This is my first attempt at any game jams. In my head I expected to get far more done but I think it'll be good experience for future attempts, I actually think getting some sleep so you're fresh might be more sensible than staying up!
I quite liked the subject and decided to go to a bit of a different take than other people have been going with. The idea of the game is to knock the other characters off the screen. The game is only really fun as a 2 player game as I didn't get round to adding any AI for the other players. I had a grander idea to network the game but just couldn't fit it in.
Controls: WASD = Player 1 movement Left Shift = Player 1 jump
UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT = Player 2 movement Right Shift = Player 2 jump
Fun idea. The controls and jumping did feel a little weird. I like the extra touches like the buttons in the lower right block balls falling off the screen.
Since I saw your posts about game I wanted to play it, and i wasn't disapointed! It reminds me of Hamsterball one of the best couch coop games. Great work!
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Coconut Mage9 Dec 2014, 02:06
Maby have an AI cause finding a second player then using the same keyboard is difficult
This seems like it'd be a fun little party game, but unfortunately I don't have someone to play with. Controls are nice (but feel a teensy bit weird) and a clever play on the theme. made me think of marbles. Cool stuff!
Fun, very hard. If you're still figuring it out and somehow suicide all 5 lives before the dead balls are gone, you have to wait for them to slowly die before restarting >_<
controls were kinda strange. seems like you were adding a force every frame so that the balls accelerated but they ended up going too fast D: otherwise nice job!
Fun game, I liked the sluggishness of the controls, really added to the game. I could see this as a real good multiplayer game, or when the AI gets done. It is a game I would play and enjoy past the Jam.
Nice hit on the theme! Too bad there is no KI and noone around to play it with. Good idea. The graphics are okay. The text could be in higher resolution.
Nice way to present an equally nice way to deal with the theme :D It's a pity that the game has no sounds and I really like that when you press the Jump button twice it drops like a bomb (actually, I don't know if you did that on purpose, but still).
With more tight controls and dynamics this could become a great party game :D
The makings of a really good party game! If you decide to do a post-ld version I'd love to play it with added sounds and maybe some round variations. Good work
Nice idea. I like the way it controls, there's some skill to it :D Would be nice to add was some kind of AI or online multiplayer for people with no-one to play with xD Pretty good for your first jam!
Nice to pass time, could use some work in the graphics section, but pretty fun overall. Also, you can stay on the lower part of the screen, and never fall off :P
Thanks for the feedback guys. I might try and flesh the game out a bit more after the event.
The original plan was to also make a socket server to go along with this so that it could be 4 players battling over the internet but I ran out of time. I also wanted to create some AI for the other balls so you could play on your own so those are two features I will look to try and add.
Nice take on the theme LOL. I feel the friction is too small so that I have gone off the edge several times by myself LOL. Maybe I'm just bad at games LOL.
Sleeping is indeed very important, congratulation on your first game jam :)
Even if the game is not very fun in itself (I blame the controls: you are hardly in control actually), there is a nice packaging (the intro, the instructions on the screen...).
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Great way to make the theme work for you!
The graphics are okay. The text could be in higher resolution.
Nice game!
It's a pity that the game has no sounds and I really like that when you press the Jump button twice it drops like a bomb (actually, I don't know if you did that on purpose, but still).
With more tight controls and dynamics this could become a great party game :D
Pretty good for your first jam!
The original plan was to also make a socket server to go along with this so that it could be 4 players battling over the internet but I ran out of time. I also wanted to create some AI for the other balls so you could play on your own so those are two features I will look to try and add.
I feel the friction is too small so that I have gone off the edge several times by myself LOL.
Maybe I'm just bad at games LOL.
Even if the game is not very fun in itself (I blame the controls: you are hardly in control actually), there is a nice packaging (the intro, the instructions on the screen...).
Good job, hope to see you next LD