Bear Pong

by tower07
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.05
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★41%
Okay, so you're at this pong tournament, right?
All of a sudden this bear shows up and you freak all out.
You run around and panic, but after 10 seconds it just stops.
The tournament will go on whether you're there or not.
Can you make it back in time?

(I know the installer is painful, but please BEAR with me!)

I apologize my fellow Ludum-Darers (correct terminology I promise Gandalf told me it was legit) I seemed to have done a... boo-boo. I didn't realize that public domain images of side-view bears aren't allowed in the compo! Gandalf and I sincerely apologize. We were only trying to save you from his (my) awful pixel artistry. We will try harder next time!

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Comments19

ehnaton25 Aug 2013, 19:34
Sorry,dude, but it wants directx 8. I have 11th one :(
tower07
tower07author25 Aug 2013, 19:49
Oh geez. I'm working on a fix now!
tower07
tower07author25 Aug 2013, 19:54
I think I've fixed it! Putting it in a launcher format seemed to take care of the problem.
Dark Acre Jack26 Aug 2013, 04:02
Sry I'm not an installer kind of guy.
namrog84
namrog8426 Aug 2013, 04:11
dx8 doesn't work for me.
I dislike having installers, though I installed anyways

hahah amusing!
that was very unexpected and quite awesome.
tower07
tower07author26 Aug 2013, 14:36
Thank you for dealing with the installer! :D
Loerden26 Aug 2013, 14:39
Works, its interesting!
nintendoeats26 Aug 2013, 14:56
What are you doing that you need DirectX8? Isn't that 10 years old at this point?

Anyway, That's pretty funny. It's not polished, but the core concept of "random interruption of gameplay which puts player out of position" has promise.

Is it possible to actually beat the computer? The actual pong part seems not so great, since the ball's Velocity is not affected by the player's approach. You can't fake out the computer in any way.
epicSpeedTurtle26 Aug 2013, 15:07
Hahahahaha! This definitely gets 5 stars for humor!
bisk8s
bisk8s26 Aug 2013, 18:03
An instaler? Directx8? Why?

But ok, anyway I had installed it and its very funny! Its worths the installation.
Take care of my 4 stars, next time, no instaler, ok?
Darien
Darien29 Aug 2013, 14:27
I have no idea why this is so great. But it is! BEAR TIME!

Only trouble is that, after bear time, the pong game is pretty much totally broken. The other paddle stops moving, maybe the ball stops moving -- pretty much doesn't work anymore. But I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard at a game.
Amber
Amber31 Aug 2013, 11:06
Okay, so disclaimer, I've had kind of a lot of wine right now, but this is the best thing ever. Is that Wagner? Obviously needs some polish but I am laughing like crazy right now.
Arcana31 Aug 2013, 17:32
WHAT

WHAT IS THIS

ITS AMAZING
AdamHarte
AdamHarte3 Sep 2013, 03:36
Haha, man I am glad I installed and played this game :D
Mandraw13 Sep 2013, 15:04
when i installed this game i tought : this will be the first time i will uninstall a game after playing only one time...

FALSE !

I will keep this gamle on my pc and show it to all of my friends : this game is amazing !( I will actually not talk to them about the bear XD)
tower07
tower07author17 Sep 2013, 01:56
@michail I see now. I won't do that next time. However, the game served it's purpose, so I don't really care that it won't be judged in the compo. (As long as I don't have to take it down, that is.)

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