A simple arcade game made with only 500 characters for TweetTweetJam 9.

Use the left and right arrows to move the paddle. Press X to restart.

Score points by bouncing balls on the paddle, with consecutive bounces scoring more points. The game ends after 60 seconds. 

Source code: (exactly 500 characters, counting new lines as single characters)

pal(7,14)t,w,c,s,b=0,53,0,0,{}function _draw()
if(t*.25>#b)add(b,{62+rnd(2),30,63,29+rnd(2)*.1,rnd(6)+7})
cls()?"score:"..s,16,2,6
?"time:"..flr(60-t),84,2
if(btnp(5))run()
if(t>=59)print("press ❎ to restart",27,60)return
if(btn(0))w-=5
if(btn(1))w+=5
w=mid(w,99)rectfill(w,121,w+28,124)
t+=1/30 for i=1,#b do x,y,g,h,p,d=unpack(b[i])if d~=1 then
x,y,g,h=x+x-g,y+y-h+.04,x,y if(pget(x,y+2)==6)y,h=h,y;c+=1;s+=c
if(x<2 or x>125)x,g=g,x
if(y>128)d,c=1,0
circfill(x,y,2,p)b[i]={x,y,g,h,p,d}end end end
Published 11 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorOgelGames
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, Arcade, High Score, Physics, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
InputsKeyboard
LinksLexaloffle BBS

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This one worked great-and the game did all the explaining,which lead to a nice learning curve and good difficulty ramping. Great work!

Cute! Simple but fun

RT