10 Second Berserker

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
Update (3rd-sept): I need to invoke LD's rule to fix a bug that pretty much makes the game unplayable on some machines.
I have updated the releases and the web player version and the sources changes can also be viewed. No new added features.

My entry is a 1 vs 1 soccer (football) game involving monster trucks. Should be straight forward except you have 10 seconds to score, the other guy is trying to ram you and the pitch is slippy as hell.

Uses unity.

Demo video - http://youtu.be/j8owcksIq1g

Src - https://github.com/wtarr/LudumDare27

Tools used:
Unity 3d 4.2
Blender
Fruity Loops 3 - (wow that's old)
sfxr

screenshot

Comments25

Animated
Animated25 Aug 2013, 22:24
Cool, but sometimes I go through the ball
CoderDozer
CoderDozerauthor26 Aug 2013, 10:32
Thanks for trying it out, The only thing I can think of is the ball is bouncing at the time and the car is just slipping under it. Had it happen to myself a couple of times and can be a bit annoying just when I think I have a shot at goal.
Mekuri26 Aug 2013, 11:15
haha, this game is slightly frustrating. It gets a bit easier when you get the hang of it, but even so, I lost like 80% of the time :P I really like the exaggerated camera effects when the other truck hits you.
vvolis26 Aug 2013, 11:16
I MADE A GOAL!! The car physics are ridiculous! :D This was actually very fun for the small amount of time I played it. Only addition I would make - I think it would be no problem to you to make people able to swith to 3D camera. I think that would make the game even more ridiculous. Nice job! :)
dekart26 Aug 2013, 11:18
It's probably an issue on my machine, but the car moves really slow, which frustrates a lot. Probably making a little quicker will improve the game play?
Recid26 Aug 2013, 11:24
It's really fun, catchy and hard, I like it!
There's no way someone can beat my best-score(2).
T126 Aug 2013, 11:31
The game is quite fun, though the slipperiness took a while to get used to before i could score a goal.

The only issue i have with this is the screen-shake effect. It adds a nice feel to impacts when done correctly, but here it's way over the top in my opinion. :)

The premise is great though :D I can't help imagining a full scale game where two teams of monster trucks completely obliterate the grass field while playing football, meanwhile the drivers honk horns and yell at each other :D
madk26 Aug 2013, 15:30
Man, fuck that other guy. Also, driving underneath the ball was exquisitely frustrating.
Suese
Suese26 Aug 2013, 19:33
Good start. I like the headlights.
evilDan27 Aug 2013, 03:27
Awesome! Very satisfying to make a goal. Loved the camera shake and the look of the lights. I love the fact that the other driver is an annoying douche just making things difficult.
sev_inf27 Aug 2013, 10:12
Funny idea, gameplay and graphics! I've enjoyed it :) "Shaking screen" effect is great, with it this game become very alive. However, I think you can make some improvements to this game to increase the "fun" (Yeah, I think you need to concentrate on it). Firstly, I think 10 seconds is too small time to perform a goal. Secondly, ball is jumping too high. I can't push ball from the beginning of game, I can only touch it after ~4 seconds late. So player need to avoid "berserker" for 4 seconds and perform goal in 6 seconds (not in 10 because ball is jumping).
But I think this game have a great potential to be a great time killer game. Wish you luck :)
Will Edwards27 Aug 2013, 11:14
Really really tricky when the camera doesn't orient with your car! And I completely failed to score any goals. Would be nice if the camera tracks, and the cars were different colours!
KeinBaum27 Aug 2013, 13:43
hmm the car is so slow i did not get to the ball in 10 seconds...
Zerot27 Aug 2013, 13:46
The ball bouncing made it just impossible to score sometimes.

It is a nice idea, but is too difficult. It would be better if it was easier to score so you at least get a sense of accomplishment after 10 seconds(instead of constantly seeing score 0)
CoderDozer
CoderDozerauthor27 Aug 2013, 14:45
Yeah, you are right, I probably should have built in a sliding scale of difficulty like the blockers speed, ball bounce and the pitches friction. Thanks for all the input.
Nick Weihs28 Aug 2013, 19:13
Great fun, if it a little difficult to hit the ball at times. Controls could use some tweaking too. Good work!
Darien
Darien30 Aug 2013, 09:25
The physics are fun, but the car moves a bit too slowly for a ten-second time limit. It seems my time is half up before I've even touched the ball.
Brejlounek31 Aug 2013, 16:24
VERY slippery :) That jerk scored more than me! :D
kibertoad
kibertoad1 Sep 2013, 22:33
Haha, that was fun, if very tough!
hbocao
hbocao1 Sep 2013, 22:49
Fun to play! I hate the other car!
CoderDozer
CoderDozerauthor2 Sep 2013, 21:55
Thanks for featuring it, that is really weird why the player car is moving so slow, must be something to do with unity's physics. Ah fuck, physics updates are meant to be done in "FixedUpdate" and not "Update".
CoderDozer
CoderDozerauthor2 Sep 2013, 22:35
Nope, much simpler than that, forgot to apply delta time to my forces -_-
Andresh15 Sep 2013, 00:50
Liked the light effects. But was difficult to see when the ball was flying in the air.
Blinked15 Sep 2013, 18:29
Wow, that was hard... The physics were hilarious though haha.

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