OPEN SOURCE · BY Martin Hentschel

Chicken on a Line

Keep a wobbly chicken balanced while bugs try to knock it off.

Balance & jump · Mouse or touch

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Press Play to load the game from Joywisp. No external game service is loaded.

How to play

  1. Press Start inside the game. Move the pointer or slide your finger near the bottom to balance the line.
  2. Press and release to jump over bugs. A slightly longer press gives a higher jump.
  3. After a round, reset the multiplier or risk it by beating your previous time. Reach more than 2,000 points to win.

Controls & screen size

Move a mouse or drag a finger to balance. Press and release to jump. The original game uses pointer controls; keyboard-only play is not supported.

A little tip

Make small movements under the chicken. Large sideways sweeps can tip it off before a jump helps.

Creator, source & licence

Chicken on a Line is by Martin Hentschel, hosted here under the MIT licence. It is a third-party open-source game, adapted for Joywisp; it is not a Joywisp original or an endorsed partnership.

Runs the author's native JavaScript modules without a minifier. Joywisp fixes pointer release on touch devices and canvas resizing. The optional favicon and third-party README screenshot are not included.

Physicsplain by hemartin (MIT).

Source version: c9eafef93575. The adapted source is in Joywisp’s repository.

Your game data

Round score and high score last only until this player is closed or restarted.

Joywisp privacy · Closing or stopping the player ends its running scripts and sound.

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