Poom!

August 19, 2005 1:25 PM

Friday flash fun! Try Poom! You move a constantly changing floor around in a virtual 3-D space so that a ball will bounce on it. Curiously entertaining...

There goes the rest of my day. via zannah
posted by jasper411 (27 comments total)

My brain hurts. Anyone know what the mirror does? I only saw it once at around bounce 25.
posted by smackfu at 1:50 PM on August 19, 2005

Woo-hoo!

Three, damn it. THREE.

I think I have the hang of it now.
posted by cedar at 1:55 PM on August 19, 2005

I found it much more enjoyable after turning my sound off.
posted by ericost at 1:55 PM on August 19, 2005

This game would be much better if the really-high-bounce thingies appeared more often and weren't quite as good. As it is, you're pretty much guaranteed not to do very well without one, and most games don't get one.

The mirror thingies suck -- you break right through.

34 bounces, 4000 points, getting tired of it
posted by gurple at 1:57 PM on August 19, 2005

The nuclear tiles are fun.

61 bounces and I think I'm done.
posted by dreamsign at 2:00 PM on August 19, 2005

The key is to watch the shadow.
posted by maxsparber at 2:04 PM on August 19, 2005

4599877 Bounes...but I think my meth is wearing off!
posted by Mr Bluesky at 2:05 PM on August 19, 2005

I can't even enter my name...
posted by kika at 2:14 PM on August 19, 2005

kika: click on the name field with your cursor. That had me stumped for a while there....
posted by brundlefly at 2:29 PM on August 19, 2005

The other key is to always go for the bouncy things if there is one.
posted by smackfu at 2:30 PM on August 19, 2005

ah, I found this a while ago and loved it.
posted by delmoi at 2:31 PM on August 19, 2005

Ban Friday Flash Fun!!!! I cant win any of them!! JK
posted by wheelieman at 2:33 PM on August 19, 2005

OK, 78 bounces, 8650 points, on a lucky game. I STOP NOW. Really....
posted by gurple at 2:35 PM on August 19, 2005

You guys, the trick is to always try to make teh ball bounce on one of the tiles. If you can do that, you'll really do well.
posted by TheStorm at 2:42 PM on August 19, 2005

That was very difficult. Until I noticed the shadow.
posted by obfusciatrist at 2:42 PM on August 19, 2005

I clicked on the name field. Didn't work.

But now I tried again and I could enter my name. I don't like it though. Mapping a 3D interface onto a 2D coordinate system is hard. And in this case not very well done, IMNSHO. If the fun of a game is in the learning of the controls they lost me.
posted by kika at 2:43 PM on August 19, 2005

Yeah, I agree, kika. The shadow lies, sometimes. It will appear on top of the coin, even though you're going to miss the tile entirely. Bad, bad projection.
posted by gurple at 2:45 PM on August 19, 2005

the key is to put mark on your monitor that shows you where the ball comes down. a bit of a cheat.
posted by tomplus2 at 2:54 PM on August 19, 2005

that's annoying.
posted by nervousfritz at 3:15 PM on August 19, 2005

Even with an inkspot on my screen, it's still really hard -- dunno why.
posted by alumshubby at 3:21 PM on August 19, 2005

Kinda fun, but the 3D plane is just not registering with me. I can't connect the depth of the ball to the depth of the plate.
posted by selfnoise at 3:42 PM on August 19, 2005

this is really hard with a trackpad, I will play it when I get back to my desktop.
posted by philosophistry at 4:29 PM on August 19, 2005

nuclear tiles are definitely key to winning. haven't played it in a few weeks, but first game had 63/5900.
posted by jmackin at 5:25 PM on August 19, 2005

This one's going right in my cool stuff folder.
posted by meh at 6:10 PM on August 19, 2005

Aargh. Makes me glad to have stereo vision in real life.
posted by flagellum at 7:31 PM on August 19, 2005

That was fun but now I'm ready to go back to my Hot Coffee.
posted by fenriq at 9:12 PM on August 19, 2005

i got a treasure chest!
posted by sexyrobot at 1:51 AM on August 20, 2005