Solo Dev

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A while ago I was planning a vacation, and before travelling I scrolled around on the Play store on my phone, looking for an easy and “braindead” game to keep me occupied during the flight and queues and such.

To my disappointment I didn’t find a game that scratched that itch I was looking for, so I grabbed a pen and some paper and started doodling some ideas for a mindless game I could have some fun with.

This ultimately accumulated into a game I liked to call “Hot Potato”, inspired of course my the game hot potato, where you need to bounce a ball or an item around between a group of friends. The games take on it become more about keeping a potato in the air for as long as you could, and the longer you held it in the air the more points you would get.

The game is not on any public platforms as it’s not something I want to release, instead just be something I have on my phone made for myself. Although the project was a simple test to see what I could make in a short time- I still find that I open it up every now and then and play with it.

If i could do it over again, or if I decide to work some more on it, I’ll probably add some more scoring features. For example if the player would spin the potato that would add a bonus multiplier to the score, and adding more juice and flare to the game to really squeeze out some more dopamine in the player.