NFWTZJ: Nobody 'Messes' With The Zombie Jesus

by sergi-montaner

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★80%

"On the third day he was raised from the dead, he learned how to juggle and there was rejoice" - LudumDarinthians 25:8

NFWTZJ: Nobody 'Messes' With The Zombie Jesus is a 3 ball juggling simulator that requires good hand coordination.

Instructions:

-Each hand can move right or left with A , D, (left hand) left arrow, right arrow (right hand)
-Throw the ball with W or S (left hand), up arrow, or down arrow (right hand) whichever you feel more comfortable with.
-Each hand can only have one rat-ball at the time.

Notes:

When the background color changes, each 10 juggles, the next throw is going to be in the wrong direction.

Credits:

Ana Jimenez - Art
Pau Novau - Code
Sergi Montaner - Code
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/635651 - Music

Comments33

Lacaranian25 Aug 2015, 00:06

This one's more than a tad bit tricky! Has a clear style to it, and gameplay doesn't slow down at all, which is good. Unfortunately, it doesn't take too long to feel played out. Nonetheless, a solid submission, kudos!

glerikud25 Aug 2015, 01:31

Interesting concept.

baykush_figtree25 Aug 2015, 02:31

What the heavens...juggler jesus. Oh Ludum dare, you surprise me everytime.

palsina25 Aug 2015, 18:49

I never got good juggling and this would not be an exception. Also, congratulations I love the aesthetics and the orginial concept :)

BeardoGames25 Aug 2015, 21:59

Yes, okay, I'm with you on this one. The art and concept are top-notch, and the gameplay is about as perfect of an interpretation of the frustration of juggling as possible. So far this is one of my favorite LD entries. Very cool!

A Flat Miner Studios25 Aug 2015, 22:06

Had to recruit a second player for the left hand, we got to 21, was pretty fun and crazy. Clean look and sound too.

crucknuk25 Aug 2015, 22:31

I am really bad at junggling in rea

rzfmzn25 Aug 2015, 22:32

hard :)
jesus is wathing you :P

crucknuk25 Aug 2015, 22:32

I am really bad at junggling in real life. It is not better on your game ><'

Sergi Montanerauthor25 Aug 2015, 22:35

Hehehehe I knew this one would be a difficult one, so thanks for your patience and comprehension.
I was a bit unsure on the reaction to this mini game, but I'm glad we did it.

shimage25 Aug 2015, 22:41

Wonderful graphics and music! I am confused the operation, but very fun. 22pt my best.

Kalm00425 Aug 2015, 22:43

I like the concept and the art. Good work.

saucygames26 Aug 2015, 04:40

fun game, my best score was 11 lol

SinclairStrange26 Aug 2015, 09:25

Nice relaxing game I felt, nice art style to it too. But man don't I suck at juggling. Well done :)

Dizzly26 Aug 2015, 12:18

I really enjoy it. Simple, interesting gameplay mechanic and attractive!

madmaw27 Aug 2015, 08:40

Had a nice vibe. I've never seen a juggling simulator before, works well with multitouch. I wasn't very good at it though :)

Grahhhhh28 Aug 2015, 21:30

I committed to make it to 20, but I just couldn't do it, 13 max for me before my brain starts to hurt! Quick, simple, beautiful. Perfect entry.

guoboism29 Aug 2015, 00:54

Innovative little game！ I arm not good at it.

Jupiter_Hadley29 Aug 2015, 17:57

Love the graphics, dont know how to really juggle! I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/Jf2dZyQpNFE

GraciCebola31 Aug 2015, 19:11

Congrats, that's creative and fun :D

SeaDads2 Sep 2015, 07:45

Loved the art and overall style, the juggling mechanic was pretty well implemented but I got pretty frustrated, a lot like my efforts with real juggling actually haha. Nice one!

bossmojoman2 Sep 2015, 19:16

And much like in real life, I cannot juggle. Awesome job, graphics were top notch, and this has to be the most original take on the theme of the jam.

Dining Philosopher2 Sep 2015, 20:13

As jugglers we just had to try this game. Man, that was hard at first! But eventually we got a quite stable 'cascade' going, and we got to 31 and 39. :)
The rats are a bit too bouncy, and button mashing sometimes gets you quite far. Other than that, well done!

LukeZaz2 Sep 2015, 21:47

Very nice game. Fun with fitting music and art. Difficult, but fortunately I was able to get to fifty-two by mashing the throw key and just trying to catch.

bigbuggames2 Sep 2015, 23:46

The name is so random :D great sense of humour, fun art and sound! It's a very very complete entry, simple and engaging.

It's a pity I'm a horrible juggler.

Btw I found that the head started hoovering after some time. Maybe it's because of the root motion in the animator?

Excel·lent overall ;)

MrTwister3 Sep 2015, 00:30

Hahaha, thanks to this game I discovered that my hands have no coordination at all.

It could probably benefit from a sense of progression / difficulty ramp I guess, especially for guys that suck at juggling, like me. You could start just "bouncing" 1 rat, then juggling 2, then 3, etc.

It's a really polished entry though, with good music and nice graphics to boot. GJ!

CodeNMore3 Sep 2015, 01:06

Kind of neat!

Chris M3 Sep 2015, 08:33

Fun toy! And great art

AzureKnight8083 Sep 2015, 09:02

Very fun and simple yet addictive gameplay! Great cartoony art, and nice music. You should put this on gamejolt and add a leaderboard, because I'm curious how others fare. I'm at 20 so far.

disperse3 Sep 2015, 15:34

This game is, without question, the very best game I have ever played about a zombie Jesus juggling dead rats.

radmars6 Sep 2015, 18:51

I can juggle IRL and I still had lots of trouble with this :P Honestly I think the hitboxes on the rats are a bit too big, mid-air collisions are really tough to deal with. Otherwise, nice work.

danialias8 Sep 2015, 09:09

Hey, good one here. Quite difficult (easier than real juggling, though) but I feel I can grasp it with some practice (10 points so far!) Good concept, great art, and fun to play. Very solid overall. Great entry!

Jan Tuts14 Sep 2015, 18:19

I'm sorry I couldn't judge audio, but I can't make noise right now... :/

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