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Hopit

Try to become "King of the Sandcastles" by squashing all the sandcastles on the pyramid before the baddies can get you! Fast and furious, so keep alert and don't stop jumping!

Hopit artwork
Hopit

A little internet history

When games arrived in the browser.

1995
Java applets helped turn web pages into places you could play, with games running inside the browser.
The plug-in era ends
Browsers gradually stopped supporting Java plug-ins. Java 11 removed the browser deployment tools; the Java language itself continues.
Today
This original game runs through our browser emulator. You don’t need to install the old Java plug-in.

Our part in that early web

Our Java games began on Smilie.com in the 1990s, before Matica followed. A surviving Smilie archive from 1 June 1997 refers to Mirkin’s Darts; Matica appears in the archive from 11 November 1998.

These games are part of that first wave of web play. We’re keeping them accessible, along with their original pages and history.

Read more: Java’s early tutorial history · Oracle’s applet deployment notes

Space to start; use the cursor keys to hop around the platforms. Sound starts off. High scores are shared between Matica and SmilieGames; loading and game-driven saving await owner testing.

Play Hopit

Original game notes

Try and become King of the Sandcastles! Flatten all the sandcastles on the pyramid by using the arrow keys.

Watch out for enemies: the beachball brothers, the frog, the flea, and the evil Dr. Flatten are all after you. Keep an eye out for friendly Tick-Tock clock - if you land on the same block as him, he'll make sure no enemies appear for a while! If you get into trouble on the edges of the pyramid, you can use the buckets as a quick escape route.

(You can toggle the music on and off by pressing "M", and toggle the sound effects using "S". Use "P" to pause and unpause the game.)