SkiFree in the Browser

It's in the long list of awesome features :D it actually wouldn't be too hard. I suspect the hardest part would be making the après-ski experience realistic ;)

d0m• 13 years ago

I swear this game is better than most of the game I've played this and last year. Graphics aren't everything.

networked2• 13 years ago

Nice. I expect SkiFree to finally get a modder community after you complete this version. :-)

Unfortunately, the player's movement seems to come to a halt every 14-15 m or so in Firefox 18.0.2 on Linux x86_64. That is not the case in Chromium 24.0.1312.56 on the same platform.

Edit: there are also visible lines over and under the tall fir trees in Firefox: http://imgur.com/3wnXSqs.

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Brilliant feedback thank you :) I get the same line issue in Mobile Safari but can't work out why without setting up debugging tools so maybe solving the issue in Firefox will help.

nextstep• 13 years ago

Amazing! Works super well on Mobile Safari and it has the yeti attack at the end!

3327• 13 years ago

amazing finally! you could do tricks though in the original one maybe an addition to patch on the following release ?

enneff2• 13 years ago

The controls are wrong, too. Left and right should rotate the character, but right now they make him turn hard left and hard right. In the original there were also two degrees of left and right turning, so you could navigate with more precision. You could also turn fully horizontal and then use the up arrow to climb the hill sideways.

Please fix this! :-)

mcmire• 13 years ago

I knew the original was somehow different too.

Also, couldn't you right-click in the air to do tricks or something?

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Unless someone beats me to it I will do this next time I make any changes. The great thing about feedback like this is that I get to find out what peoples' favourite missing feature or bug are, so thanks :)

CoryG89• 13 years ago

Awesome! Just got transported back to my parents living room on Windows 95. And yes, I still suck at this game.

h4pless• 13 years ago

Just realized you have to run the yeti into trees to keep them from eating you... Feels like a good moment for a facepalm.

tlrobinson• 13 years ago

http://xkcd.com/667/

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Haha! This wasn't a feature in the I original but I thought it might add some balance to my version which was lacking some features which are useful for accruing points!

bdg• 13 years ago

:( The controls aren't the same. I want to make him walk up forever really really slowly.

NamTaf• 13 years ago

I noticed this too. In the original, the left and right arrows rotated you. In this, they correspond to 'face left' and 'face right' respectively.

The difference is, in the original if you were facing left and hit the right arrow, you'd rotate one position to the right. This would put you as facing down again. In this, if you're facing left and hit right, you immediately face right. To face down you have to press down.

It's still confusing my muscle memory :(

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Sorry guys, I'll get to it when I can :) if you fancy helping out and beating me to it you're more than welcome to do a pull request!

winestock• 13 years ago

Twenty-nine comments and no one has posted the site of the author of the original SkiFree?

http://ski.ihoc.net/

SkiFree was originally written for VAX/VMS on VT100 terminals. Scroll down that page to see a small animated GIF showing where abominable snow monsters come from.

kenrikm• 13 years ago

Wow this really brings me back, what was the name of the game with the bow and arrows? that was another favorite of mine "back in the day" Thanks for making this!

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

It was absolutely my pleasure :)

Was that bow and game one of those games where you defends against each other from either side of a valley?

fratis• 13 years ago

I think I remember what you're talking about (pretty sure it was just called Bow and Arrow) and I think this is it: http://www.download-central.ws/Win16/Games/B/Bow-and-Arrow/

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Thanks for posting this :) it's interesting - Pirih has put he original game up for download as well as far more media one would expect. Great site. I hope he notices my port, it soils be amazing to get his feedback :)

dereferenced• 13 years ago

Some differences from the original:

1.) You can't press right twice to stop, then up repeatedly to climb.

2.) You can't press various arrow keys after jumping to do a trick pose that gives you extra points.

3.) There's only 1 degree of 'turning right', not two. Same w/ left.

the_cat_kittles• 13 years ago

4) There aren't those rock/?? things that when you hit turn into mushrooms/tombstones/??

ygra• 13 years ago

5) There are no bare trees that catch fire when you hit them in flight.

6) You cannot jump by clicking the mouse.

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Hey! Thanks for the feedback. Right you are for 1 and 2 - maybe I will get around to implementing these :) but as for 3, try using the mouse. Movement is still a bit funny, and could do with some improvement so I might do that next.

Thanks again! Naturally, I encourage you to contribute with code if you are that way inclined :)

pserwylo• 13 years ago

Also, there was a bug (feature?) in the win 3.1 version where if you sat yourself under a seat, and then held the up arrow to slowly go up at the same time as the lift, and your score would rocket up by the 1000s.

We used it to increase the high score on our primary school computers from a measly 11 to several tens of thousands in a couple of minutes.

Otherwise, pretty darn faithful recreation, great job!

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

If you haven't tried this in mobile Safari or Chrome yet please do, it works surprisingly well!

chrismorgan• 13 years ago

I'm glad the yeti has taste. It's not interested in snowboarders.

basicallydan16• 13 years ago

Hahah! Maybe the Yeti is trying to clean up the slopes though, eh? ;)

bromagosa• 13 years ago

It's amazing how something as funny and non-scary as this monster could scare the hell out of me when I was a kid... I remember myself playing and almost getting a heart attack every time the monster showed up.

jbrooksuk• 13 years ago

I love it. This game brings back so many memories for me! As it's written in JavaScript, I intend to take it, add some realtime players via Node.js and get this up and running. So much fun for a side project and with a great starting point!

pehrlich• 13 years ago

Damn, I'm itching for pressure-sensitive arrow keys.

shocks• 13 years ago

I don't remember the controls being like this. The controls here seem far less intuitive.

guru_shastry• 13 years ago

Your next project - Elasto Mania in the browser!

xlevus• 13 years ago

If you crash when the yeti is chasing you, the yeti disappears.

kungfooey• 13 years ago

Now if we could just get a JS version of the Johnny Castaway screensaver, reliving my youth would be quite possible.

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