I’ve finished work on my new game, GIRP. It’s very loosely a spiritual successor to QWOP.
Press and hold the letter keys to reach for the rings, and use either SHIFT, CONTROL or the mouse button to haul yourself up. Your goal is a bird’s nest at the top of the cliff, that has an awesome, amazing treasure hidden inside. But you have to contend with a territorial bird and the slowly rising tide. It’s not as hard as QWOP but I think you will find it… hard enough.
Note: There is a bug in Firefox 4 for OSX which prevents SHIFT and CONTROL from working, until they fix it use the mouse button or Safari or Chrome. On Windows, there is a ‘feature’ where StickyKeys gets turned on if you hit shift too many times, so use Control or the mouse button. And on a number of cheaper, newer keyboards, there are combinations of letters that won’t register if you’re pressing SHIFT or CONTROL. If you’re having trouble, try using the mouse button instead.
Bug report: the game doesn’t work with Dvorak keyboards. The letters seem to be hardcoded to the QWERTY layout.
Are you using String.fromCharCode to decode the keypresses, or just mapping the letters manually?
I use the Flixel keyboard handler. I’m sorry but I don’t think Flash can control which keycodes are sent from the browser. File a bug report with your browser developers.
this game is uber addicting ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
As a rockclimber and game designer, I have speculated for a while how to make a game that really captures the feel of climbing. This is it. Well done.
Thanks Foddy.
You make the internet freaking awesome.
keep up the great work.
also is it possible to re-release qwop for the iphone?
cuz the released one sorta… is really hard…
could u release the flash version with just QWOP as buttons?
that’ll be great.
many thanks.
It feels awkward pressing ctrl or shift to pull up- I think you should allow spacebar instead
I feel that there should be a way to mute the sound – is there, or can there be?
i figured everyone’s computer has a mute button these days?
But if you want to listen to music on the pc while playing that wouldn’t be much use.
Great game by the way, goddamnit i didn’t need another qwop.
That would be what I’d like to do.
Open the sound mixer, there almost always is one, and mute just your internet browser.
yeah, i wanted to listen from youtubexD
I DON’T RECALL THE LAST TIME I PLAYED A PC GAME FOR THIS LONG… IMPRESSIVE WORK!
I’M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD PORT IT TO IOS, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY BUY IT IF YOU DID, THIS ONE ALONG WITH WINNER VS. LOSER AND TOO MANY NINJAS.
EITHER WAY BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE, BE IT HERE OR ON MY IPOD TOUCH
Well, the game was alright. It’s sort of like a keyboard version of twister, if you will.
The name, however is genius. It helps us to understand the character, and know that he is a handsome and chivalrous individual, who will undoubtedly overcome his goal given the proper motivation.
Thank You.
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best game ever pb 13.2
come on you can beat it to easy i got up to 10 metres just by pressing the same key on the keyboard ITS BORING AND REALLY BORING 100% BORING ITS FUCKING STUPID
Haha! Finally beat it! 36 minutes! You’ve succeeded in making a game harder than QWOP.
Good sir, I think it might be in your interests to know that I have never felt fustrated at this game, at all. Granted, I'm a pretty chill person in general, but while QWOP's so annoying it wraps around to being absurdly funny, GIRP is simply a challenge, in the best kind of way! I've been playing a lot of my old platforming games that I never finished as a child; maybe that sense of timing is just something I love in general.Anyway, could literally see the clifftop, when I let go of shift and realised the tide had risen faster. Stupid bird kept roosting on the third rung from the present. The dude was upside-down, his forehead touched the water and he promptly died, and I just cracked up laughing and closed the window. I'll try again in a week or so, probably.
You have a real eye for fantastically simple games, keep it up and thanks for all the Good Times!
lol i think you’re right.
Not harder than qwop, but awesome!
I lost the game! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
There’s any way to play it offline? I would really appreciate it, ’cause this is one the best games ever!
PB 21.9 can anybody beat that?
mine is 72.0
I fell just before the end goddamnitXD
72.0
I fell just before the end xD
I got all the way to 80.0 (Which is pretty much the top) and the bird beat me to the present at the top and flew away with it. F*CKING BIRD!
personal best (time) 11min 30 seconds
all the way to the top without the bird taking the present
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww is game issisiisisissisi coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!
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♥The End♥
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NICE
11’45.8″. Amazing treasure indeed. I have to say, it’s not what anyone expects.
That goddamn bird is out to get me!
(Sobs) Why is it so mean? (Sobs)
AS IF I AM A FOOL
ITS LIKE
EVERYONE IS SHOUTING
LOL
Duh! Winning! Because of this game, Tiger Blood now drips from everybodys fengs!
I would have voted this to be my favorite flash game of all time. But that fucking bird is a prick so I vote 0/10
WTF! i can’t get to the F? i’m so close!!!! (the end..for me)
SO EASY
The music, that little song from which only three chords play occasionally, what is it? It seems so familiar, and I thought it was from Cold Mountain, but I can’t quite figure it out.
it’s original. well, I say that, but obviously it’s just three chords, and I’m sure they’ve been used before in this sequence a million times.
It sounds so familiar; that’s a good thing. It’s quite pleasant, so…thanks.
I think it’s simply mindboggling.
The graphix are superior to anythinkg i’ve ever seen, and the controls are flawless. Simply the best game i’ve ever played.
LOL jks i hated it.
OMG THIS IS SO ANNOYING BUT ADDICTIVE AT THE SAME TIME!!:/
Awesome game. Got to the end and the bird stole my present.. Got to the end again and beat the bird only to find out the present sucks!! THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!!111one
Will this possibly be on the App store soon?
I’m not sure what the controls would be, but I’m sure you’ll crack it Bennett
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Hi, I think your game is very entertaining! I wonder if there is anyway for the character to change hand gripping a ring? Thanks for the game =))
Awesome
Thank you
I finally won =)24m 4.5sec
The game is extremely good! I’ve finished it three times in two days.
U have a game-developing gift, u make old-time games and they end up really good.
There is only one thing that bothers me a lot. It’s the bird, of course. It is too IRRITATING and it is the one thing that doesn’t belong in this game IMO.
Keep up the good work!
my highest? 16.9″ baby!!
Best online Game I’ve eber seen!… Totally original, genius! Difficult enough to be a real challenge but not frustrating!
Best online Game I’ve ever seen!… Totally original, genius! Difficult enough to be a real challenge but not frustrating!
hey im new too this site, but i’ve bin addicted to this game for many hours now and cant help but think it could become a realy good way to teach kids to type better and faster by knowing where the keys are. i remember shitty programs about how to properly type when i was younger.
Great fun this game. Thank you very much.
My best speedrun for this was 4 minutes 5 seconds, but I usually average around 9 minute mark.
The speed of your climb is really determined by your luck with the bird (does it decide to interject your path). Many times I’m at narrow path and have very little way of building up speed since the bird is determined to stay at the ring besides me. This is especially when at the end, you try to build up speed to fly over the gap — the bird is usually on a completely unrelated ring, but messes up my building of speed. I’d suggest either: make the bird not collide with your body (so the only challenge is that it covers rings), or that the bird does not fly to the same rings often.
Anyway, awesome game, thank you very much
i can only make it up to 7 meters. this game and qwop are the best
i really enjoy your games. they are unique and fun
but i really wish that there was a mute button to stop the sound.
other than that 10/10
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err, why caps
wow that game is really good my best is 15 meters
i hate it fuck it it such a motherfucker
this is better than anything i have on my computer right now. I love this game!!
I have been playing for a while now and i have started jump-catchings and hand-changes on the same grip and some more cool movements. Believe me, try those and you will feel much better about the game.
The only thing this game is missing as a rock-climber, is the usage of feet. It would be much better if i could use my feet too.
Thanks all.