Ludum Dare #27compo

Weakening Paddle

by wukkopi

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.76

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.36

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.22

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.28

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%

You control a paddle who tries to destroy every block that opposes him. Unfortunately this paddle gets constantly weaker.

To control this paddle use A, D or S, F or arrow keys.

If you can't play this game for some reason, then be sure to check youtube video of this game provided in links above.

This game needs XNA 4.0 framework installed in order to run.

Added post-compo executable. (post-compo Weakening Paddle.exe) which includes following changes:
- Changed "NAME" to "your name here"
- Online competing by default.
- Made paddle faster.
- Took down my online score list.

Thanks to everyone who played my game!

Comments23

Friday26 Aug 2013, 13:39

crashes on startup. (windows) I did extract it.

GreenyUk26 Aug 2013, 13:42

Not a bad remake just not very innovative :/ Found the paddle a bit slow.

Diogo Muller26 Aug 2013, 13:43

Good idea, and works well with the theme. The name part for the leaderboard, after you die, could be clearer. I think I registered myself as NAME a few times.

Wukkopiauthor26 Aug 2013, 14:04

Friday: This game needs XNA 4.0 runtime. Did you try installing this? If it's still not running let me know.

Diogo, GreenyUk: Thanks for feedback! I'll change that NAME to something else, "your name here" maybe?

Acrimiens26 Aug 2013, 14:29

Its fun!

gikdew26 Aug 2013, 15:42

nice game, Arkanoid games are really awesome! :)

Cardanis26 Aug 2013, 15:58

I love the different ways you made the game "Juicy"

PTSnoop26 Aug 2013, 16:03

Does what it says on the tin. An old idea, but a good idea.

proc26 Aug 2013, 18:06

Not bad but I echo what others said about it not pushing the theme very far. Not bad at all. Wolfram tones for the music?

Wukkopiauthor26 Aug 2013, 18:26

proc: i used autotracker.py to generate music. But actually wolfram tones seems pretty good alternative.

Beardbotnik26 Aug 2013, 19:06

Classic gameplay and the new adjustments do make the game more interesting and fitting for the theme. Would have like a little more innovation but it's still addicting and fun. Good job!

Feysoura26 Aug 2013, 23:25

When one thought arkanoid was dead... this game came in.

stenol26 Aug 2013, 23:31

The paddle is slow but the game is good. :)

doonay2127 Aug 2013, 15:44

Moody audio :) Nice entry!

Sh1rogane27 Aug 2013, 16:40

Good entry, i only think the paddle is a bit to slow

Tainted_Code28 Aug 2013, 15:28

I liked the music for sure, very simple game that's been around a while but always fun. I like the concept of time and the 10 second theme in it. Add's a different level of difficulty. I also enjoyed how the music changed.

kratorspore28 Aug 2013, 15:49

I feel like I've played this game somewhere before ;-)

Makio29 Aug 2013, 23:15

Always nice to see a classic like that , I just miss more crazy effect everywhere :D

Tigro29 Aug 2013, 23:40

Would like to point out one detail: very nice nuance about the paddle rebound when it contacts the wall with momentum. None of the Breakouts I've played incorporated this and it looks so much better than simply not letting the player move past the wall statically :)