Alejandro Quarto

Game in a day, crazy mode: ON 

After the first source compilation, i used a few hours on the last saturday to see what kind of game i can expect from this kind of examples.

The Game

Even this pool game is not the best, it have just a litle work, few hours to put all together, some art, and a really poor sound system. My first impression is that balls examples opens a big world of chances for game development. They are simple, easy to handle and inside a system, they can take a lot of shapes. This time i made a simple pool. If you remember Pocket Gal, Pocket Gal 2, and the sequel Super Pool, for old systems, this game is not new for you.
I have to say, the physics are not real, cos it can take a long while to play with all the Newton’s laws. Anyway, simulation is playable, and compared with any webgame arround.  If you want to play real pool, development can take more than few hours.
This is the game screenshot:

Art is based on pics i found on google, and some Flash edition, you know, filters like shadow, glow, etc. The game is complete, with loading, splash, gameplay, game over, and highscore. All the highscore system is provided by MochiAds. Really simple to integrate and it works really cool. Since i have just a few impressions, i can’t really tell you how the mochiAds bussiness is. Anyway, as soon the game gets played for a couple of…mmm…million of people :D, i will show some stats here. If you want to try this bussiness you can take a look at one great blog www.emanueleferonato.com.

Conclusion

So, my final words about the game is just a litle description: is a pool, with lifes (you loose one when you miss a shoot, and viceversa), you have score goals arround the infinite levels, and also bonus score for consecutive balls.
Finally, i have to say is a good training experience, one day is not a lot of time to do a game, but, if you have a good brainstorming, you should try to do it.

Play it! 

If you want to play it:

http://www.alejandroquarto.com/wp-content/test/pocketPool_v3.html

Source 

About source code, i hope to do a step by step tutorial in the near future, if you can’t wait, you can contact me by mail or just by posting a comment.

Feedback 

I hope to get some feedback on this kind of stuff.