Soccer Life Story

by jrap
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.35
[Xbox (or Xinput) gamepad required]
Take care of yourself, Tryouts are soon! This is a life sim soccer game with unique analog controls. Spend your time keeping up with schoolwork, talking to friends and of course, training your soccer skills in time for tryouts this friday!

Game art and sound by @_jrap

[Requires windows and an xbox (xinput) controller]
Includes a brief tutorial but for your reference:

Left stick - Move

Right Stick - Aim shots

Right Trigger - Kick

A - Interact / Talk

Y - Stop interacting / Check stats

Genres: sports
Tools: GameMaker

Comments20

dooskington
dooskington20 Apr 2020, 07:07
I thought this game was really awesome, but the game froze when I was in the bedroom :(
DarriasArt
DarriasArt20 Apr 2020, 07:16
This has a lot of charm and manages to make RPG maker not look or feel like it. Bravo! If you made a full version I'd play it.
ilikescifi
ilikescifi20 Apr 2020, 07:33
I like the idea and the topic.
Listonos
Listonos20 Apr 2020, 16:17
Pretty charming game. That choice of sounds effect for conversation was little unfortunate in my opinion.
TeamNova20 Apr 2020, 23:39
This game is really awesome! Pretty good game, it's a nice concept!
Rudenko
Rudenko23 Apr 2020, 03:01
Nice game feeling, i like controls. It will be nice to play with second player, but hey, still awesome game. I like mirror effect ;)
HireMeDeveloper
HireMeDeveloper23 Apr 2020, 03:58
very cute art, i keep seeing so much good pixel art out there, and it makes me wanna make mine better. check out my game if u want i would love some advice on my art
HomunculusGames23 Apr 2020, 08:15
Awesome game! This game has a type of charm that makes you feel like you are part of that small world. I'm sure this can become a really great game with more content and lore.
Tygrak
Tygrak23 Apr 2020, 12:41
That was amazing! Great art, the parts of the story we've seen are charming. I don't know if the questions are random, but I got the same two questions twice, but that's just a minor thing. I also really like playing games with a controller so that's cool too. Good job :).
jrap
jrapauthor27 Apr 2020, 04:42
@tygrak Thanks for playing! 'Charming' is all I hope for. There are about 3 questions, chosen at random, so I expect you'd see repeats :)

@rudenko Thanks! Controls were my focus, so much so that I forgot to add a second player or actual soccer match mode! Maybe one day.

@dooskington Aw that's a bummer! I tried to recreate this but couldn't see it broken, I have just uploaded a web version which will maybe work for you, thanks for letting me know!

Update: Have added a web platform version (it should detect supported browsers) and corrected 1 typo. In keeping with the competition rules there are no other major changes.
LouieJams
LouieJams27 Apr 2020, 09:39
Really nice clean art and cute little story. I am impressed you have developed this in only 48 hours!

I'm surprised you have only included controller support since most people will be accessing this website via pc/mac but understand this may of been down to time constraints.

I think you may need to increae the deadzone on the analog sticks as i was never able to have my character still. I know this can be a common fault with controllers over time but i have never had any problems with other games and mine is fairly new.

No big deal, but you have mispelt "training" as "trainign" on both here and itch.io.

Really great solo achievement! :D
AndideBob
AndideBob27 Apr 2020, 13:44
Such a cute little game! It wasn't clear to me how to get more POWER until I finally answered one of the questions right, so I guess POWER actually means smarts :D
I think the theme falls a bit short here, even though I did play the keep it alive game to a score of 76 once.
With a bit more balancing and a few more additions this could be a really cool game and it is definetly a really impressive compo entry!
davidwesst
davidwesst27 Apr 2020, 20:45
I really dug this game. A sports theme RPG makes me think of a career mode that I would actually want to play. Some skill required, but still a whole life sim (I envision a Persona-style life sim sort of thing) that impacts your player and skills and career. :)

Really great job!
LordDaniel
LordDaniel27 Apr 2020, 20:48
Seems weird to me not supporting keyboard atleast. Sticks can map to WASD and IKJL, and other buttons near those keys. It would atleast allow player without a controller to play.
Sciman101
Sciman10128 Apr 2020, 16:10
Neat idea! I'll admit, I'm a little confused where the theme plays into it, but either way I'm really impressed you pulled off a game so wide in scope for a LD. That said, that scope might be to it's detriment a little - I felt like a lot of the game was sort of half-realized, whether it be minor bugs or lack of content. I feel like focusing more on the soccer aspect would do the game more justice, but that's just my take on it. Also, the footstep sounds were a little buggy and became kind of annoying to listen to after a bit.
That all said, still, congrats on putting together something so ambitious!
Bloham
Bloham29 Apr 2020, 06:41
Very hard to started playing, I had to connect my controller and download a new browser xD But I was surprised that the game has a hole story line and is a mix out of management and action soccer. The scope of the game seems huge! Unfortunatly I had a gamebreaking bug (HTML5) and did not want to start from the beginning again.

But impressed of how complete it seems and a very nice genre mix!
mirsakka
mirsakka9 May 2020, 11:08
I would like to try your game but I don't have those Xbox-thingies. Seems interesting! Thank you for your lovely comment in our Porco-game.
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