One Hop Further

One Hop Further is our own pixel-art mobile game, built from idea to release: the app, an online leaderboard on our own server, a game website with a playable in-browser demo and an ad-based business model. The game is free on Google Play and the App Store.

We built the onehopgame.com website alongside the game. It has a playable in-browser demo, a step-by-step photo-to-hero section, all the worlds, characters and seasonal events, the game's music, Polish and English versions and its own visitor statistics.

We also built an automated Twitch streaming setup for the game (twitch.tv/onehopfurther). An autopilot plays while viewers steer the game from chat: their commands help (rocket, balloon) or get in the way (bombs), they vote for their team and can even take over the character. The on-stream overlay shows the commands, the score, a tug of war between the teams and a viewer leaderboard, while a watchdog keeps the broadcast running and restarts it after a crash.

Players hop higher and higher, dodge traps and stay ahead of the rising void. There are five worlds, 65 characters to unlock with coins and 40 more from 20 seasonal events throughout the year. Players can draw their own hero in the pixel editor or turn any photo into one.

It plays by touch, gamepad or keyboard. There are no microtransactions: everything is unlocked with coins earned in the game, and the only purchase is the full version without ads between runs.