TRAPSLAP!

What it is

TRAPSLAP! is a one-thumb slap pinball game. A giant boxing glove sits on a rail at the bottom of a crazy science lab. Drag it left and right with your thumb. When the little runner falls onto it, the glove slaps him straight back up; catch him on the edge and he flies sideways. Drop him past the glove and you lose a life. Three drops and the round is over. The game is in English.

Problem it solves

Short arcade games tend to play the same way every round, so they are quickly put down. TRAPSLAP! makes every slap feel different. Swipe into the catch for a POWER SLAP, catch him dead center for a PERFECT, and when the heat bar fills the glove bursts into FEVER. On top of that there is somewhere to climb (the lab map and its bosses), a reason to replay (three stars for three different feats) and someone to beat (a friend playing the same chamber).

Core loop

• Fly the runner through goofy character pins standing on ledges. Pins knock over other pins for chains (STRIKE!, PILE UP!). Every pin without a drop raises the multiplier, up to x5.
• Clear every pin and the next wave slides in, a little faster. Wall springs, swinging hammers, fans, lasers and rubber duck bumpers change the runner's path.
• When the round ends, PLAY AGAIN replays the same chamber right away, or send that round to a friend as a link.

Main features

• LAB TOUR: 60 levels up the six wings of a lab tower, with a giant boss machine and its scientist at the top of every wing. Knock the runner into the boss to wear it down. At half health it gets angry, moves faster and drops bolts.
• Three stars per level, each for something different: clear it, clear it without a drop, and pull off the level's trick (a number of perfects or chains, setting off FEVER, a fast clear and more). Stars open treasure chests.
• Coins buy seven glove upgrades, four ranks each. Upgrades work only in the LAB TOUR.
• ENDLESS: waves without end and a boss every ten waves. Your best round goes on the world board.
• DAILY SLAP: one chamber a day, the same for everyone, three tries, a world board and a friends board.
• BEAT MY SCORE: send your round as a link and a friend plays the same chamber with the same waves. Your inbox tells you when they beat you, and you can send it back to keep the rally going.
• Six gloves, six runners in three colors, funny drops and trails. Looks never change how the glove plays.

Product decisions

• Every score on a board is replayed and checked by the server with the same rules.
• Upgrades work only in the LAB TOUR. ENDLESS, DAILY SLAP, friend challenges and the world board all use the standard glove, so only skill decides the ranking.
• A drop is a joke, not a punishment. When DROPPED! appears, you can play again in one tap.

Pricing

Free, with no in-app purchases and no banner ads. On Android you can choose to watch rewarded ads: one more life after the third drop (once per round, not in DAILY SLAP), double the coins of a round, or one special box a day. A full-screen ad appears when you leave a result after every third finished round. Friend challenges, DAILY SLAP and the world board need an internet connection.

Next hypotheses

Measure where players stop on the map and how many tries each boss takes, then tune the difficulty and the upgrade values to match.

Support and privacy

• Contact: hello@mrlatte.net or the contact page
• Privacy policy: The privacy policy explains how the game account, shared scores and ad data are handled and deleted.