Ultimate Kick Ball

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Ultimate Kick Ball is my take on the classic childhood game of don't let the balloon touch the ground!

Kick the ball around to get more points, the faster the better! Hitting walls and redirecting orbs get you more points too by increasing your multiplier.

Keep the ball alive! Make sure it never touches the ground, or you lose.

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments29

BryLaMare21 Apr 2020, 05:35
This was really fun, would love to see a fleshed out game of this. Hacky-sack but multiplayer :)
Hundred21 Apr 2020, 05:47
This game is suuuper juicy, very nicely polished. I really dig that screen shake!

AND THAT COUNTDOWN ANIMATION ooommmmgggg
luddegodofpain
luddegodofpain21 Apr 2020, 05:47
Ok, this was enjoyable for real!
The only thing i can mention is that if you got the ball just bouncing straight, you could go forever. Id like to see the green "redirectors" despawn and respawn to correct this issue. Multiplier system was great, feeling was top notch!
Random Thoughts
Random Thoughtsauthor21 Apr 2020, 05:55
@luddegodofpain I faced that problem too! I was hoping for the score system to be a soft motivator as the faster you go the more points you get + bouncing off the walls increases your multiplier. I wanted to add enemies too that will try to slam down the ball, with a slower moving ball being easier for them to spike it down, but did not have enough time and felt like that will make the game much too difficult. Thanks for the suggestion though, its a much simpler fix that I for some reason didnt think of :v:
Llewellyn and Michael21 Apr 2020, 05:57
Loads of fun, have to admit I wasn't very good but I had a blast anyway
Random Thoughts
Random Thoughtsauthor21 Apr 2020, 05:57
@brylamare Hmm... multiplayer sounds interesting if I ever decide to revisit this game!
johnnyvin21 Apr 2020, 05:57
Love how fluid this feels! Simple gameplay but definitely has you playing over and over trying to beat your high score.
ZenAndAnna
ZenAndAnna21 Apr 2020, 05:58
This game felt fresh and I had fun playing it. The music was catchy too. Would love to see a post-comp version of this! --Anna
olafstromberg21 Apr 2020, 06:34
A fun game, though difficult to maintain a combo. If the controls were refined a bit more and maybe the collision detection with the ball was a bit more forgiving then this would be a great game to eat up a few hours! I would assign the jump button to 'replay' to allow quicker restarts and not have to use the mouse each time.
petrifiedapple
petrifiedapple21 Apr 2020, 12:14
Very slick controls, I also love the trail behind the ball
Fabien Parisot
Fabien Parisot21 Apr 2020, 15:44
your graphic style is minimalist but effective. very beautiful pinball in football mode. a relaxing and stressful game at the same time! it's perfect ! gg
amkingTRP21 Apr 2020, 16:00
Took me a while to figure out how to actually kick (did I miss instructions somewhere?). The addition of the direction changes was a good idea, but I second the opinion that they should despawn/respawn on a timer if they're not triggered. Maybe have special targets to aim at for big point bonuses?
icxon
icxon22 Apr 2020, 06:33
Love that animations! Music stops after several attempts, but the game is pretty engaging. :smiley:
tuesi23 Apr 2020, 09:11
Nice game, the controls feel really solid, really like the feel of them and the whole game seems pretty well built.
koljam23 Apr 2020, 09:22
At first I was a bit confused by the controls, especially "W" doing nothing, I kept hitting it and losing. After figuring it out, I really liked the gameplay itself, it's hard but not too hard, I wanted to try again a few times! Thanks for this game!
Lamasaurus
Lamasaurus23 Apr 2020, 09:22
Fun game, the controls are pretty solid. I also like how the ball gets more oval when it has a higher velocity. The walk animation looks really funny. Maybe a larger variety of modifiers with which the ball could collide would have kept me engaged even longer. Keep up the good work!
Haro Games
Haro Games23 Apr 2020, 11:59
So very fun game with AWESOME game feel, good job on that, i might have found an exploit though by kicking only the ball up and then simply jumping when it comes done, i stoped at 1000 point but could go way longer
23 Apr 2020, 13:06
I love the take on the classic. I also love the art and animations! My high score is 1905:
just-stanley23 Apr 2020, 13:15
I Played it long enough to notice that you didn't loop the music :sweat_smile:
FinnThePirate
FinnThePirate25 Apr 2020, 22:30
this is the most fun game I've played so far great idea for the theme artwork and music spot on, really good job
Pietro Ferrantelli
Pietro Ferrantelli26 Apr 2020, 17:23
Super fun entry ! Kept me replaying it several times, I had a blast, the concept is well thought and well executed and the aesthetics fits the game well :) Good job for the gamefeel too

I think this was my best score, not sure as I only screenshot my last try :D

Good job !
Bart Wach26 Apr 2020, 19:53
Nice graphics and sounds, feels like a complete game. One thing that took me a while was when I had the ball parallel to the edge of the screen, couldn't make it bounce of the edge until I discovered I can bounce off of the wall to give it directional momentum too.
Jin9310
Jin931028 Apr 2020, 09:50
Catchy and quite addictive little thing. The only thing I would consider changing is the ball behaviour, since I was able to stop the action, basically anytime with just jumping and hitting the ball straight up. And you can stay at that stay for as long as you keep pressing ´space´ bar :) . But this can be hardly a complaint, overall really solid entry. Great job!
Samuli
Samuli7 May 2020, 15:55
One of the favorites so far. Really satisfying game feel!
Naca
Naca9 May 2020, 14:42
The core mechanic is simple but the game feels really good: that bounce effect is superb and the main character movement is well polished. My high score: 2737
Dave Follett12 May 2020, 14:36
Great job, I really liked the animation on the person when they run. I was able to just hit the balloon straight up seemingly forever, though it was really boring was to cheat the game.

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