Ludum Dare #42compo

FIREBALL

by sarajs

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Needs at least two players & two controllers to play! Sorry :(

edit: Post compo version fixes a few tiny bugs. Otherwise identical at present.

Wizards shoot fireballs to try and knock one another off a bizarro floating space island. Avoid falling to your doom. It's quite hard.

#### Controls:
+ Move - Left stick
+ Aim - Right stick
+ Fireball - Right shoulder button (Hold to charge)
+ Dash - Left shoulder button

Destroy a lush and mysterious green environment

Charge your fireballs for maximum power!

Dash over gaps and away from danger!

Be careful though.

xinput pads definitely work. dinput pads should work but who knows.

Game might also be kind of loud. I made the sounds in the last hour, you know how it is.

Given I developed this solo and as of writing this still haven't played it with anyone I have no idea if it is good or fun. ENJOY.

Comments15

Nehvis13 Aug 2018, 05:04

Really need to try this again with a friend as it's kinda lame alone :P controls and graphics are very polished though!

Speazy6113 Aug 2018, 05:26

I can't press Enter...

Edit: Oh you need controllers... nvm ^^

gamepopper13 Aug 2018, 12:33

Shame you couldn't get CPU players implemented, as this looks like a fun title. The sprites look nice and the concept looks great as a multiplayer title.

Monkosum14 Aug 2018, 09:11

The biggest problems are definitely the lack of singleplayer and the fact that you have to play this with 2 controllers. But besides that, this game is pretty good. the animations and sprites look really good, the gameplay is really innovative, when the camera moves, it moves really smooth.

Drell14 Aug 2018, 20:10

I saw you post this on twitter and was really impressed with your use of the theme! Super clever and simple, good job!

ComteKing14 Aug 2018, 21:12

Very fun! it's easy to accidentally run off the edges but i think that's part of the intense action :)

prajwal15 Aug 2018, 05:33

nice

glitchman17 Aug 2018, 11:52

:fire:

NOTBADGUN17 Aug 2018, 11:56

Cool game!

Jupiter_Hadley17 Aug 2018, 14:11

Nice graphics, challenging game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/argzN59wywI

velvetlobster18 Aug 2018, 02:09

Hey that is quite fun to play! The explosion sound gets kinda intense though when you are playing franticly with someone.

chronicbite18 Aug 2018, 23:36

I watched a bit of the stream while making my own game, I think you did a great job! Congrats

ezra19 Aug 2018, 19:28

My friends and I had soooooooo much fun playing this game! I loved the audio! I do wish that there was an AI though, but other than that I loved it!

conk27 Aug 2018, 16:22

Awesome little game! Had a mate round to play it and it was great however I imagine it would be better with more than 2 players. An online version would be great (hint hint, nudge nudge).

I didn't catch your first day stream and I'm surprised that graphics isn't an option for voting... I swear I saw you making anims and the wizard variants. Either way, the art is great!

Always fun watching your stream while participating, great job as usual! :thumbsup: