I wanted to make a fun game that would be easy to do in a short period of time so I could stay focused on work while having a break. One challenge was the addition of wall jumping. It was possible to do this with plugins, but I wanted to do it vanilla, so I had to make a wall jumping solution from scratch. The timer was also very difficult to implement, as I had to take into account the lag created by all of the triggers for the wall jumps and the size of the levels.

For honors chemistry, we had a list of ions we had to memorize. Many people, including myself, struggled with the long list. My app, Ion Quiz, is trying to be a fun way to memorize some of the more difficult ionic compounds. The sprites for the formulas could only be a certain size, so I solved it, which also saved time by not having to make every individual ion. I won honorable mention for this app.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-sKeEOwgGk

This app is intended as a fun way to deal with some of the frustrations of the current pandemic while practicing hand-eye coordination and on-the-fly thinking. The app’s target audience is kids and anyone looking for a little retro-style fun. I made the game with GBStudio to play on the web and on a GameBoy, and I created the music with Milkytracker. I won second place in my district for it. You can play the game now!

https://samstick.vrtisworks.com/c0v1d