Developed by Bennett Foddy

9 games

Ice

Bennett Foddy

The game is a simple physics game, a reinterpretation of the speed-skating from Epyx’s C64 classic Winter Games. Downward pressure from the skates on the ice is converted into forward momentum, which would be easy enough were it not for the hazards of the ice rink. Made in the old version of Ruby Bergstrom’s Luxe, which used to be a rather lovely Haxe library and is now on the way to becoming a rather lovely Wren library. I don’t mind either way; I’m not a good enough programmer to have opinions about languages. Whatever library or language I use, it seems to lend its own flavor to the work you make with it. I don’t want a single tool that I can use for any game… I want a digital toolshed that looks like Depeche Mode’s synth collection.

Monastery

Bennett Foddy

This is 2018’s assignment, a diabolical puzzle. You’re a monk who has forgotten where his cell is in the monastery, and who must walk the labyrinth in order to remember it. If you can find his room, you’ll find out what the assignment prompt is. I was a bit worried the students would be unable to find the prompt hidden in this one, but about half of them got there eventually. (The rest were expelled from the university.) 2018’s class was 100% Pico-8 so it seemed appropriate that the prompt game should be in Pico-8 too. Pico-8 is so great for prototyping — as a case in point, it builds to a single JS and HTML file which loads quite happily in the browser from a local file, so you don’t get annoying permissions or crossdomain problems.

Platform

Super Pole Riders

Bennett Foddy

A pole-vaulting polo game, part of the Sportsfriends collection.

Sport

Clop

Bennett Foddy

A spiritual successor to QWOP where Players control the individual limbs of a unicorn.

Simulator

QWOP

Bennett Foddy, Noodlecake Studios

QWOP is a 2008 ragdoll-based Flash game created by former Cut Copy bassist Bennett Foddy. Players control an athlete named "Qwop" using only the Q, W, O, and P keys. The game has become a popular meme since it's outbreak in 2010.

IndieSport

Get on Top!

Bennett Foddy

This game is my take on 'Fight of the Sumo Hoppers', and it was originally designed to be controlled with two trampolines.

Fighting

Baby Steps

Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy, Devolver Digital

Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had… putting one foot in front of the other.

ActionAdventureCasualIndie