the graphics and physics are spot on. Even the level design and coins you pick up are great.

What’s lacking a bit is the UX. To me there’s way too many clicks to start a game, I was a bit confused too with the controls. I thought it might be using gyro sensors on mobile but instead it was hand gestures. Wasn’t clear to me what the goal was of each level, I went straight to the target and nothing happened.

Anyway, overall an incredible effort especially for a single developer!

quickthrower2 3y ago ↗

It is great. Native flawless game feel on iOS! Just would be cool for a full screen option.

parasti 3y ago ↗

Sadly you hit on a nerve, because, to my knowledge, Safari on iPhone does not support the fullscreen API. See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fullscreen_...