Spring

The Project

You have two options on how to play the game. Either, if you are sighted, you can turn the sound off, or if you are blind, then turn the sound up. You must hold down the space bar to push the spring down. To release the spring, let go of the space bar. Just like a normal spring, the more you press down, the higher you will jump. Therefore to reach the higher balls, you need to compress the spring more than you would if the ball was lower on the screen. As well as the height, the timing of the release is key. To get a point, the bottom of the spring must pass through the ball. In addition, whilst the spring is in flight, it can be moved to the right or left using the arrow keys, or ‘a’ and ‘d’ keys. For blind people (or those seeking an extra audio challenge) they can play using only sound. The pitch of the sound will tell you how high the ball is on the screen and the time in between each ‘beep’ will tell you how fast the ball is moving from right to left. The game continues until the player misses the ball.

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