Flabby Physics Fun

Gamma IV was a single button-themed design challenge back in 2010, where various developers created games that only required one button to play. A few games were selected and some were eventually made publicly available like Poto & Cabenga, B.U.T.T.O.N., Tuning, and soon, Faraway. One that didn't make the cut was Flabby Physics, a wacky game by Molle Industria.

The lone button in Flabby Physics causes objects on the screen to undulate, with the goal being to bounce a ball into a star using these undulations. There is a somewhat undefinable hilarious quality to this game. Is it the play itself? Something about the bouncing of the ball with the odd movement of these shapes is amusing. Is it the music? Due to an issue where the music doesn’t quite loop long enough to finish the game, one finds out it is less entertaining without it.

Really though, it is the combination of these two elements. The music sets the rhythm for the game, and the play accompanies it. It shows that physics are really fun to play with, even if they are flabby.

[Play Flabby Physics]